[Kmymoney-devel] Developing a plugin

[aga]

On 27/01/15 13:12, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tuesday 27 January 2015 10:43:21 aga wrote:
>
>> On 27/01/15 07:06, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 27 January 2015 01:21:39 aga wrote:
>>>> On 27/01/15 00:14, Jack wrote:
>>>>> On 2015.01.26 19:02, aga wrote:
>>>>>> On 26/01/15 23:33, Jack wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2015.01.25 17:07, Paolo Spanevello wrote:
>>>>>>>> does anybody develop a web plugin? at least the essential features
>>>>>>>> for example insert a record in the Ledgers?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I followed the link above but it does not work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/office/kmymoney/kmymoney/plugin
>>>>>>>> s/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paolo,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> KMyMoney has migrated from svn to git some time ago, so the new home
>>>>>>> of the code base would be
>>>>>>> http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/office/kmymoney or the
>>>>>>> repository directory under that.  If you can tell us where you found
>>>>>>> that link, someone can correct it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also, KMyMoney is a KDE application, not a web application.  Plugins
>>>>>>> are to add functionality to the main application.  Writing a web
>>>>>>> application to add data to a KMyMoney file is certainly possible, but
>>>>>>> it would not be a KMyMoney plugin - it would be a completely separate
>>>>>>> application (and not an easy thing to do.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just off the top of my head, it might be more reasonable to write a
>>>>>>> web application to accept the data necessary for new transactions,
>>>>>>> but store it as an OFX file, which can then be imported into
>>>>>>> KMyMoney.  However, it also depends on what your actual goal is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jack
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've just remembered Web Connect, but can't now remember how it works,
>>>>>> and I couldn't see it in the handbook.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To Paolo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you already have KMyMoney, then it contains the handbook, with the
>>>>>> section on writing plugins, although it's short on detail.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I remember correctly (I've never used it) WebConnect is the ability
>>>>> to go to your bank or other institution's web site, ask it to download a
>>>>> data file, and then have KMyMoney import that data without the extra
>>>>> step of saving it to disk first.  (Yes, it actually does get saved, but
>>>>> you don't have to specify where and then point the KMM import process to
>>>>> that file, so it's a bit more efficient.)
>>>
>>> Yes, that's how it works.
>>>
>>>>> The only mention of writing plugins I can find is at the end of the
>>>>> section on import and export, and really just says to use the OFX plugin
>>>>> as an example for writing a plugin to import some other format data.  I
>>>>> suppose it would be possible to write a web application which is
>>>>> interfaced to a plugin for a KMyMoney instance launched by the web app.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jack
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I did a search and it produced the page in the handbook, so it is
>>>> there.
>>>>
>>>> I set up a file association for *.ofx and clicked to download.  It
>>>> offered kmymoney, and the file was imported correctly.  So, it is
>>>> efficient.
>>>>
>>>> Rather than needing to produce a fairly complicated ofx file, a simpler
>>>> file could be produced and imported, perhaps.
>>>
>>> Doesn't webconnect support all import formats incl. QIF and CSV? OK, it
>>> might have to be setup correctly.
>>
>> I think that's a yes, but...  I think it triggers the File Open routine,
>> rather than the plugins..  It comes up with the 'old binary format...'
>> message.  Shame that, but no doubt someone could adapt it?
>
> Can you check how the CSV importer behaves in
>
> void KMyMoneyApp::webConnect(const QString& sourceUrl, const QByteArray&
> asn_id)?
>

It doesn't reach there, but bombs in kmymoneyview.cpp, c. line 821, with 
"...contains an unknown file format."

The temp file does contain some CSV data, but not the whole file.

I'll have to break off now, I'm afraid.

Allan