gnucash/bindings/python/example_scripts/simple_book.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

##  @file
#   @brief Simple example for a book 
#   @ingroup python_bindings_examples

import sys
from gnucash import Session

# We need to tell GnuCash the data format to create the new file as (xml://)
uri = "xml:///tmp/simple_book.gnucash"

print("uri:", uri)
ses = Session(uri, is_new=True)
book = ses.get_book()

#Call some methods that produce output to show that Book works
book.get_root_account().SetDescription("hello, book")
print("Book is saved:", not book.session_not_saved())

print("saving...")
ses.save()

print("Book is saved:", not book.session_not_saved())
ses.end()