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gnucash/bindings/python/example_scripts/simple_book.py
2018-03-22 15:19:59 -07:00

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#!/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()