Converter

Convert a CSB/AEB norm 43 file to other file formats.

Supported formats:

  • OFX v1.0.3 (SGML) & v2.1.1 (XML)

  • HomeBank CSV

  • HTML

  • JSON

  • ODS: OpenDocument spreadsheet

  • CSV, TSV: comma- or tab- separated values

  • XLS: Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

  • XLSX: OOXML spreadsheet

  • YAML

Options:

usage: csb2format [-h] [-s] [-df] [-d DECIMAL] [-e ENCODING] [--use-float]
                [-V]
                [-f {csv,dbf,df,homebank,html,json,latex,ods,ofx,ofx1,tsv,xls,xlsx,yaml}]
                [-v]
                csbFile convertedFile

Convert a CSB43 file to another format

optional arguments:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
-v, --version         show program's version number and exit

csb43 arguments:
csbFile               a csb43 file ('-' for stdin)
-s, --strict          strict mode (default: False)
-df, --dayfirst       use DDMMYY as date format while parsing the csb43 file
                        instead of YYMMDD (default: True)
-d DECIMAL, --decimal DECIMAL
                        set the number of decimal places for the currency type
                        (default: 2)
-e ENCODING, --encoding ENCODING
                        set the input encoding ('cp850' for standard AEB file,
                        default: 'latin1')
--use-float           export monetary amounts using binary floating point
                        numbers as a fallback (default: False)
-V, --verbose         show csb43 warnings

output arguments:
convertedFile         destination file ('-' for stdout)
-f {csv,dbf,df,homebank,html,json,latex,ods,ofx,ofx1,tsv,xls,xlsx,yaml}, --format {csv,dbf,df,homebank,html,json,latex,ods,ofx,ofx1,tsv,xls,xlsx,yaml}
                        Format of the output file (default: ofx)

Examples

  • Converting to OFX format:

    $ csb2format transactions.csb transactions.ofx

$ csb2format --format ofx transactions.csb transactions.ofx

    or

    $ csb2format transactions.csb - > transactions.ofx

    From another app to file

    $ get_my_CSB_transactions | csb2format - transactions.ofx

  • Converting to XLSX spreadsheet format:

    $ csb2format --format xlsx transactions.csb transactions.xlsx

  • Using cp850 as the input encoding:

    $ csb2format --encoding cp850 --format xlsx transactions.csb transactions.xlsx

Spreadsheets

ODS, XLS and XLSX files are generated as books, with the first sheet containing the accounts information, and the subsequent sheets containing the transactions of each one of the accounts.