Provided by: libfinance-qif-perl_3.02-1_all 
NAME
Finance::QIF - Parse and create Quicken Interchange Format files
SYNOPSIS
use Finance::QIF;
my $qif = Finance::QIF->new( file => "test.qif" );
while ( my $record = $qif->next ) {
print( "Header: ", $record->{header}, "\n" );
foreach my $key ( keys %{$record} ) {
next
if ( $key eq "header"
|| $key eq "splits"
|| $key eq "budget"
|| $key eq "prices" );
print( " ", $key, ": ", $record->{$key}, "\n" );
}
if ( exists( $record->{splits} ) ) {
foreach my $split ( @{ $record->{splits} } ) {
foreach my $key ( keys %{$split} ) {
print( " Split: ", $key, ": ", $split->{$key}, "\n" );
}
}
}
if ( exists( $record->{budget} ) ) {
print(" Budget: ");
foreach my $amount ( @{ $record->{budget} } ) {
print( " ", $amount );
}
print("\n");
}
if ( exists( $record->{prices} ) ) {
print(" Date Close Max Min Volume\n");
$format = " %8s %7.2f %7.2f %7.2f %-8d\n";
foreach my $price ( @{ $record->{prices} } ) {
printf( $format,
$price->{"date"}, $price->{"close"}, $price->{"max"},
$price->{"min"}, $price->{"volume"} );
}
}
}
DESCRIPTION
Finance::QIF is a module for working with QIF (Quicken Interchange Format) files in Perl.
This module reads QIF data records from a file passing each successive record to the
caller for processing. This module also has the capability of writing QIF records to a
file.
The QIF file format typically consists of a header containing a record or transaction
type, followed by associated data records. Within a file there may be multiple headers.
Headers are usually followed by data records, however data is not required to always
follow a header.
A hash reference is returned for each record read from a file. The hash will have a
"header" value which contains the header type that was read along with all supported
values found for that record. If a value is not specified in the data file, the value
will not exist in this hash.
No processing or validation is done on values found in files or data structures to try and
convert them into appropriate types and formats. It is expected that users of this module
or extensions to this module will do any additional processing or validation as required.
RECORD TYPES & VALUES
The following record types are currently supported by this module:
Type:Bank, Type:Cash, Type:CCard, Type:Oth A, Type:Oth L
These are non investment ledger transactions. All of these record types support the
following values.
date
Date of transaction.
transaction
Dollar amount of transaction.
total
Dollar amount of transaction. This is generally the same as transaction but in
some cases can be higher. (Introduced in Quicken 2005 for windows)
status
Reconciliation status of transaction.
number
Check number of transaction.
payee
Who the transaction was made to.
memo
Additional text describing the transaction.
address
Address of payee.
category
Category the transaction is assigned to.
splits
If the transaction contains splits this will be defined and consist of an array of
hash references. With each split potentially having the following values.
category
Category the split is assigned to.
memo
Additional text describing the split.
amount
Dollar amount of split.
Type:Invst
This is for Investment ledger transactions. The following values are supported for
this record type.
date
Date of transaction.
action
Type of transaction like buy, sell, ...
security
Security name of transaction.
price
Price of security at time of transaction.
quantity
Number of shares purchased.
transaction
Cost of shares in transaction.
status
Reconciliation status of transaction.
text
Text for non security specific transaction.
memo
Additional text describing transaction.
commission
Commission fees related to transaction.
account
Account related to security specific transaction.
amount
Dollar amount of transaction.
total
Dollar amount of transaction. This is generally the same as amount but in some
cases can be higher. (Introduced in Quicken 2005 for windows)
Account
This is a list of accounts. In cases where it is used in a file by first providing
one account record followed by a investment or non-investment record type and its
transactions, it means that that set of transactions is related to the specified
account. In other cases it can just be a sequence of Account records.
Each account record supports the following values.
name
Account name.
description
Account description.
limit
Account limit usually for credit card accounts that have some upper limit over
credit.
tax Defined if the account is tax related.
note
Additional information about the account.
type
Type of account.
balance
Current balance of account.
Type:Cat
This is a list of categories. The following values are supported for category
records.
name
Name of category.
description
Description of category.
budget
An array of 12 values Jan-Dec to represent the budget amount for each month.
expense
Usually exists if the category is an expense account however this is often a
default assumed value and doesn't show up in files.
income
Exists if the category is an income account.
tax Exists if this category is tax related.
schedule
If this category is tax related this specifies what tax schedule it is related if
defined.
Type:Class
This is a list of classes. The following values are supported for class records.
name
Name of class.
description
Description of class.
Type:Memorized
This is a list of memorized transactions. The following values are supported for
memorized transaction records.
type
Type of memorized transaction "C" for check, "D" for deposit, "P" for payment, "I"
for investment, and "E" for electronic payee.
transaction
Dollar amount of transaction.
total
Dollar amount of transaction. This is generally the same as amount but in some
cases can be higher. (Introduced in Quicken 2005 for windows)
status
Reconciliation status of transaction.
payee
Who the transaction was made to.
memo
Additional text describing the transaction.
address
Address of payee.
category
Category the transaction is assigned to.
action
Type of investment transaction like buty, sell, ... (Inroduced in Quicken 2006 for
windows)
security
Security name of transaction. (Inroduced in Quicken 2006 for windows)
price
Price of security. (Inroduced in Quicken 2006 for windows)
quantity
Quantity of security. (Inroduced in Quicken 2006 for windows)
amount
Dollar amount of transaction. (Introduced in Quicken 2006 for windows)
splits
If the transaction contains splits this will be defined and consist of an array of
hashes. With each split potentially having the following values.
category
Category the split is assigned to.
memo
Additional text describing the split.
amount
Dollar amount of split.
first
First payment date.
years
Total years for loan.
made
Number of payments already made.
periods
Number of periods per year.
interest
Interest rate of loan.
balance
Current loan balance.
loan
Original loan amount.
Type:Security
This is a list of securities. The following values are supported for security
records.
security
Security name.
symbol
Security symbol.
type
Security type.
goal
Security goal.
Type:Budget
This is a list of budget values for categories. The following values are supported
for budget records.
name
Category name of budgeted item.
description
Category Description of budgeted item.
expense
Usually exists if the category is an expense account however this is often a
default assumed value and doesn't show up in files.
income
Exists if the category is an income account.
tax Exists if this category is tax related.
schedule
If this category is tax related this specifies what tax schedule it is related if
defined.
budget
An array of 12 values Jan-Dec to represent the budget amount for each month.
Type:Payee
This is a list online payee accounts. The following values are supported for online
payee account records.
name
Name of payees.
address
Address of payee.
city
City of payee.
state
State of payee
zip Zipcode of payee.
country
Country of payee.
phone
Phone number of payee.
account
Account number for payee transaction.
Type:Prices
This is a list of prices for a security. The following values are supported for
security prices records.
symbol
Security Symbol.
prices
An array of hashes. With each hash having the following values.
date
Date of security values.
close
Close value of security for the date.
max Max value of security for the date.
min Min value of security for the date.
volume
Number of shares of security exchanged for the date.
Option:AllXfr, Option:AutoSwitch, Clear:AutoSwitch
These record types aren't related to transactions but instead provided ways to control
how Quicken processes the QIF file. They have no impact on how this software operates
and are ignored when found.
Note: If this software finds unsupported record types or values in a data file a warning
will be generated containing information on what unexpected value was found.
METHODS
new()
Creates a new instance of Finance::QIF. Supports the following initializing values.
my $qif = Finance::QIF->new( file => "myfile", debug => 1 );
If the file is specified it will be opened on new.
file
Specifies file to use for processing. See "file()" for details.
my $in = Finance::QIF->new( file => "myfile" );
OR
my $in = Finance::QIF->new( file => [ "myfile", "<:crlf" ] );
For output files, be sure to open the file in write mode. For example:
my $out = Finance::QIF->new( file => ">myfile" );
record_separator
Can be used to redefine the QIF record separator. Default is $/.
my $in = Finance::QIF->new( record_separator => "\012" );
Note: For MacOS X it will most likely be necessary to change this to "\015". Quicken
on MacOS X generates files with "\015" as the separator which is typical of Mac
however the native perl in MacOS X is unix based and uses the default unix separator
which is "\012". See "autodetect" for another option.
autodetect
Enable auto detection of the record separator based on the file contents. Default is
"0".
my $in = Finance::QIF->new( autodetect => 1 );
Perl uses $/ to define line separators for text files. Perl sets this value according
to the OS perl is running on:
Windows="\015\012"
Mac="\015"
Unix="\012"
In many cases you may find yourself with text files that do not match the OS. In
these cases Finance::QIF by default will not process that QIF file correctly. This
feature is an attempt to help with the most common cases of having the wrong text file
for the OS Finance::QIF is running on.
This feature depends on being able to seek to the end of the file and reading the last
2 characters to determine the proper separator. If a seek can not be performed or the
last 2 characters are not a proper separator the record_separator will default to $/
or the value passed in. If a valid record_separator is found then it will be set
according to what was in the file.
This code requires a file use a consistent line separator. If you find your self
dealing with unusual files containing mixed separators you need to first Normalize the
file to a consistent separator.
Normalizing a text file to have a consistent line separator is done in modules like
File::LocalizeNewlines or Template::Parser::LocalizeNewlines so if you are having
issues with trying to process poorly formated text files look at preprocessing them
with something like those before passing on to Finance::QIF.
trim_white_space
Can be used to remove leading and trailing white space from values returned. Default
is "0".
my $qif = Finance::QIF->new( trim_white_space => 1 );
debug
Can be used to output debug information. Default is "0".
my $qif = Finance::QIF->new( debug => 1 );
file()
Specify file name and optionally additional parameters that will be used to obtain a
filehandle. The argument can be a filename (SCALAR), an ARRAY reference, or an ARRAY
whose values must be valid arguments for passing to IO::File->new.
$qif->file( "myfile" );
OR
$qif->file( [ "myfile", "<:crlf" ] );
OR
$qif->file( "myfile", "<:crlf" );
For output files, be sure to open the file in write mode.
record_separator()
Returns the currently used record_separator. This is used primarly in situations where
you open a QIF file with autodetect and then want to write out a QIF file in the same
format.
my $in = Finance::QIF->new( file => "input.qif", autodetect => 1 );
my $out = Finance::QIF->new( file => ">write.qif",
record_separator => $in->record_separator );
open()
Open already specified file.
$qif->open();
Open also supports the same arguments as "file()".
next()
For input files return the next record in the QIF file.
my $record = $in->next();
Returns undef if no more records are available.
header()
For output files use to output the passed header for records that will then be written
with write.
$out->header( "Type:Bank" );
See "RECORD TYPES & VALUES" for list of possible record types that can be passed.
write()
For output files use to output the passed record to the file.
$out->write( $record );
reset()
Resets the filehandle so the records can be read again from the beginning of the file.
$qif->reset();
close()
Closes the open file.
$qif->close();
EXAMPLES
Read an existing QIF file then write out to new QIF file.
my $in = Finance::QIF->new( file => "input.qif" );
my $out = Finance::QIF->new( file => ">write.qif" );
my $header = "";
while ( my $record = $in->next() ) {
if ( $header ne $record->{header} ) {
$out->header( $record->{header} );
$header = $record->{header};
}
$out->write($record);
}
$in->close();
$out->close();
SEE ALSO
Carp, IO::File
Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) specification
<http://web.intuit.com/support/quicken/docs/d_qif.html>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Simon Cozens "simon@cpan.org", Author of original Finance::QIF
Nathan McFarland "nmcfarl@cpan.org", Maintainer of original Finance::QIF
AUTHORS
Matthew McGillis <matthew@mcgillis.org> <http://www.mcgillis.org/>
Phil Lobbes <phil at perkpartners dot com>
Project maintained at http://sourceforge.net/projects/finance-qif
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/finance-qif>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2008 by Matthew McGillis. All rights reserved.
LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.