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Hledger.Read

Contents

Journal files
Journal parsing
Easy journal parsing
Misc
Re-exported
Tests

Description

This is the entry point to hledger's reading system, which can read Journals from various data formats. Use this module if you want to parse journal data or read journal files. Generally it should not be necessary to import modules below this one.

Journal reading

Reading an input file (in journal, csv, timedot, or timeclock format..) involves these steps:

select an appropriate file format "reader" based on filename extensionfile path prefixfunction parameter. A reader contains a parser and a finaliser (usually journalFinalise).
run the parser to get a ParsedJournal (this may run additional sub-parsers to parse included files)
run the finaliser to get a complete Journal, which passes standard checks
if reading multiple files: merge the per-file Journals into one overall Journal
if using -s/--strict: run additional strict checks
if running print --new: save .latest files for each input file. (import also does this, as its final step.)

Journal merging

Journal implements the Semigroup class, so two Journals can be merged into one Journal with j1 <> j2. This is implemented by the journalConcat function, whose documentation explains what merging Journals means exactly.

Journal finalising

This is post-processing done after parsing an input file, such as inferring missing information, normalising amount styles, checking for errors and so on - a delicate and influential stage of data processing. In hledger it is done by journalFinalise, which converts a preliminary ParsedJournal to a validated, ready-to-use Journal. This is called immediately after the parsing of each input file. It is not called when Journals are merged.

Journal reading API

There are three main Journal-reading functions:

readJournal to read from a Text value. Selects a reader and calls its parser and finaliser, then does strict checking if needed.
readJournalFile to read one file, or stdin if the file path is -. Uses the file path/file name to help select the reader, calls readJournal, then writes .latest files if needed.
readJournalFiles to read multiple files. Calls readJournalFile for each file (without strict checking or .latest file writing) then merges the Journals into one, then does strict checking and .latest file writing at the end if needed.

Each of these also has an easier variant with ' suffix, which uses default options and has a simpler type signature.

One more variant, readJournalFilesAndLatestDates, is like readJournalFiles but exposing the latest transaction date (and how many on the same day) seen for each file. This is used by the import command.

Synopsis

type PrefixedFilePath = FilePath
defaultJournal :: IO Journal
defaultJournalPath :: IO String
requireJournalFileExists :: FilePath -> IO ()
ensureJournalFileExists :: FilePath -> IO ()
runExceptT :: ExceptT e m a -> m (Either e a)
readJournal :: InputOpts -> Maybe FilePath -> Text -> ExceptT String IO Journal
readJournalFile :: InputOpts -> PrefixedFilePath -> ExceptT String IO Journal
readJournalFiles :: InputOpts -> [PrefixedFilePath] -> ExceptT String IO Journal
readJournalFilesAndLatestDates :: InputOpts -> [PrefixedFilePath] -> ExceptT String IO (Journal, [LatestDatesForFile])
readJournal' :: Text -> IO Journal
readJournalFile' :: PrefixedFilePath -> IO Journal
readJournalFiles' :: [PrefixedFilePath] -> IO Journal
orDieTrying :: MonadIO m => ExceptT String m a -> m a
journalStrictChecks :: Journal -> Either String ()
saveLatestDates :: LatestDates -> FilePath -> IO ()
saveLatestDatesForFiles :: [LatestDatesForFile] -> IO ()
tmpostingrulep :: Maybe Year -> JournalParser m TMPostingRule
findReader :: MonadIO m => Maybe StorageFormat -> Maybe FilePath -> Maybe (Reader m)
splitReaderPrefix :: PrefixedFilePath -> (Maybe StorageFormat, FilePath)
runJournalParser :: Monad m => JournalParser m a -> Text -> m (Either HledgerParseErrors a)
module Hledger.Read.Common
module Hledger.Read.InputOptions
tests_Read :: TestTree

Journal files

type PrefixedFilePath = FilePath Source #

A file path optionally prefixed by a reader name and colon (journal:, csv:, timedot:, etc.).

defaultJournal :: IO Journal Source #

Read the default journal file specified by the environment, or raise an error.

defaultJournalPath :: IO String Source #

Get the default journal file path specified by the environment. Like ledger, we look first for the LEDGER_FILE environment variable, and if that does not exist, for the legacy LEDGER environment variable. If neither is set, or the value is blank, return the hard-coded default, which is .hledger.journal in the users's home directory (or in the current directory, if we cannot determine a home directory).

requireJournalFileExists :: FilePath -> IO () Source #

If the specified journal file does not exist (and is not "-"), give a helpful error and quit. (Using "journal file" generically here; it could be in any of hledger's supported formats.)

ensureJournalFileExists :: FilePath -> IO () Source #

Ensure there is a journal file at the given path, creating an empty one if needed. On Windows, also ensure that the path contains no trailing dots which could cause data loss (see isWindowsUnsafeDotPath).

Journal parsing

runExceptT :: ExceptT e m a -> m (Either e a) #

The inverse of ExceptT.

readJournal :: InputOpts -> Maybe FilePath -> Text -> ExceptT String IO Journal Source #

readJournal iopts mfile txt

Read a Journal from some text, with strict checks if enabled, or return an error message.

The reader (data format) is chosen based on, in this order:

a reader name provided in iopts
a reader prefix in the mfile path
a file extension in mfile

If none of these is available, or if the reader name is unrecognised, we use the journal reader (for predictability).

readJournalFile :: InputOpts -> PrefixedFilePath -> ExceptT String IO Journal Source #

Read a Journal from this file, or from stdin if the file path is -, with strict checks if enabled, or return an error message. The file path can have a READER: prefix.

The reader (data format) to use is determined from (in priority order): the mformat_ specified in the input options, if any; the file path's READER: prefix, if any; a recognised file name extension. if none of these identify a known reader, the journal reader is used.

The input options can also configure balance assertion checking, automated posting generation, a rules file for converting CSV data, etc.

If using --new, and if latest-file writing is enabled in input options, and after passing strict checks if enabled, a .latest.FILE file will be created/updated (for the main file only, not for included files), to remember the latest transaction date (and how many transactions on this date) successfully read.

readJournalFiles :: InputOpts -> [PrefixedFilePath] -> ExceptT String IO Journal Source #

Read a Journal from each specified file path (using readJournalFile) and combine them into one; or return the first error message. Strict checks, if enabled, are deferred till the end. Writing .latest files, if enabled, is also deferred till the end, and happens only if strict checks pass.

Combining Journals means concatenating them, basically. The parse state resets at the start of each file, which means that directives & aliases do not affect subsequent sibling or parent files. They do affect included child files though. Also the final parse state saved in the Journal does span all files.

readJournalFilesAndLatestDates :: InputOpts -> [PrefixedFilePath] -> ExceptT String IO (Journal, [LatestDatesForFile]) Source #

Easy journal parsing

readJournal' :: Text -> IO Journal Source #

An easy version of readJournal which assumes default options, and fails in the IO monad.

readJournalFile' :: PrefixedFilePath -> IO Journal Source #

An easy version of readJournalFile which assumes default options, and fails in the IO monad.

readJournalFiles' :: [PrefixedFilePath] -> IO Journal Source #

An easy version of readJournalFiles' which assumes default options, and fails in the IO monad.

orDieTrying :: MonadIO m => ExceptT String m a -> m a Source #

Extract ExceptT to the IO monad, failing with an error message if necessary.

Misc

journalStrictChecks :: Journal -> Either String () Source #

Run the extra -s/--strict checks on a journal, returning the first error message if any of them fail.

saveLatestDates :: LatestDates -> FilePath -> IO () Source #

Save the given latest date(s) seen in the given data FILE, in a hidden file named .latest.FILE, creating it if needed.

saveLatestDatesForFiles :: [LatestDatesForFile] -> IO () Source #

Save each file's latest dates.

Re-exported

tmpostingrulep :: Maybe Year -> JournalParser m TMPostingRule Source #

findReader :: MonadIO m => Maybe StorageFormat -> Maybe FilePath -> Maybe (Reader m) Source #

findReader mformat mpath

Find the reader named by mformat, if provided. ("ssv" and "tsv" are recognised as alternate names for the csv reader, which also handles those formats.) Or, if a file path is provided, find the first reader that handles its file extension, if any.

splitReaderPrefix :: PrefixedFilePath -> (Maybe StorageFormat, FilePath) Source #

If a filepath is prefixed by one of the reader names and a colon, split that off. Eg "csv:-" -> (Just "csv", "-"). These reader prefixes can be used to force a specific reader, overriding the file extension.

runJournalParser :: Monad m => JournalParser m a -> Text -> m (Either HledgerParseErrors a) Source #

Run a journal parser in some monad. See also: parseWithState.

module Hledger.Read.Common

module Hledger.Read.InputOptions

Tests

tests_Read :: TestTree Source #