[nzlug] Linux-friendly banks in NZ?

[David McNab]

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 13:33 +1200, Liz Quilty wrote:
> Matthew Diesch wrote:
> > ASB Fastnet Classic has CSV, OFX, QIK and TDV - login is regular
> > username/password
> >
> >   
> kiwibank allows csv at least (not sure what else) and you can disable 
> all the usual security so its just a basic login/password
> Lot of javascript to deal with though

The javascript is a bit of a pain, since the python web client packages
don't have a javascript engine.

On that note, can anyone recommend a scriptable web client with
http/https support, cookies support and javascript engine built in?
Prefably python, but perl, ruby, c++ or (ugh!) java would do as well.

Cheers
David


> 
> Liz
> 
> > 2008/5/2 David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz>:
> >
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of any banks in NZ who provide an interface which can
> >> allow downloading of account transactions via open-source software?
> >>
> >> For example - BNZ - good range of statement download options - CSV, OFX,
> >> QIF format files over a given date range. But to get there, one first
> >> has to bring up the BNZ site via a web browser, log in, then go through
> >> that damnable 'netguard' challenge. AFAIK, the netguard login is
> >> particularly difficult to automate since the column/row coordinates are
> >> displayed as images. I'd rather not have to spend days writing an https
> >> client which OCRs the netguard images. Also, there's a ton of javascript
> >> which has to be executed.
> >>
> >> BNZ do offer 'PC business banking' via a Windows or Mac-only app which
> >> accesses the BNZ servers via some protocol - but that forces use of
> >> non-free software. Also, they charge like a wounded bull for the
> >> software and the access account.
> >>
> >> I'm hoping that some financial institution on these shores may offer
> >> some kind of API accessible through means such as SOAP or XML-RPC over
> >> https which allows a program to connect, authenticate, choose dates and
> >> account(s) then download the transaction data.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> David
> >>
> >>
> >>
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