[nzlug] Linux-friendly banks in NZ?

[Liz Quilty]

David McNab wrote:
> 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.
>
>   
use www::mechanize ?

Liz

> 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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