Jan-Jan / fnb-xero-pdf

Convert FNB pdf(s) to csv(s) for import to Xero, or the accouting package of your choice

Convert FNB statement pdfs to csv files for import into Xero

Installation

First install pdftotext it is part of the poppler package:

• Mac: brew install poppler
• Linux: apt-get install poppler-utils
• Windows: as per http://manifestwebdesign.com/2013/01/09/xpdf-and-poppler-utils-on-windows/

then install this package globally

npm install -g fnb-xero-pdf

Usage

Convert all pdfs in a directory

If you want to convert all pdfs in the current directory, simply execute

fnb-xero-pdf

It will collate all the pdfs each into a csv specific to each account (identifiable by the account number).

If you want to convert all pdfs in another directory, simply add the relative path

fnb-xero-pdf docs

Warning: If you run this command multiple times in the same directory, it will append to existing csv files.

Convert a single file

To convert a single simply add the filename is first parameter

fnb-xero-pdf accountfile.pdf

This will output/overwrite to a file with the same name, but csv suffix instead, e.g., accountfile.csv.