ABA generator
Generate ABA Files from Node.js and browser.
Notable:
- The minified version of this module is 2.4KB.
- The only dependency is printf, which can be minified to 8.2KB
- The source code of
aba-generator
is quite easy to read, understand, and amend. We welcome any changes.
Usage
Installation
npm i -S aba-generator
Minimal example of sending money from your account:
const ABA = require("aba-generator");
const aba = new ABA({
bank: "ANZ", // The bank processing this file
user: "Allowasa Pertolio Accounting&Tax", // Your (money sender) company name
userNumber: 1234, // Your ID in the bank system, often hardcoded to some number. Consult with your bank
description: "Credits Of The Wooloomooloo", // Description of the transactions within the file
// Optional
// bsb: String, // Main account BSB. Not in the ABA spec, but required by ANZ
// account: String, // Main account number. Not in the ABA spec, but required by ANZ
// date: Date|String|Number, // The date to be processed, default is now
// time: Date|String|Number, // The time to be processed. Not in the ABA spec, but required by ANZ
});
const transaction = {
bsb: "061021", // recipient's account BSB
transactionCode: ABA.CREDIT,
// indicates "you are sending money (debit), they are receiving (credit)". ABA.PAY works in the same way but with code 53
account: "123456", // recipient's account number
amount: 12.0, // Number|String sending amount the recipient will see in their bank account
accountTitle: "Georgian Council of New South Wales", // recipient account name
reference: "Invoice # 1234", // payment reference, will be visible to the recipient
traceBsb: "061123", // your (sender) bank account BSB
traceAccount: "1234567", // your (sender) bank account number
remitter: "Acme Inc", // Your (sender) company name
// Optional
// tax: "N"|"W"|"X"|"Y"|" "|"", // Tax withholding indicator. Typically blank, meaning no tax. See ABA specification.
// taxAmount: Number|String, // Tax amount. Typically 0.
};
const file = aba.generate([transaction]);
console.log(file);
Should print:
0 01ANZ Allowasa Pertolio Accounti001234Credits Of T180320
1061-021 123456 500000001200Georgian Council of New South WaInvoice # 1234 061-123 1234567Acme Inc 00000000
7999-999 000000120000000012000000000000 000001
which is a fully valid ABA file. Note spaces in the end of the first and last lines.
Every line in the ABA file must be 120 chars. So data like user
, description
, accountTitle
, etc are truncated if too long.
Note
Even though the format is standardised, banks typically mandate some fields to be hardcoded.
ABA file specification
- http://ddkonline.blogspot.com/2009/01/aba-bank-payment-file-format-australian.html
- https://www.cemtexaba.com/aba-format/cemtex-aba-file-format-details
- https://github.com/mjec/aba/blob/master/sample-with-comments.aba
API
new ABA(options)
Constructor options:
* Specify the header of the ABA file.
* @param options {Object} Header data.
* @param [options.bsb=""] {String} Main account BSB. Should be ignored according to the specs.
* @param [options.account=""] {String} Main account number. Up to 9 chars. Should be ignored according to the specs.
* @param options.bank {String} Name of financial institution processing this file. 3 characters, like "ANZ", "WBC"
* @param options.user {String} How the user will be shown in the transactions of the third party banks.
* @param options.userNumber {Number} The ID of the user supplying the file.
* @param options.description {String} Description of this file entries. Up to 12 chars.
* @param [options.date=Date.now()] {Date|String|Number} Date to be processed.
* @param [options.time] {Date|String|Number} Time to be processed. Should be ignored according to the specs.
.generate(transactions)
Transactions schema. Most of the params are required as you can see.
* Generate ABA file of these transactions.
* @param transactions {Object[]} Transactions in the file
* @param transactions[].bsb {String} The third party account BSB
* @param [transactions[].tax=" "] {"N"|"W"|"X"|"Y"|" "|""}
* @param transactions[].transactionCode {Number|ABA.CREDIT|ABA.DEBIT|ABA.PAY} Debit or credit? ABA.CREDIT or ABA.DEBIT or ABA.PAY
* @param transactions[].account {String} The third party account number
* @param transactions[].amount {String|Number}
* @param transactions[].accountTitle {String} The third party (recipient) account name. Up to 32 chars.
* @param [transactions[].reference] {String} Payment reference, e.g. "Invoice # 123". Up to 18 chars.
* @param transactions[].traceBsb {String} The transacting account BSB
* @param transactions[].traceAccount {String} The transacting account number
* @param transactions[].remitter {String} The transacting company name.
* @param [transactions[].taxAmount=0] {Number}
* @return {String} The ABA file contents as a string.
TODO
- Input data validation
Credits
The module is based on this excellent work: https://github.com/ordermentum/aba
Changes: removed Bignumber.js
and moment
dependencies, added documentation and examples, simplified code infrastructure, fixed few bugs, implement max length limit of variable data fields.