/node-ofx

Parse OFX files into a usable data structure for Node.js.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptOtherNOASSERTION

OFX

Parse Open Financial Exchange (OFX) files into a usable data structure. Serialize objects into OFX file format.

Install

$ npm install node-ofx-parser

Parsing

const ofx = require('ofx');

fs.readFile('Account-1234-5678.ofx', 'utf8', function(err, ofxData) {
    if (err) throw err;

    const data = ofx.parse(ofxData);
    console.dir(data);
});

Serializing

const ofx = require('ofx');

const header = {
    OFXHEADER: '100',
    DATA: 'OFXSGML',
    VERSION: '103',
    SECURITY: 'NONE',
    ENCODING: 'USASCII',
    CHARSET: '1252',
    COMPRESSION: 'NONE',
    OLDFILEUID: 'NONE',
    NEWFILEUID: 'unique id here'
};

const body = {
    SIGNONMSGSRQV1: {
      SONRQ: {
        DTCLIENT: 'value',
        USERID: 'user id',
        USERPASS: 'password',
        LANGUAGE: 'ENG',
        FI: {
          ORG: 'org',
          FID: 'fid'
        },
        APPID: 'QWIN',
        APPVER: '2100',
        CLIENTUID: 'needed by some places'
      }
    }
};

const ofx_string = ofx.serialize(header, body);
console.log(ofx_string);

Data

In your data returned, you will have the following properties:

  • OFX - a dump of the XML parsing as a js object
  • header - just the 'key:values' pairs from the top of the OFX file

caveats

This library is just a fork of the node-ofx made by Andrew Chilton, the logic is the same, only difference is the xml-parser dependency. His version has a dependency that was breaking my CI, so I created another version with the fast-xml-parser

The OFX file format is yucky, horrible and just silly. This module helps parse the ones I know about. And it doesn't do it in a nice way either. It may or may not work for your own use - only by trying it will you find out.

If you discover a broken file, please submit an issue with the sample file.

This module takes the OFX format and does the following:

  • splits off the initial set of metadata (the "Key:Value" lines)
  • tries to mechnically turn the SGML into a valid XML format
  • turns the XML into a JavaScript data structure

Credits

Thanks to Andrew Chilton for writing the lib node-ofx, which this one is a fork with just a change of xml-parser library

License

The MIT License : http://appsattic.mit-license.org/2012/