Bluecoins to Firefly III importer

Python script to import a Bluecoins database into a Firefly III instance

How to Use

1. Set up a config file (see example in config.example.py)
2. Make an export in Bluecoins, put the resulting bluecoins.fydb file into the folder bluecoins-data.
3. If you used attachments, put the Pictures folder (e.g. from a Google Drive export, or locally on your phone from Internal Storage/Bluecoins/) also inside bluecoins-data.
4. Run convert.py, check the output.

Notes

• Use this on an new (empty) Firefly III instance, or with a backup at hand. It might mess stuff up.
• Set up all needed currencies first inside Firefly III, transactions with unknown currency will throw an error when trying to import them.
• It's best to set up rules inside Firefly III first to modify the transactions according to your needs.
  • This is also the way to go to assign actual source/destination accounts (instead of (Cash)).
• Set DESC_AS_ACC in config.py to True to use the "Description" field as the opposing account name (expenses account created if not already present)
• The initial bank statements are not imported. You can set them manually in Firefly III after the import for each account.
• Firefly III has some limitations that Bluecoins has not:
  • Split transaction always needs to have the same source account.
  • A split transaction needs to be the same type throughout (i.e. cannot be split between Deposit & Withdrawal).
  • The Transaction Fees feature of Bluecoins not feasible in Firefly III. Instead, a separate Withdrawal is created, with a link to the original transaction.