A command-line application to help manage your finances by allowing users to add, view, and delete expenses. This application is part of the roadmap.sh backend project, designed to build backend skills through practical projects.
The Expense Tracker CLI app allows users to effectively track their expenses by adding, viewing, and deleting expense entries. Built with simplicity in mind, this application is designed to be intuitive, lightweight, and scalable for basic financial tracking needs.
- Add a new expense with description, amount, and date.
- View a list of all expenses or filter by month.
- Delete expenses based on a unique ID.
- Calculate total expenses, either by a specific month or overall.
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/hakeemyusuff/Expense-tracker.git cd Expense-tracker -
Change to executable files:
chmod +x ./expense-tracker.py
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To view how to use the program use:
./expense-tracker --help or -h
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Adding an Expense
To add a new expense, use the following command:
./expense_tracker.py add --description "Lunch" --amount 12.50 --date "2024-11-11"
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Viewing All Expenses
To view all recorded expenses, run:
./expense_tracker.py list
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Viewing Monthly Summary
To view a summary of expenses for a specific month, run:
./expense_tracker.py summary --month 11
Run the above command without the month argument for summary of all expenses.
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Deleting an Expense
To delete an expense by its ID, use:
./expense_tracker.py delete --id 3
def calc_summary(month=None):
data = get_data()
if month:
data_list = [row for row in data if get_month(row.get("Date")) == month]
print(f"# Total expenses for {calendar.month_name[month]}: ${get_sum(data_list)}")
else:
print(f"# Total expenses: ${get_sum(data)}")