Heron Python

This library provides easy access to the Heron Data API for applications written in Python.

Documentation

No language-specific docs are currently maintained. For documentation on the raw REST API this library uses behind the scenes, see our OpenAPI Docs.

Installation

If you just want to use the package, just run:

pip install --upgrade heron-data

Install from source with:

python setup.py install

Requirements

• Python 3.8+

Usage

Import the heron package and set your config:

import os

import heron

heron.basic_auth_username = os.getenv("HERON_USERNAME")
heron.basic_auth_password = os.getenv("HERON_PASSWORD")

# Experimental: if you pull from a fintech API, specify it here to get
# automatic conversion into a Heron Data API format. Supported: plaid,
# finicity, yodlee, truelayer
heron.provider = "plaid"

Alternatively, set HERON_USERNAME and HERON_PASSWORD as environment variables which will be automatically picked up.

Then you can issue API requests using Python classes:

end_user = heron.EndUser.create(...)

transactions = heron.Transaction.create_many([...])

You can see a longer example in the examples/ directory.

Contributing

Fork this repository, and install dev dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.dev.txt

Run tests and capture coverage with:

coverage run -m unittest

See test coverage with:

coverage report

Run linting with flake8 and black:

flake8 . && black .

Submit a PR against the main branch and it will be reviewed.