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Optimized receipt extraction for Ethiopian banks using connection pooling

Project description

📄 ethiobank-receipts

🔍 Fast and Reliable Receipt Extraction from Ethiopian Banks
Optimized for speed and accuracy, ethiobank-receipts enables developers to extract structured data from digital bank receipts across major Ethiopian banks using multithreading and connection pooling.


⚠️ Disclaimer

This is not an official Python packages.
I am not affiliated with Ethio Telecom, Telebirr, or any Ethiopian bank (CBE, Dashen, Awash, BOA, Zemen).

This package is built purely for developer utility and research purposes and works by scraping publicly available receipt data.


✅ Features

  • 🏦 Bank Support

    • Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
    • Dashen Bank
    • Awash Bank
    • Bank of Abyssinia (BOA)
    • Zemen Bank
    • Telebirr (Ethio telecom)
  • High Performance

    • Multithreaded PDF parsing
    • Optimized HTTP connection pooling (requests.Session)
  • 🧠 Smart Automation

    • Chrome WebDriver caching (for BOA receipts)
  • 🧪 Developer Friendly

    • Easy CLI interface
    • Built-in test suite

📦 Installation

pip install ethiobank-receipts

📖 Usage (Python)

Extract from Any Bank by URL

from ethiobank_receipts import extract_receipt
from pprint import pprint

urls = {
    "cbe": "https://apps.cbe.com.et:100/?id=FT*************",
    "dashen": "https://receipt.dashensuperapp.com/receipt/**************",
    "awash": "https://awashpay.awashbank.com:8225/-*****************",
    "boa": "https://cs.bankofabyssinia.com/slip/?trx=****************",
    "zemen": "https://share.zemenbank.com/rt/****************/pdf",
    "tele": "CHQ0FJ403O"
}

for bank, url in urls.items():
    print(f"Extracting from {bank}...")
    try:
        result = extract_receipt(bank, url)
        pprint(result)
    except Exception as e:
        pprint(f"Failed: {e}")

Extract CBE with FT Number + Account

from ethiobank_receipts.extractors.cbe import extract_cbe_receipt_info_from_ft

data = extract_cbe_receipt_info_from_ft("FT25211G11JQ", "21827223")
print(data)

✔ Normalizes FT format (uppercase, trims spaces) ✔ Uses last 8 digits of account ❌ Raises ValueError if account digits < 8


Extract Telebirr by URL or Receipt ID

from ethiobank_receipts import extract_receipt

# With full URL
data1 = extract_receipt("tele", "https://transactioninfo.ethiotelecom.et/receipt/CHQ0FJ403O")

# Or just the ID
data2 = extract_receipt("tele", "CHQ0FJ403O")

🧰 CLI Usage

URL-based (all banks)

python -m ethiobank_receipts.cli cbe "https://apps.cbe.com.et:100/?id=FT25211G11JQ21827223"
python -m ethiobank_receipts.cli dashen "https://receipt.dashensuperapp.com/receipt/387ETAP2522000WK"
python -m ethiobank_receipts.cli tele CHQ0FJ403O

CBE helper

python -m ethiobank_receipts.cli cbe --ft FT25211G11JQ --account 21827223

📄 Sample Outputs

CBE Receipt

{
  "payer_name": "John Doe",
  "payer_account": "1000223344",
  "receiver_name": "XYZ Trading PLC",
  "receiver_account": "1000556677",
  "amount": 1250.75,
  "currency": "ETB",
  "date": "2025-09-09T10:20:00",
  "reference": "FT25211G11JQ",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

Telebirr Receipt

{
  "payer_phone": "0912345678",
  "receiver_name": "ABC Market",
  "receiver_account": "1000123456",
  "amount": 500.00,
  "currency": "ETB",
  "date": "2025-09-09T09:10:00",
  "reference": "CHQ0FJ403O",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

Dashen Bank Receipt

{
  "payer_name": "Jane Doe",
  "payer_account": "2000112233",
  "receiver_name": "FastPay PLC",
  "receiver_account": "2000556677",
  "amount": 750.25,
  "currency": "ETB",
  "date": "2025-09-09T11:30:00",
  "reference": "387ETAP2522000WK",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

Awash Bank Receipt

{
  "payer_name": "Michael Abebe",
  "payer_account": "3000334455",
  "receiver_name": "Utility Service",
  "receiver_account": "3000667788",
  "amount": 980.00,
  "currency": "ETB",
  "date": "2025-09-09T08:45:00",
  "reference": "AW25220099888",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

BOA Receipt

{
  "payer_name": "Sarah Mekonnen",
  "payer_account": "4000445566",
  "receiver_name": "E-Store Ethiopia",
  "receiver_account": "4000998877",
  "amount": 1500.00,
  "currency": "ETB",
  "date": "2025-09-09T14:15:00",
  "reference": "BOA123456789",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

Zemen Bank Receipt

{
  "payer_name": "Daniel Kebede",
  "payer_account": "5000556677",
  "receiver_name": "XYZ Imports",
  "receiver_account": "5000112233",
  "amount": 2000.00,
  "currency": "ETB",
  "date": "2025-09-09T16:00:00",
  "reference": "ZM987654321",
  "status": "SUCCESS"
}

🌐 Hosting Limitations

Some receipt systems have regional restrictions:

  • Telebirr often blocks or times out requests from foreign IPs.

    • Errors include: 403, ERR_FAILED, or DNS resolution issues.
    • ❌ Affected: VPS or cloud servers outside Ethiopia (e.g., AWS, Hetzner).
    • ✅ Works Best: Servers hosted in Ethiopia (e.g., Ethio Telecom hosting, TeleCloud VPS).
  • Bank of Abyssinia (BOA) receipts require Chrome WebDriver. The extractor caches driver sessions for performance.


🛠 Notes

  • Always provide the correct reference number or receipt URL.
  • For CBE, you may use FT number + last 8 digits of account instead of full URL.
  • If fewer than 8 digits are provided for CBE accounts, a ValueError is raised.

📜 License

MIT License — see LICENSE.

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