expenseutils 1.0.1

Utility functions for the CareCash expense tracker

expenseutils

Utility functions for the CareCash expense tracker — a cloud-based personal finance app built on AWS.

Functions

summarise(expenses)

Groups a list of expense dictionaries by category and returns a dict of {category: total}.

from expenseutils import summarise

expenses = [
    {'category': 'Food', 'amount': 20.0},
    {'category': 'Transport', 'amount': 10.0},
    {'category': 'Food', 'amount': 15.0},
]
print(summarise(expenses))
# {'Food': 35.0, 'Transport': 10.0}

check_budget(monthly_total, budget)

Returns a status dict based on spending vs budget.

from expenseutils import check_budget

result = check_budget(85.0, 100.0)
# {'status': 'warning', 'message': 'You are close to your budget limit.'}

Status values: ok, warning, exceeded

Installation

pip install expenseutils

Author

Amirthavarshini M — MSc Cloud Computing, NCI Dublin