Batch Process Bank Statements: Automate 100+ Statement Conversions

# Basic CLI batch conversion
$ convert-statements --input ./pdfs --output ./csv --format all

# Parallel processing with 5 workers
$ convert-statements --input ./pdfs --output ./csv --format all --parallel 5

# With error handling and logging
$ convert-statements \
    --input ./pdfs \
    --output ./csv \
    --failed ./failed \
    --format all \
    --parallel 5 \
    --retry 3 \
    --log ./batch.log

# Process only specific banks
$ convert-statements --input ./pdfs --output ./csv --filter "Chase|BofA|Wells"

# Generate metadata report
$ convert-statements --input ./pdfs --output ./csv --metadata ./metadata.csv

// Submit batch of 100 statements
const batch = await fetch('https://api.easybankconvert.com/v1/batch', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    files: [
      { url: 'https://storage.example.com/statement1.pdf', name: 'statement1.pdf' },
      { url: 'https://storage.example.com/statement2.pdf', name: 'statement2.pdf' },
      // ... 98 more files
    ],
    format: 'all', // Export both CSV and Excel
    webhook_url: 'https://yourapp.com/webhooks/batch-complete',
    options: {
      parallel_workers: 10,
      retry_on_error: true,
      max_retries: 3
    }
  })
});

const { batch_id, status } = await batch.json();
console.log(`Batch ${batch_id} submitted. Status: ${status}`);

// Webhook payload when batch completes
{
  "batch_id": "batch_abc123",
  "status": "completed",
  "total_files": 100,
  "successful": 94,
  "failed": 6,
  "processing_time_seconds": 3600,
  "results_url": "https://api.easybankconvert.com/v1/batch/abc123/results.zip",
  "failed_files": [
    { "name": "statement87.pdf", "error": "OCR confidence too low" },
    // ... 5 more failures
  ]
}

#!/bin/bash
# folder-watcher.sh - Monitors /inbox for new PDFs

INBOX="/statements/inbox"
PROCESSING="/statements/processing"
COMPLETED="/statements/completed"
FAILED="/statements/failed"

# Run every 5 minutes via cron: */5 * * * * /path/to/folder-watcher.sh
while true; do
  # Find new PDFs
  NEW_FILES=$(find "$INBOX" -name "*.pdf" -mmin +1)

  if [ -n "$NEW_FILES" ]; then
    echo "Found $(echo "$NEW_FILES" | wc -l) new statements"

    # Move to processing
    echo "$NEW_FILES" | while read file; do
      mv "$file" "$PROCESSING/"
    done

    # Convert batch
    convert-statements \
      --input "$PROCESSING" \
      --output "$COMPLETED" \
      --failed "$FAILED" \
      --format all \
      --parallel 5 \
      --retry 3

    # Alert if failures
    FAILED_COUNT=$(find "$FAILED" -name "*.pdf" | wc -l)
    if [ $FAILED_COUNT -gt 0 ]; then
      echo "WARNING: $FAILED_COUNT statements failed" | mail -s "Statement Processing Alert" admin@example.com
    fi
  fi

  sleep 300 # Check every 5 minutes
done