Beancount LSP Server

A Language Server Protocol (LSP) implementation for Beancount using by beancount-lsp extension

Overview

The Beancount LSP Server provides intelligent features for Beancount files, including diagnostics, completions, hover information, and navigation capabilities etc...

npx beancount-lsp-server

Usage

The LSP server can be used programmatically in your JavaScript/TypeScript application or as a standalone process.

Programmatic Usage

import { BeancountLSPServer } from 'beancount-lsp-server';
import { createConnection, ProposedFeatures } from 'vscode-languageserver/node';

// Create a connection to the client
const connection = createConnection(ProposedFeatures.all);

// Create the Beancount LSP server
const server = new BeancountLSPServer({
	connection,
	// Additional initialization options
});

// Start the server
server.start();

Initialization Parameters

When initializing the Beancount LSP server, you can provide the following parameters:

Required Parameters

• connection: The LSP connection created from vscode-languageserver.

Optional Parameters

• extensionUri: URI string for the extension's location. which contain pythonFiles directory and python files needed

Server Configuration

Clients can configure the server by providing initialization options when creating the language client:

// Connect to the server
const client = new LanguageClient(
	'beancountLanguageServer',
	'Beancount Language Server',
	{
		run: {
			module: 'beancount-lsp-server',
			transport: TransportKind.ipc,
		},
		debug: {
			module: 'beancount-lsp-server',
			transport: TransportKind.ipc,
			options: {
				execArgv: ['--nolazy', '--inspect=6009'],
			},
		},
	},
	{
		documentSelector: [{ scheme: 'file', language: 'beancount' }],
		synchronize: {
			fileEvents: workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**/*.bean'),
		},
		initializationOptions: {
			extensionUri: extensionUri.toString(),
		},
	},
);

// Start the client
client.start();

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

MIT