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Fintech Double-entry Ledger (JSON)

Balanced double-entry ledger SAMPLE for accounting engine validation tests.

Preview — first 16 linesjson
{
  "entries": [
    {
      "account": "cash",
      "debit": 1000,
      "credit": 0
    },
    {
      "account": "revenue",
      "debit": 0,
      "credit": 1000
    }
  ],
  "balanced": true
}

Specifications

Domain
fintech
Balanced
true

What is a .json file?

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, text-based data-interchange format representing objects, arrays, strings, numbers, booleans, and null. It is language-independent, human-readable, and the dominant format for web APIs and configuration. It requires a single well-formed root value.

How to use this file

Use an example JSON file to test parsers and serializers, schema validation, Unicode and number-precision handling, and API request or response processing.

How to use this file for testing

“Fintech Double-entry Ledger (JSON)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Data import, JSON parsing. Realistic faker-generated datasets with documented schemas for testing import and ETL flows.

Documented properties for this file: JSON · 214 bytes. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.

Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.

Data fixtures document their exact quirks — delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts — in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.

Code examples

import json

with open("ledger-double-entry.json") as f:
    data = json.load(f)
print(type(data), len(data))

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