Bulk convert Westpac statements to CSV

Count the transactions on a Westpac statement before converting it, then check the number against what comes out the other end. That's the test worth running on any bulk PDF tool, because Westpac statements routinely spill across several pages, and a lot of generic converters quietly lose rows at exactly the point where one page ends and the next begins, usually a continuation line that doesn't get recognised as belonging to the transaction above it.

The parser behind this one treats a multi-page Westpac statement as a single document rather than a set of pages processed separately, so the transaction count matches the PDF and merchant names, reference numbers and transaction types come through whole instead of getting cut off mid-page.

Beyond that, it's the same batch process as every other bank: Westpac only lets you download statements one period at a time from Online Banking, so a year of history means twelve separate PDFs with no built-in way to combine them. Ten go into a batch at once here, and the whole set converts into a single merged CSV in date order, a calendar year of one account taking two batches.

A file uploaded under the wrong bank fails visibly rather than returning something that looks plausible and isn't, and it costs no credit. Batches aren't limited to one account type either, so a Choice everyday account, an eSaver and an Altitude card can all run through the same batch and land in one file.