Bots Open Source EDI software

Developer(s)	EbbersConsult
Stable release	1.6.0 / 2009-11-27; 3 days ago
Written in	Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Electronic Data Interchange, Business-to-business electronic commerce
License	GNU General Public License
Website	bots.sourceforge.net

Bots is a open source EDI/b2b translator aiming to be complete EDI software. Bots is free software available under the GNU General Public License.

Contents 1 Features 2 Supported data formats 3 Supported communication 4 Dependencies 5 External links

[edit] Features

• Highly configurable.
• Very flexible by using user scripts (in Python).
• Any-to-any-format conversions.
• Plugins for easy configuration of EDI and examples/learning.
• Convert to readable/printable format ('EDI-fax').
• Conversion of codes, e.g. EAN/UCC-numbers. Maintenance of codes in user interface.
• Platform independent.
• Web based user interface.
• Receive (email) reports in case of errors.
• Uses Unicode.

[edit] Supported data formats

• EDIFACT
• XML
• X12
• Tradacoms
• Fixed records a.k.a. flat file or ASCII records.
• CSV
• SAP idocs
• GS1 EANCOM
• JSON

[edit] Supported communication

• SMTP (incl TLS, SSL)
• POP3 (incl TLS, SSL)
• Value-added network: X400, ipmail, InterCommit, Sterling Commerce
• FTP
• File I/O
• Database connector (direct communication to database)
• External communication modules
• User scriptable communication

[edit] Dependencies

• Python
• Turbogears
• SQLite (default database)
• MySQL (optional)
• PostgreSQL (optional)

[edit] External links

• Bots website
• Bots mailing list
• Bots project on SourceForge