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Tracking

Run a new time entry​

What are you waiting for? Start to track your time now!

curl -u <email>:<password> \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"created_with":"API example code","description":"Hello Toggl","tags":[],"billable":false,"workspace_id":{workspace_id},"duration":-1,"start":"1984-06-08T11:02:53.000Z","stop":null}' \
  -X POST https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/workspaces/{workspace_id}/time_entries

A new time entry will start tracking time. You can see the running time in the Toggl Track web app.

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Remember to replace {workspace_id} for the corresponding one both in the URL path and in the payload field "workspace_id".

You can always ask the details about your running time entry as follows:

  curl -u <email>:<password> \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -X GET https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/me/time_entries/current
{
  "data": {
    "id": 436694100,
    "wid": 777,
    "pid": 193791,
    "billable": false,
    "start": "1984-01-30T09:08:04+00:00",
    "duration": -1,
    "description": "Running time entry",
    "at": "1984-01-30T09:08:12+00:00"
  }
}

About the duration field​

To create a time entry that started and stopped you can provide both the start and the duration fields. Where the:

  • start field will have the format "2022-10-27T15:38:45Z"
  • duration field will have the duration in seconds, for example 120.

To create a time entry that started and continues to be running, the duration field must be negative. In UNIX environments you can create a running time entry for the current date using the following command:

curl -u <email>:<password> \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"created_with":"API example code","description":"Hello Toggl","tags":[],"billable":false,"workspace_id":{workspace_id},"duration":-1,"start":"'$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%3NZ)'","stop":null}' \
  -X POST https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/workspaces/{workspace_id}/time_entries

Stop an existing time entry​

Don't forget to stop your running time entry!

curl -u <email>:<password> \
  -X PATCH https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/workspaces/{workspace_id}/time_entries/{time_entry_id}/stop

And now, the time entry is in your history.

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Manual mode​

It is always possible to insert a time entry specifying the start time and the duration.

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The stop time will be considered as the start time plus the specified duration.

curl -u <email>:<password> \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"description":"Meeting with clients","tags":["billed"],"workspace_id":{workspace_id},"duration":1200,"start":"2022-03-05T07:58:58.000Z","created_with":"curl"}' \
  -X POST https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/workspaces/{workspace_id}/time_entries

Time entry history​

If you want to retrieve the list of time entries in a specific time window, you can use start_date and end_date parameters as below.

caution

The limit of returned time entries is 1000. Consider using detailed reports for the whole list.

curl -u <email>:<password> \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -X GET "https://api.track.toggl.com/api/v9/me/time_entries?start_date=1984-03-10&end_date=1984-03-12"

The result is an array composed of time entry objects.

Check the docs on Time Entry for further time entry operations.

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