timrlink.net

timr SOAP API client implemented in .Net Core

Core

timrlink.net.Core contains the basic implementation and abstraction of the timr.com SOAP API.

CLI

timrlink.net.CLI is a commandline tool for the most common actions which can be performed on the SOAP API. Mainly this is used for importing data into timr.

Currently supported:

• Project Time import via .csv and .xlsx files
• Task import via .csv files

Setup

Specify your timr identifier (<identifier>.timr.com) in the config.json file and enter your Authentication Token (found at Administration -> Settings -> timr API). For full support with excel imports also set the Show external ID to Yes, so task assignment and creation works as expected.

{
  "timrSync": {
    "identifier": "<identifier>",
    "token": "<Authentication Token>"
  }
}

Usage

Import project times

timrlink pt <file>
timrlink projecttime <file>

CSV file has to be in the following format:

User;Task;StartDateTime;EndDateTime;Break;Notes;Billable
John Dow;INTERNAL|Holiday;01.12.15 8:00;01.12.15 16:30;0:30;;false

Excel files are supported in the form of excel exports from timr.

Import tasks

timrlink t <file> [--u]
timrlink task <file> [--update]

Options:
  -u, --update    Update existing tasks with same externalId, default: true

CSV file has to be in the following format:

Task;Bookable;Billable;Description;Start;End;DescriptionRequired
Customer A|Project1|Task1;True;False;Awesome;;;True
Customer A|Project1;True;True;;;;False
Customer A|Project2;false;true;;2019-05-16;;true

Optionally Custom Fields can be included, which then requires the following format:

Task;Bookable;Billable;Description;Start;End;CustomField1;CustomField2;CustomField3
Customer A|Project1|Task1;True;False;Awesome;;Field1;Field2;Field3
Customer A|Project1;True;True;;;;;;
Customer A|Project2;false;true;;2019-05-16;;;;

Optionally Subtasks can be included. They need to be seperated by ','. Subtasks are always bookable and inherit the specified billable:

Task;Bookable;Billable;Description;Start;End;Subtasks
Customer A|Project1|Task1;True;False;Awesome;;;Support,Sales
Customer A|Project1;True;True;;;;Support
Customer A|Project2;false;true;;2019-05-16;;Development,Testing

Optionally address information and latitude longitude can be specified in the following format:

Task;Bookable;Billable;Description;Start;End;DescriptionRequired;Address;City;ZipCode;State;Country;Latitude;Longitude
Orts basiert;True;True;;;;True;Martinistraße 8/2;Leonding;4060;;AT;48,246461;14,261041
Orts basiert|Poolhall;True;True;;;;True;Wattstraße 6;Linz;4030;;AT;48,24676258791299;14,265460834572343
Orts basiert|Burgerking;false;true;;2019-05-16;;true;Martinistraße 8/2;Leonding;4060;Oberösterreich;AT;48,246955491407704;

Optionally budget information can be specified in the following format:

Task;Bookable;Billable;Description;Start;End;DescriptionRequired;BudgetPlanningType;BudgetPlanningTypeInherited;HoursPlanned;HourlyRate;BudgetPlanned
Budget;True;True;;;;True;TASK_HOURLY_RATE;False;2,00;8,00;32,00
Budget|Budget Task 1;True;False;Awesome;;;False;NONE;True;;;
Budget|Budget Task 2;false;true;;2019-05-16;;true;USER_HOURLY_RATE;False;3,00;;48,00
Budget|Budget Task 3;false;true;;2019-05-16;;true;FIXED_PRICE;False;4,00;16,00;64,00

BudgetPlanningTypeInherited specifies if the budget information (if any) should be used from parent task. When true no other information needs to be specified.

Custom fields and/or subtasks and/or budget information can also be specified together.

Export project times to DB

Currently only Microsoft SQL Server is supported. The connection string for the database has to be specified as argument.

timrlink export-projecttime connectionstring <connectionstring> [from] [to]

Options:
from    Specifies Date from which on Project times are exported    
to      Specifies Date until project times are exported (Only working if both parameters are specified in the following format: 'yyyy-MM-dd')
        Works only if to date is after from date. If from and to date are not specified the old behavior comes in where after each run a timestamp is stored. At the next run it starts where the last period ended. Both specified dates are inclusive. So when the date of project time exactly matches it is taken into account.

Project times will get exported to the specified database. Required tables get created automatically. Project times will get updated when changed in timr too.

Building

dotnet build

Execution

Execution from source

dotnet run --project timrlink.net.CLI

Packaging

Self Contained Package including dotnet runtime

For creating a self contained package run the following command:

Windows x64

dotnet publish timrlink.net.CLI/ -c Release -r win7-x64 --self-contained

The artifacts can then be found at timrlink.net.CLI/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/win7-x64/publish

MacOS

dotnet publish timrlink.net.CLI/ -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained

The artifacts can then be found at timrlink.net.CLI/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/osx-x64/publish

Ubuntu

dotnet publish timrlink.net.CLI/ -c Release -r ubuntu.18.04-x64 --self-contained

The artifacts can then be found at timrlink.net.CLI/bin/Release/netcoreapp3.1/ubuntu.18.04-x64/publish

More on publishing dotnet core apps: https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/master/docs/core/tools/dotnet-publish.md