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POST
/
v1
/
businesses
/
{businessId}
/
time-tracking
/
time-entries
Create time entry
curl --request POST \
  --url https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "date": "2023-12-25",
  "duration_minutes": 123,
  "external_id": "<string>",
  "service_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "service_external_id": "<string>",
  "customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "customer_external_id": "<string>",
  "billable": false,
  "description": "<string>",
  "memo": "<string>",
  "metadata": {}
}
'
import requests

url = "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries"

payload = {
    "date": "2023-12-25",
    "duration_minutes": 123,
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "service_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "service_external_id": "<string>",
    "customer_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "customer_external_id": "<string>",
    "billable": False,
    "description": "<string>",
    "memo": "<string>",
    "metadata": {}
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    date: '2023-12-25',
    duration_minutes: 123,
    external_id: '<string>',
    service_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    service_external_id: '<string>',
    customer_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    customer_external_id: '<string>',
    billable: false,
    description: '<string>',
    memo: '<string>',
    metadata: {}
  })
};

fetch('https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'date' => '2023-12-25',
    'duration_minutes' => 123,
    'external_id' => '<string>',
    'service_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'service_external_id' => '<string>',
    'customer_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
    'customer_external_id' => '<string>',
    'billable' => false,
    'description' => '<string>',
    'memo' => '<string>',
    'metadata' => [
        
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"duration_minutes\": 123,\n  \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"service_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"service_external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"customer_external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"billable\": false,\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"memo\": \"<string>\",\n  \"metadata\": {}\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"duration_minutes\": 123,\n  \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"service_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"service_external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"customer_external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"billable\": false,\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"memo\": \"<string>\",\n  \"metadata\": {}\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox.layerfi.com/v1/businesses/{businessId}/time-tracking/time-entries")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"date\": \"2023-12-25\",\n  \"duration_minutes\": 123,\n  \"external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"service_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"service_external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n  \"customer_external_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"billable\": false,\n  \"description\": \"<string>\",\n  \"memo\": \"<string>\",\n  \"metadata\": {}\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "service": {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "name": "<string>",
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "type": "com.layerfi.routers.ApiService",
      "external_id": "<string>",
      "account_identifier": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "ledger_account": {
        "type": "Single_Chart_Account",
        "id": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "name": "Current Assets",
        "account_number": "4000",
        "stable_name": {
          "type": "StableName",
          "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
        },
        "account_type": {
          "display_name": "Asset"
        },
        "account_subtype": {
          "display_name": "Current Assets"
        }
      },
      "billable_rate_per_minute_amount": 123,
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {},
      "deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    },
    "date": "2023-12-25",
    "duration_minutes": 123,
    "billable": true,
    "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "type": "com.layerfi.routers.ApiTimeEntry",
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "customer": {
      "type": "CustomerData",
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "external_id": "31415926535",
      "individual_name": "<string>",
      "company_name": "<string>",
      "email": "<string>",
      "mobile_phone": "<string>",
      "office_phone": "<string>",
      "address_string": "<string>",
      "memo": "<string>",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "transaction_tags": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "key": "ExampleTagKey",
          "value": "ExampleTagValue",
          "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
          "value_display_name": "<string>",
          "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "<string>",
    "invoice_line_item_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "memo": "<string>",
    "metadata": {},
    "deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  }
}
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "service": {
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "business_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "name": "<string>",
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "type": "com.layerfi.routers.ApiService",
      "external_id": "<string>",
      "account_identifier": {
        "type": "AccountId",
        "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
      },
      "ledger_account": {
        "type": "Single_Chart_Account",
        "id": {
          "type": "AccountId",
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
        },
        "name": "Current Assets",
        "account_number": "4000",
        "stable_name": {
          "type": "StableName",
          "stable_name": "CURRENT_ASSETS"
        },
        "account_type": {
          "display_name": "Asset"
        },
        "account_subtype": {
          "display_name": "Current Assets"
        }
      },
      "billable_rate_per_minute_amount": 123,
      "memo": "<string>",
      "metadata": {},
      "deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
    },
    "date": "2023-12-25",
    "duration_minutes": 123,
    "billable": true,
    "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "type": "com.layerfi.routers.ApiTimeEntry",
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "customer": {
      "type": "CustomerData",
      "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
      "external_id": "31415926535",
      "individual_name": "<string>",
      "company_name": "<string>",
      "email": "<string>",
      "mobile_phone": "<string>",
      "office_phone": "<string>",
      "address_string": "<string>",
      "memo": "<string>",
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "transaction_tags": [
        {
          "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "key": "ExampleTagKey",
          "value": "ExampleTagValue",
          "dimension_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "definition_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
          "dimension_display_name": "<string>",
          "value_display_name": "<string>",
          "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "<string>",
    "invoice_line_item_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "memo": "<string>",
    "metadata": {},
    "deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  }
}

Authorizations

ā€‹
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

ā€‹
businessId
string<uuid>
required

The UUID of the business.

Body

application/json
ā€‹
date
string<date>
required

The date the work was performed.

ā€‹
duration_minutes
integer
required

Duration of the time entry in minutes.

ā€‹
external_id
string | null

An optional external identifier. If provided and a time entry with this external_id already exists, the existing entry will be updated.

ā€‹
service_id
string<uuid>

The UUID of the service. Either service_id or service_external_id must be provided.

ā€‹
service_external_id
string

The external ID of the service. Either service_id or service_external_id must be provided.

ā€‹
customer_id
string<uuid> | null

The UUID of the customer to bill (optional).

ā€‹
customer_external_id
string | null

The external ID of the customer to bill (optional).

ā€‹
billable
boolean
default:false

Whether this time entry is billable.

ā€‹
description
string | null

Description of the work performed.

ā€‹
memo
string | null

Optional memo or notes.

ā€‹
metadata
object | null

Custom metadata.

Response

Time entry already exists and was updated.

ā€‹
data
object
required