How to start a project and task with API? – Help Center

The Start Project & Task endpoint allows you to start tracking time for a given project and "optionally" a task.

When you send a GET request to this endpoint, the server will attempt to start tracking time for the provided project. If a task name is also provided, the server will attempt to associate the time tracking with the specified task.

The server will respond with a JSON object containing a boolean value indicating whether the tracking was started successfully, along with a timestamp of request.

GET

https://desktime.com/api/v2/json/start-project?apiKey={apiKey}&project={project}&task={task}

apiKey: user api key (required)
project: project name (required)
task: task name (optional)

The Stop Project & Task endpoint allows you to stop tracking time for a given project and "optionally" a task.

When you send a GET request to this endpoint, the server will attempt to stop tracking time for the provided project and task, if task name is provided.

The server will respond with a JSON object containing a boolean value indicating whether the tracking was started successfully, along with a timestamp of request.

GET

https://desktime.com/api/v2/json/stop-project?apiKey={apiKey}&project={project}&task={task}

apiKey: user api key (required)
project: project name (required)
task: task name (optional)