# Toggl API Raw Data Export

The problem:

• The free tier toggl reports look as follows:

• This is fine and dandy, but the task level items don't get exported when you click on export -> csv. Instead, they're grouped by and contain none of the detail:

• We need a way to get the task-level information! Fo' free!

The solution:

• It looks like the toggl API has a small loophole in the /time_entries endpoint which allows you to get task-level info from an API response.
• This script calls this API, using your API token (see the bottom of the page), returning all the task information (and more!) between two user-specified dates.
• The file type returned is a simple .csv, which can be easily uploaded into excel, python, or other utility. Here's an example of the chart you can make with the output which fits a common use case of 'total time between two dates, grouped by tag' - something you can't do without paying for a subscription via the UI:

Dependencies:

• python3 (tested on 3.6.6)
• pandas
• requests
• json

How to use:

• Clone this repository to your machine
• Enter directory
• Format of command is:

python get_tasks.py <api_key> <start_date> <end_date>

• Here's an example with a fake API key.

python get_tasks.py 894e66455860a4ea3fde5dd0cf35f566 2018-08-29T15:42:46+02:00 2018-09-24T15:42:46+02:00

• Note that the timezone is the +02:00 you see in the above example.
• Also note that a maximum of 1,000 entries can be returned per the toggl API docs.
• The script will prompt you for a location to place the output file. If you hit enter, it will place it in ./out.csv.