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• 21Jun

  Connect to Toggl API with .NET

  by Mikael Lundin

  c, json-api, toggl

  Here's the quick and dirty way to extract information out of Toggl API with .NET. You will need NewtonSoft JSON.NET for the JSON parsing, otherwise it's just cut/paste/run and have fun! Enjoy!

  using System;
  using System.IO;
  using System.Net;
  using System.Text;
  using Newtonsoft.Json;
  using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
  
  public class Program
  {
      private const string TogglTasksUrl = "https://www.toggl.com/api/v1/tasks.json";
      private const string TogglAuthUrl = "http://www.toggl.com/api/v1/sessions.json";
  
      private const string AuthenticationType = "Basic";
      private const string ApiToken = "ec8soi98983498 your api_token here";
      private const string Password = "api_token";
  
      public static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          CookieContainer container = new CookieContainer();
          var authRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(TogglAuthUrl);
  
          authRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
          authRequest.Method = "POST";
          authRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
          authRequest.CookieContainer = container;
  
          string value = Password + "=" + ApiToken;
          authRequest.ContentLength = value.Length;
          using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(authRequest.GetRequestStream(), Encoding.ASCII))
          {
              writer.Write(value);
          }
  
          var authResponse = (HttpWebResponse)authRequest.GetResponse();
          using (var reader = new StreamReader(authResponse.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8))
          {
              string content = reader.ReadToEnd();
          }
  
          HttpWebRequest tasksRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(TogglTasksUrl);
          tasksRequest.CookieContainer = container;
  
          var jsonResult = string.Empty;
          var tasksResponse = (HttpWebResponse) tasksRequest.GetResponse();
          using (var reader = new StreamReader(tasksResponse.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8))
          {
              jsonResult = reader.ReadToEnd();
          }
  
          var tasks = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Task[]>(jsonResult);
  
          foreach (var task in tasks)
          {
              Console.WriteLine(
                  "{0} - {1}: {2} starting {3:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}", 
                  task.Project.Name, 
                  task.Description,
                  TimeSpan.FromSeconds(task.Duration),
                  task.Start);
          }
      }
  
      public class Task
      {
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "start")]
          [JsonConverter(typeof(IsoDateTimeConverter))]
          public DateTime Start { get; set; }
  
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "stop")]
          [JsonConverter(typeof(IsoDateTimeConverter))]
          public DateTime Stop { get; set; }
  
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "duration")]
          public int Duration { get; set; }
  
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "description")]
          public string Description { get; set; }
  
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "project")]
          public Project Project { get; set; }
      }
  
      public class Project
      {
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]
          public string Name { get; set; }
  
          [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "client_project_name")]
          public string Client { get; set; }
      }
  }

  And the result should look like this.

  

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