Timely

The Timely modules allow you to create, update, list, retrieve, and delete the events in your Timely account.

Getting Started with Timely

Prerequisites

  • A Timely account

In order to use Timely with Boost.space Integrator, it is necessary to have a Timely account. If you do not have one, you can sign up using your Google account or create a Timely account at app.timelyapp.com/join.

Connecting Timely to Boost.space Integrator

1. Go to Boost.space Integrator and open the Timely module’s Create a connection dialog.

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2. Enter a name for the connection and click Continue.

3. Confirm the access by clicking Authorize.

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The connection has been established.

Events

Search Events

Searches for events or lists them all.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID whose event you want to search.

Search By

Select the option by which you want to search the events:

  • Projects

  • User

  • All

Project ID

Select the Project ID whose events you want to search.

User ID

Select the User ID whose events you want to search.

Filter

Select the option by which you want to filter the events:

  • All

  • Planned

  • Logged

Since

Enter the date to search the events that are started on or after the specified date. For example, 2020-08-18

Up to

Enter the date to search the events that are ended on or before the specified date. For example, 2020-08-18

Day

Enter the date for which you want to search for the events. For example, 2020-08-18

Limit

Set the maximum number of events Boost.space Integrator should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Get an Event

Returns an event.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID whose event details you want to retrieve.

Event ID

Select the Event ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Create an Event

Creates an event.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID for which you want to create the event.

Day

Enter the day on which you want to create the event. For example, 2020-08-18

Hours

Enter the number of hours the event will happen. Enter a value between 0 to 12.

Minutes

Enter the number of minutes the event will happen. Enter a value between 0 to 60.

Create Event On

Select the option to create the event:

  • Project

  • User

  • Own Preferences

Project ID

Select the Project ID with which you want to associate the event.

User ID

Select the User ID to associate with the event.

Estimated Hours

Enter the number of hours estimated for the event to happen.

Update an Event

Updates a specified event.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID for which you want to create the event.

Event ID

Select the Event ID whose details you want to update.

Day

Enter the day on which you want to create the event.

Hours

Enter the number of hours the event will happen. Enter a value between 0 to 12.

Minutes

Enter the number of minutes the event will happen. Enter a value between 0 to 60.

Estimated Hours

Enter the number of hours estimated for the event to happen.

Estimated Minutes

Enter the number of minutes estimated for the event to happen.

From

Enter the date the event starts from. For example, 2017-05-26T10:00:00+05:30

To

Enter the date the events end on. For example, 2017-05-26T10:00:00+05:30

Note

Enter additional information about the event you would like to mention.

Project ID

Select the Project ID with which you want to associate the event.

Labels

Select the appropriate labels for the event.

External ID

Enter the External ID which can be used to reference external resource IDs to Timely resources and should be alphanumeric. The External ID can have a maximum of 512 characters.

Start a Timer

Starts timer for an event.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID whose event’s timer you want to start.

Event ID

Select the Event ID whose timer you want to start.

Stop a Timer

Stops timer for an event.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID whose event’s timer you want to stop.

Event ID

Select the Event ID whose timer you want to stop.

Delete an Event

Deletes a specified event.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

Account ID

Select the Account ID whose event you want to delete.

Event ID

Select the Event ID whose event you want to delete.

Other

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Timely account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://api.timelyapp.com/. For example: /1.1/accounts

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Timely API Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET to retrieve information for an entry.

POST to create a new entry.

PUT to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH to make a partial entry update.

DELETE to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don’t have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use – List Projects

The following API call returns all the projects from your Timely account:

URL:/1.1/{account_id}/projects

Method:GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module’s Output under Bundle > Body.In our example, 3 projects were returned:

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