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Canonical API Client? #379

Closed KevinVillela closed 2 years ago

KevinVillela commented 4 years ago

Hi all,

The referenced Code Examples are extremely helpful in figuring out how to use the Toggl API, but it still took me a couple of hours to figure out exactly how to authenticate and make the API calls I needed to (I consider myself a slightly arrogant and slightly above-average developer, but I may be below-average here). I was considering making a canonical API Client that would wrap the Toggl API and would allow a new developer to get up and running in a few minutes. It could provide features like:

I see that this sort of thing already exists for Elixir and Go and likely some other languages, but I was curious about the Python examples - I didn't see any simple/intuitive wrappers there like for the other languages (I may have just missed them). I would be happy to contribute something like this in Python/TypeScript/whatever language you think is the most popular, if you think it would be useful.

PS: Thanks a ton for making this API. I use Toggl to track everything, mostly through Google Assistant, which was only possible because this API exists.

fedderw commented 2 years ago

Seconding this. I'm not very good at this, and it's frustrating that copying and pasting the examples from

Hi all,

The referenced Code Examples are extremely helpful in figuring out how to use the Toggl API, but it still took me a couple of hours to figure out exactly how to authenticate and make the API calls I needed to (I consider myself a slightly arrogant and slightly above-average developer, but I may be below-average here). I was considering making a canonical API Client that would wrap the Toggl API and would allow a new developer to get up and running in a few minutes. It could provide features like:

  • Authentication
  • Clean, well-documented code and simple examples
  • Consistent error handling
  • Strong typing of requests and responses (in the case of Python/TypeScript/etc)

I see that this sort of thing already exists for Elixir and Go and likely some other languages, but I was curious about the Python examples - I didn't see any simple/intuitive wrappers there like for the other languages (I may have just missed them). I would be happy to contribute something like this in Python/TypeScript/whatever language you think is the most popular, if you think it would be useful.

PS: Thanks a ton for making this API. I use Toggl to track everything, mostly through Google Assistant, which was only possible because this API exists.

I'm interested as well, I'm not a developer, I just need some of this data for my personal use and I find the code examples don't work with my credentials. Do you know if anyone else has made this?

KevinVillela commented 2 years ago

I never got around to it, not sure if anyone else has done it either, sorry!

joeriharleman commented 2 years ago

Hello @KevinVillela!

Thank you for submitting your issue. Unfortunately this repository is largely unmaintained, which means issues remain unseen and do not get dealt with in a respectable manner. We're sorry for not getting back to you sooner.

This issue has been around for a long time so we will close it for now, but please let our excellent 24/5 support staff know you if you have any unresolved issues with our platform, documentation or APIs. They're also really good at noting down feature requests for our development teams. Please find them on our support page by clicking the little icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.

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