Start time tracking

Deprecated: use POST /api/v1/stopwatch. Starts a stopwatch session and returns it in the legacy time-entry-row shape. 409 when a session is already open.

RBAC · time_entry

Request body

Content type: application/json · schema WorkV1GenericBody

object

Controller/service-specific payload; see source route/controller for exact required shape.

Response body

Success response 200 · schema WorkV1ApiSuccess

dataanyOfRequired

anyOf (option 1)object

anyOf (option 2)array of object

itemsobject

metaobject

Response codes

200

Operation succeeded.

201

Create-like operation succeeded.

400

Validation or request parsing failure.

401

API key missing/invalid or associated user missing.

403

RBAC denied for time_entry resource action.

500

Unexpected controller/service failure.

POST /api/v1/time-entries/start-tracking

cURL

curl -X POST "https://algapsa.com/api/v1/time-entries/start-tracking" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ALGA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://algapsa.com/api/v1/time-entries/start-tracking", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "X-API-Key": "$ALGA_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({})
});
const data = await response.json();

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://algapsa.com/api/v1/time-entries/start-tracking");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-API-Key", "$ALGA_API_KEY");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.Content = new StringContent(@"{}", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

200 OK·application/json

{
  "data": {},
  "meta": {}
}