API v8 is being deprecated and shut down by toggle

[atleta]

FYI, I just found out a few days ago when I checked if there was a new version for the Linux desktop client that the v8 API has been deprecated in favor of v9 and is being shut down on 1st March.

Reference: https://support.toggl.com/en/articles/2410832-toggl-track-desktop-app-for-linux

[AuHau]

Oh interesting, thanks for the info 😅 So they finally did it 😅 There was no advancement in API for years, even though the v9 was used by their products for long time...

The new API documentation is here https://developers.track.toggl.com/docs/

I will try to assess the scope of changes, but as I'm starting new job on Wednesday, if there are some big changes, then I am not sure when I will have time to work on it...

[AuHau]

Damn, I forgot bit about the timing of this 😳 Let's see if they will really shut it down tomorrow 😅

I have started to work on this, but there are quite some changes to be incorporated. If somebody has time, you can continue my work from #303

[atleta]

@AuHau Well, I just got here by accident as I was looking for either a gui client or maybe an API lib to build a client on. :) As, for me at least, that's the most efficient way to add time entries. Especially as long as it can be controlled by the keyboard.

Talking about the shutdown: it still seems to work, but I guess they'll remove it with the next deployment or at least as soon as the new code they are adding will break their test suite.

[atleta]

It seems that today is the day when they finally took down the v8 API. At least the old linux desktop client completely stopped working today.

[beauraines]

I've been working on a NodeJS version of the CLI with v9 API support. I started using the Python version, so I'm tryin to keep a similar syntax. ***@***.***/toggl-cli Check it out!

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[atleta]

@beauraines Github censored the name of your repo because it considered it an email address, but it should be https://github.com/beauraines/toggl-cli

[AuHau]

It seems that today is the day when they finally took down the v8 API. At least the old linux desktop client completely stopped working today.

Oh, shoot 😅 Well I will try to get some work done to migrate to v9 but I have not much time to dedicate to this :-( So no promises. If anybody would like to pick it up, there is WIP for that here: #303

[beauraines]

@beauraines Github censored the name of your repo because it considered it an email address, but it should be https://github.com/beauraines/toggl-cli

@atleta correct and it's published on npm too beauraines/toggl-cli

[trombonehero]

Another alternative: https://crates.io/crates/toggl

That one has some nice UI things that it would be helpful for this Python package to consider adopting, e.g., showing the description and project (with @ and colouring) after starting a task and letting the default toggl action to be showing the current task.

[benthayer]

@beauraines Github censored the name of your repo because it considered it an email address, but it should be https://github.com/beauraines/toggl-cli

@atleta correct and it's published on npm too beauraines/toggl-cli

I switched over to this and it worked great!

[theletterjeff]

I'll see if I can do some work on this.

[andreabak]

@AuHau @theletterjeff I've also been working on this, starting from #303 draft PR branch. Here's my current WIP branch here -> master...andreabak:toggl-cli:feat/api-v9
All unit and integration tests are passing.
I still need to do some cleanup, reword and split my WIP commits, and then it should be ready.

@AuHau once I'm ready would you prefer for me to push on the current draft PR branch or create a new PR for review?