--- title: "Create a timeentry" url: "https://docs.unified.to/legal/timeentry/Create_a_timeentry" description: "Create a timeentry with Unified's Timeentry API (POST /legal/{connection_id}/timeentry). Filter by fields and raw. Supported by 10 Timeentry integrations." --- # Create a timeentry POST/legal/{connection\_id}/timeentry ## Parameters **fields**string array id created\_at updated\_at matter\_id user\_id description worked\_at minutes billable\_minutes rate\_amount total\_amount currency is\_billable is\_billed invoice\_id activity\_code task\_code metadata raw Fields to return **raw**string Raw parameters to include in the 3rd-party request. Encoded as a URL component. eg. raw parameters: foo=bar&zoo=bar -> raw=foo%3Dbar%26zoo%3Dbar **connection\_id**string required ID of the connection ## Payload **id**string **created\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **updated\_at**date-time (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **matter\_id**string pointer to the Legal Matter this time is recorded against **user\_id**string HR Employee who is the timekeeper (reference to HrisEmployee) **description**string **worked\_at**date-time date the work was performed (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) **minutes**number duration worked, in minutes **billable\_minutes**number billable duration after rounding, in minutes **rate\_amount**number hourly rate, or the flat amount for flat-rate entries **total\_amount**number **currency**string **is\_billable**boolean **is\_billed**boolean **invoice\_id**string pointer to the Accounting Invoice this time was billed on (reference to AccountingInvoice) **activity\_code**string UTBMS/LEDES activity code **task\_code**string UTBMS/LEDES task code **metadata** array custom field values **raw** ## Returns [LegalTimeentry](https://docs.unified.to/legal/timeentry/model.md) | Response field | Type | Required | Description | | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | id | string | No | | | created\_at | string (date-time) | No | (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) | | updated\_at | string (date-time) | No | (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) | | matter\_id | string | No | pointer to the Legal Matter this time is recorded against | | user\_id | string | No | HR Employee who is the timekeeper (reference to HrisEmployee) | | description | string | No | | | worked\_at | string (date-time) | No | date the work was performed (ISO-8601 / YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ format) | | minutes | number | No | duration worked, in minutes | | billable\_minutes | number | No | billable duration after rounding, in minutes | | rate\_amount | number | No | hourly rate, or the flat amount for flat-rate entries | | total\_amount | number | No | | | currency | string | No | | | is\_billable | boolean | No | | | is\_billed | boolean | No | | | invoice\_id | string | No | pointer to the Accounting Invoice this time was billed on (reference to AccountingInvoice) | | activity\_code | string | No | UTBMS/LEDES activity code | | task\_code | string | No | UTBMS/LEDES task code | | metadata | [LegalMetadata](https://docs.unified.to/legal/timeentry/Create%5Fa%5Ftimeentry.md#LegalMetadata)\[\] | No | custom field values | | metadata\[\].id | string | No | | | metadata\[\].slug | string | No | | | metadata\[\].value | object | No | | | metadata\[\].namespace | string | No | | | metadata\[\].format | enum | No | Values: TEXT, NUMBER, DATE, BOOLEAN, FILE, TEXTAREA, SINGLE\_SELECT, MULTIPLE\_SELECT, MEASUREMENT, PRICE, YES\_NO, CURRENCY, URL | | metadata\[\].extra\_data | object | No | | ## Errors Errors return the HTTP status code and a JSON body with `statusCode`, `error` (the short label) and `message` (a human-readable detail). ```json { "statusCode": 429, "error": "Too Many Requests", "message": "Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N" } ``` | Status | Error | Meaning | | ------ | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | 400 | Bad Request | The request was malformed or failed validation. | | 401 | Unauthorized | The connection is likely broken; re-authorize it. | | 403 | Forbidden | The connection is missing permissions or scopes. | | 404 | Not Found | The requested resource does not exist. | | 429 | Too Many Requests | Rate limit exceeded (see the two sources below). | | 500 | Internal Server Error | An unexpected error occurred. | | 501 | Not Implemented | Not supported by this integration. | Errors from the underlying integration pass through: the integration's status comes back as ours (429, 401, 403, 404 or 5xx), usually with its message. When the integration's error body is unclear, Unified extracts what it can and returns a clearer message. ### 429 Too Many Requests A 429 has two possible sources: * The integration's own rate limit, passed through. * Unified's workspace limit: a rolling 60 seconds, set by plan, with the message `Too many requests to unified.to API; max requests per minute: N`. ## Code Samples ### Node.js SDK ```javascript import { UnifiedTo } from '@unified-api/typescript-sdk'; const sdk = new UnifiedTo({ security: { jwt: '', }, }); const connectionId = '5de520f96e439b002043d8dc'; const results = await sdk.legal.createLegalTimeentry({ connectionId, legalTimeentry: { }, fields: '', raw: '', }); ``` ### Node.js (axios) ```javascript const options = { method: 'POST', url: 'https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry', headers: { authorization: 'bearer .....' }, data: undefined, params: { fields: '', raw: '', } }; const results = await axios.request(options); ``` ### Java ```java AsyncHttpClient client = new DefaultAsyncHttpClient(); client.prepare("POST", "https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry?fields=&raw=") .setHeader("accept", "application/json") .setHeader("authorization", ".....") .execute() .toCompletableFuture() .thenAccept(System.out::println) .join(); client.close(); ``` ### Go ```go import ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" ) url := `https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry?fields=&raw= req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil) req.Header.Add("accept", "application/json") req.Header.Add("authorization", ".....") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) ``` ### Python ```python import requests url = "https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry?fields=&raw=" headers = { "accept": "application/json", "authorization": "....." } response = requests.post(url, headers=headers) ``` ### PHP ```php $curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($curl, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry?fields=&raw=", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_ENCODING => "", CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST", CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "accept: application/json", "authorization: ....." ], ]); ``` ### Ruby ```ruby require 'uri' require 'net/http' require 'openssl' url = URI("https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry?fields=&raw=") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url) request["accept"] = 'application/json' request["authorization"] = '....' response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ### cURL ```bash curl --request POST \ --url 'https://api.unified.to/legal/5de520f96e439b002043d8dc/timeentry?fields=&raw=' \ --header 'accept: application/json' \ --header 'authorization: .....' ```