Helpful articles for using the Intervals API and building custom integrations to interact with your account data.
How do I access the Intervals API with Postman? To authenticate: Use your API Access Token as the username Leave the password field blank Use Basic Auth as the authentication method. For full details, refer to our authentication documentation. If you’re still running into issues, please contact our support team. Including a screenshot of your […]
Can I submit timesheets through the API? No. The API currently does not support submitting or approving timesheets. However, you can log and retrieve individual time entries via the /time/ endpoint. For timesheet submissions, we recommend using the bulk timesheet submission option available in the web interface.
Can I see a task’s status change history using the API? Yes. The tasknote endpoint returns all notes associated with a task. The title field in the response will show status changes, such as Status changed to “Closed”, along with any comments recorded. This is useful for tracking workflow changes or auditing task activity. If […]
A customer that uses Postman and the Intervals API asked how to: 1) List clients 2) List projects per client 3) Extract a measure of estimate verses actual hours per project. They were able to complete steps 1 and 2 and retrieve estimated hours but weren’t sure how to get the actuals. We walked them […]
Swagger provides a set of tools for implementing APIs that adhere to the OpenAPI specification. In addition to providing easy-to-read documentation for the Intervals API spec, Swagger’s tools can build API client libraries using the programming language of your choice. Let Swagger lay the groundwork, so you can focus more on building custom integrations to interact with […]
This function converts an HTML encoded string to its regular text representation without having to install third party plugins. Public Function HtmlDecode(StringToDecode As Variant) As String Set oMSHTML = CreateObject(“htmlfile”) Set e = oMSHTML.createElement(“T”) e.innerHTML = StringToDecode HtmlDecode = e.innerText End Function To add it to Excel: 1. Type ALT+F11 2. In the File menu […]
This guide helps you get data from your Intevals account into MS Access. MS Access does not have native import of REST API data sources, nevertheless you can still make use of an Excel that already has data connections setup. Before proceeding, download the Excel starter template and follow the instructions for replacing your API […]
This starter template makes use of our REST API for Intervals and enables you to quickly see your data outside of Intervals. You can view the most used items in your account: People Clients Projetcts Tasks Time To get started, you’ll need to sign into your account and generate your API token and download our template: […]
This guide allows you to connect to your Intervals account using our API and Excel from Microsoft 365. First, get your API token from your account section. Navigate to Data > From Web: Enter the following information in the From Web settings below and click OK: In the next step, fill out the form by […]
The Intervals API includes the following rate limits. All Plans (Except Unlimited): 100 requests per minute per IP 6000 requests per day per customer account The Unlimited Plan: 100 requests per minute per IP 12000 requests per day per customer account The Unlimited plan increases the API rate limits to 12,000 requests per day. That’s […]
The Intervals API uses token-based authentication. Every Intervals user has a unique 11-character alphanumeric token that looks something like this: a78828gq6t4. Each person must manually enable his or her Intervals API token by going to the My Account -> API Access under Options. There, you will be able to view, generate, revoke, and regenerate your token. […]
Documentation on the API is available by navigating to https://www.myintervals.com/api/.
Currently there is not a way to add or delete documents via the API. The API supports read-only access to the documents section. For more information about the supported actions please visit the documentations page for API docs.
The API does not return tasks for inactive projects because it is designed to mirror the functionality of the application interface. To retrieve the tasks,
The API can be used by these access levels: Administrator Manager Resource Executive The same user permissions that apply in the interface also apply to the API. We built our API according to RESTful API standards, which is the most common standard for developing APIs. Any developer that is competent and well versed in using RESTful APIs […]