Retrieve a delta

Returns activity durations that have changed since the last delta token.

Caution

Read the Delta page. There is important information on required implementation!

Tip

Check the Swagger page for more technical information on the endpoints.

Endpoint details

GET
https://<tenant>.myprotime.eu/connector/protimeapi/api/v1/activity-durations?delta

Headers: Authorization: Bearer {token}, User-Agent: {agent} Scope: connector-protimeapi-activity-durations.read

Response properties

Field Type Required Writable Description
id integer Read-only Unique identifier for the activity duration.
person.id integer Read-only Unique identifier of the person linked to this duration.
date string Read-only Date of the activity duration (YYYY-MM-DD).
durationInMinutes integer Read-only Duration in minutes for the activity.
activityLevels.level integer Read-only A list of levels in the activity structure of the registered activity definition.
activityLevels.activityDefinition.id string Read-only Unique identifier for the activity definition registered.
absenceDefinition.id integer Read-only Unique identifier for the absence definition, if an absence is linked to the duration.
request.id string Read-only Unique identifier for the request, if the duration was requested.
counterDefinitions.id integer Read-only A list of unique identifiers for the counter definitions or multiple definitions, if one or more counters are linked to this duration.
status string Read-only Status of the activity duration (Unknown, Auto, Manual).
isAuthorized boolean Read-only Indicates if the activity duration is authorized.

Filters

Filter Type Description
date Required The start date must be a recent date in the past, with the earliest allowed start date being January 1st of the previous year

Note

  • People cannot be used in the delta
  • The start date must be a recent date in the past, with the earliest allowed start date being January 1st of the previous year
  • The end date isn’t required, when providing an end date there is a max range of 1 year

External references

The endpoint supports predefined and custom external references. See the external references page for details.

The following collections are supported for this endpoint:

Collection Predefined Custom
people @badge-number, @employee-number Supported
activity-definitions @data-entry-code, @external-reference Supported
absence-definitions @absence-code Supported
counter-definitions @counter-code Supported
shift-definitions @shift-code Supported

Error responses

Status Condition
400 Invalid filter syntax or unknown filter field
401 Missing or invalid access token, or insufficient scope
410 Delta token has expired (older than 72 hours)
414 Request URI too long

Examples

A delta with date and external references

Example for activity durations with a delta starting from 1st of January 2025 and multiple external references:

GET
https://<tenant>.myprotime.eu/connector/protimeapi/api/v1/activity-durations?filter=date ge '2025-01-01'&externalReferences=(people,@employee-number)(activity-definitions,@data-entry-code)(absence-definitions,@absence-code)(counter-definitions,@counter-code)&delta