Rippling: POST Time Entry

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Contract 2026-10-28 · Operation rippling.t_and_a_api.post_platform_api_time_entries

Provider route: POST /platform/api/time_entries. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/rippling with npm, or alter-sdk-rippling with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { RipplingIntegration } from "@alter-ai/rippling";

async function execute(input: Parameters<RipplingIntegration["tandAapi"]["postPlatformApiTimeEntries"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new RipplingIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.tandAapi.postPlatformApiTimeEntries(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_rippling import RipplingIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = RipplingIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.tand_aapi.post_platform_api_time_entries(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
body	JSON	Optional
body (anyOf 1)	object	Alternative
body (anyOf 1).breaks	array	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).breaks[]	object	Each item
body (anyOf 1).breaks[].companyBreakType	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).breaks[].endTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).breaks[].startTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).comments	array	Optional
body (anyOf 1).comments[]	string	Each item
body (anyOf 1).company	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).endTime	string or null	Optional
body (anyOf 1).idempotencyKey	string	Optional	External identifier for the TimeEntry. Rippling will ensure that this is unique on the backend.
body (anyOf 1).jobShifts	array	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).jobShifts[]	object	Each item
body (anyOf 1).jobShifts[].endTime	string or null	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).jobShifts[].jobCodes	array	Optional
body (anyOf 1).jobShifts[].jobCodes[]	string	Each item
body (anyOf 1).jobShifts[].startTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).role	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 1).startTime	string	Optional
body (anyOf 1).status	string or null	Optional	Allowed value: [DRAFT/APPROVED/PAID] Default: DRAFT
body (anyOf 2)	object	Alternative
body (anyOf 2).breaks	array	Optional
body (anyOf 2).breaks[]	object	Each item
body (anyOf 2).breaks[].companyBreakType	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).breaks[].endTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).breaks[].startTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).comments	array	Optional
body (anyOf 2).comments[]	string	Each item
body (anyOf 2).company	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).endTime	string or null	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).idempotencyKey	string	Optional	External identifier for the TimeEntry. Rippling will ensure that this is unique on the backend.
body (anyOf 2).jobShifts	array	Optional
body (anyOf 2).jobShifts[]	object	Each item
body (anyOf 2).jobShifts[].endTime	string or null	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).jobShifts[].jobCodes	array	Optional
body (anyOf 2).jobShifts[].jobCodes[]	string	Each item
body (anyOf 2).jobShifts[].startTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).role	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).startTime	string	Required within parent
body (anyOf 2).status	string or null	Optional	Allowed value: [DRAFT/APPROVED/PAID] Default: DRAFT

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	Model	Root	Expand GET Time Entry — response body

Referenced models: GET Time Entry — response body

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: rippling.t_and_a_api.post_platform_api_time_entries. Catalog operation: t-and-a-api.post-platform-api-time_entries. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Source limitations: ["upstream_time_entry_alternative_request_shapes"]

Official provider source