Xero: Retrieves a single time entry for a specific project

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Operation xero.projects_gettimeentry

Provider route: GET /projects.xro/2.0/Projects/{projectId}/Time/{timeEntryId}. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

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

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { XeroIntegration } from "@alter-ai/xero";

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

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_xero import XeroIntegration

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

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
path	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
path.projectId	string	Required within parent	Format: uuid
path.timeEntryId	string	Required within parent	Format: uuid
headers	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
headers.xero-tenant-id	string	Required within parent

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 Creates a time entry for a specific project — response body

Referenced models: Creates a time entry for a specific project — response body

Schemas

Creates a time entry for a specific project — response body

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root
dateEnteredUtc	string	Optional	The date time that time entry is created. UTC Date Time in ISO-8601 format. By default it is set to server time. Format: date-time
dateUtc	string	Optional	The date time that time entry is logged on. UTC Date Time in ISO-8601 format. Format: date-time
description	string	Optional	A description of the time entry.
duration	JSON	Optional
duration (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The duration of logged minutes.
duration (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
projectId	string	Optional	Identifier of the project, that the task (which the time entry is logged against) belongs to. Format: uuid
status	string	Optional	Status of the time entry. By default a time entry is created with status of `ACTIVE`. A `LOCKED` state indicates that the time entry is currently changing state (for example being invoiced). Updates are not allowed when in this state. It will have a status of INVOICED once it is invoiced. Known values: ACTIVE, LOCKED, INVOICED
taskId	string	Optional	Identifier of the task that time entry is logged against. Format: uuid
timeEntryId	string	Optional	Identifier of the time entry. Format: uuid
userId	string	Optional	The xero user identifier of the person who logged time. Format: uuid

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: xero.projects_gettimeentry. Catalog operation: projects.getTimeEntry. 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.

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