Validate a task delete (dry run)
Checks whether a task could be deleted, without deleting it.
Runs the same checks as DELETE /v1/task/{taskID} before its first write — access, the API refusals (sub-tasks or milestones, invoiced / booked payment, revenue vouchers, customer standard travel task) and the TimeLog delete rules (registrations, invoiced fixed-price instalment, TDR task in a completed contract) — and answers 200 with null. Where the delete reports only one rule violation, the dry run joins all of them into the message.
Use it to:
- Ask before offering 'delete' in a sync UI; fall back to closing the task when it has registrations
Not for:
- Deleting →
DELETE /v1/task/{taskID}
Behaviour:
- Idempotent.
- Safe to retry.
- Changes are visible to the next read immediately.
Call first: GET /v1/task
Next: DELETE /v1/task/{taskID}
See also: PUT /v1/task/{taskID}
Not yet documented: examples.
curl -X POST "https://app3.timelog.com/your-account/api/v1/task/123/validate-delete-task" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
import requests
import json
url = "https://app3.timelog.com/your-account/api/v1/task/123/validate-delete-task"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.json())
const response = await fetch("https://app3.timelog.com/your-account/api/v1/task/123/validate-delete-task", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://app3.timelog.com/your-account/api/v1/task/123/validate-delete-task", nil)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://app3.timelog.com/your-account/api/v1/task/123/validate-delete-task')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
"null"
{
"error": "Bad Request",
"message": "The request contains invalid parameters or malformed data",
"code": 400,
"details": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format"
}
]
}
{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"message": "Authentication required. Please provide a valid API token",
"code": 401
}
{
"error": "Forbidden",
"message": "You don't have permission to access this resource",
"code": 403
}
{
"error": "Internal Server Error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred on the server",
"code": 500,
"requestId": "req_1234567890"
}
/v1/task/{taskID}/validate-delete-taskTarget server for requests. Edit to use your own host.
OAuth 2.0 bearer token, sent as Authorization: Bearer <token>. JWT and reference tokens are both accepted. The token must carry the required scope (default tlp).
The token's sub claim is the acting user. A token WITHOUT sub (client-credentials) acts as the system service user. If the sub user cannot log in (inactive, locked, deleted), the request is rejected with 401 — it is no longer let through without a user.
> Not yet documented: how to obtain a token.
> Not yet documented: token lifetime.
Authorization: Bearer <token>. JWT and reference tokens are both accepted. The token must carry the required scope (default tlp).
The token's sub claim is the acting user. A token WITHOUT sub (client-credentials) acts as the system service user. If the sub user cannot log in (inactive, locked, deleted), the request is rejected with 401 — it is no longer let through without a user.
> Not yet documented: how to obtain a token.
> Not yet documented: token lifetime.The task to check. Route constraint :int.
Request Preview
Response
Response will appear here after sending the request
Authentication
Bearer token. OAuth 2.0 bearer token, sent as Authorization: Bearer <token>. JWT and reference tokens are both accepted. The token must carry the required scope (default tlp).
The token's sub claim is the acting user. A token WITHOUT sub (client-credentials) acts as the system service user. If the sub user cannot log in (inactive, locked, deleted), the request is rejected with 401 — it is no longer let through without a user.
Not yet documented: how to obtain a token.
Not yet documented: token lifetime.
Path Parameters
The task to check. Route constraint :int.
Responses
Success without content: HTTP 200 with the literal JSON body null. The literal null: no refusal and no delete-rule violation.