DeleteProject

Project management service 1.8: Permanently deletes a project that has no time, expenses, booked installments or invoices - with its tasks, allocations, contracts and plan.


Service	Project management 1.8
Endpoint	`POST https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc`
SOAPAction	`DeleteProjectRequest`
Content-Type	`text/xml; charset=utf-8`
Authentication	A token from GetToken
Changes data	Yes
Safe to retry	A retry after a successful delete fails - treat that as 'already deleted' after checking with GetProjectByID / GetProjectsByCustomer.

How it works

Loads the project by GUID and deletes it if nothing has been registered or invoiced on it. Refused when the project has time registrations, a running time tracker, expenses, travel expenses, BOOKED installments, invoices or intercompany invoices. There is no undo. Returns the project as it was before the delete.

Parameters

Each parameter has one label: Required, Conditional (required depending on other values) or Optional. Send them in the order shown.

projectGuidguid

Required

GUID of the project to delete.

tokenSecurityToken

Required

The token from GetToken: Initials, Expires and Hash, sent back unchanged.

Request

POST /{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc HTTP/1.1
Host: app{server-number}.timelog.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "DeleteProjectRequest"

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
                  xmlns:pm="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8"
                  xmlns:tok="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_3">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <pm:DeleteProject>
      <pm:projectGuid>{projectGuid}</pm:projectGuid>
      <pm:token>
        <tok:Initials>{Initials from GetToken}</tok:Initials>
        <tok:Expires>{Expires from GetToken, unchanged}</tok:Expires>
        <tok:Hash>{Hash from GetToken}</tok:Hash>
      </pm:token>
    </pm:DeleteProject>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

curl -X POST "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc" \
  -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" \
  -H 'SOAPAction: "DeleteProjectRequest"' \
  --data-binary @request.xml

import requests

URL = "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/ProjectManagement/V1_8/ProjectManagementServiceSecure.svc"
SOAP_ACTION = '"DeleteProjectRequest"'

envelope = """<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
                  xmlns:pm="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8"
                  xmlns:tok="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_3">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <pm:DeleteProject>
      <pm:projectGuid>{projectGuid}</pm:projectGuid>
      <pm:token>
        <tok:Initials>{Initials from GetToken}</tok:Initials>
        <tok:Expires>{Expires from GetToken, unchanged}</tok:Expires>
        <tok:Hash>{Hash from GetToken}</tok:Hash>
      </pm:token>
    </pm:DeleteProject>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>"""

response = requests.post(
    URL,
    data=envelope.encode("utf-8"),
    headers={"Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8", "SOAPAction": SOAP_ACTION},
    timeout=60,
)
result = parse_result(response)  # see "Responses and errors"

Replace every {…} placeholder with your own value.

Response

The call returns the standard response envelope. Check ResponseState first: a failed call still returns HTTP 200.

ResponseStatestring

Required

Success, Invalid or Error.

ErrorCodeinteger

0 on success, otherwise the error code. See Errors.

ReturnProjectApiReadModel[]

Response<ProjectApiReadModel> with one item: the project as loaded before the delete. IsReturnPaged true, TotalPageCount -1. Refusal: Error envelope, empty Return, one message per violated rule.

Example response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <s:Body>
    <DeleteProjectResponse xmlns="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8">
      <DeleteProjectResult xmlns:a="http://api.timelog.com"
                           xmlns:b="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_8"
                           xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <a:Return>
          <b:ProjectApiReadModel>
            <a:Action>Original</a:Action>
            <a:IsCustomFieldsLoaded>false</a:IsCustomFieldsLoaded>
            <a:CustomFields i:nil="true"/>
            <a:IsExternalKeysLoaded>false</a:IsExternalKeysLoaded>
            <a:ExternalKeys i:nil="true"/>
            <b:ID>3f2504e0-4f89-41d3-9a0c-305000000001</b:ID>
            <b:ProjectID>1001</b:ProjectID>
            <b:CustomerID>1001</b:CustomerID>
            <b:Name>Example </b:Name>
            <b:No>1001</b:No>
            <b:Description>Example</b:Description>
            <b:Link>Example</b:Link>
            <b:StartDate>2026-10-01T00:00:00</b:StartDate>
            <b:EndDate>2026-10-01T00:00:00</b:EndDate>
            <b:IsInternalProject>false</b:IsInternalProject>
            <b:ProjectManagerID>1001</b:ProjectManagerID>
            <b:AccountManagerID>1001</b:AccountManagerID>
            <b:DepartmentHandledByID>1001</b:DepartmentHandledByID>
            <b:DepartmentOrderedByID>1001</b:DepartmentOrderedByID>
            <b:TypeID>1001</b:TypeID>
            <b:CategoryID>1001</b:CategoryID>
            <b:StageID>1001</b:StageID>
            <b:LegalEntityID>1001</b:LegalEntityID>
            <b:PriceGroupID>1001</b:PriceGroupID>
            <b:ExchangeRate>0</b:ExchangeRate>
            <b:CurrencyID>1001</b:CurrencyID>
            <b:MainContractID>1001</b:MainContractID>
            <b:BudgetWorkHoursFixedPriceProject>0</b:BudgetWorkHoursFixedPriceProject>
            <b:BudgetWorkHoursFixedPriceTasks>0</b:BudgetWorkHoursFixedPriceTasks>
            <b:BudgetWorkHoursTimeAndMaterial>0</b:BudgetWorkHoursTimeAndMaterial>
            <b:BudgetWorkAmountFixedPriceProject>0</b:BudgetWorkAmountFixedPriceProject>
            <b:BudgetWorkAmountFixedPriceTasks>0</b:BudgetWorkAmountFixedPriceTasks>
            <b:BudgetWorkAmountTimeAndMaterial>0</b:BudgetWorkAmountTimeAndMaterial>
            <b:BudgetAmountExpenses>0</b:BudgetAmountExpenses>
            <b:BudgetAmountTravelExpenses>0</b:BudgetAmountTravelExpenses>
            <b:ProjectContactID>1001</b:ProjectContactID>
            <b:PurchaseOrderNumber>1001</b:PurchaseOrderNumber>
          </b:ProjectApiReadModel>
        </a:Return>
        <a:ReturnTypeDescription>ProjectApiReadModel</a:ReturnTypeDescription>
        <a:Request>…</a:Request>
        <a:ResponseState>Success</a:ResponseState>
        <a:Messages>
          <a:APIMessage>
            <a:Message>Duration of call was 0,0421337 sec.</a:Message>
            <a:Severity>Message</a:Severity>
            <a:ErrorCode>0</a:ErrorCode>
          </a:APIMessage>
        </a:Messages>
        <a:ErrorCode>0</a:ErrorCode>
        <a:IsReturnPaged>false</a:IsReturnPaged>
        <a:TotalPageCount>0</a:TotalPageCount>
      </DeleteProjectResult>
    </DeleteProjectResponse>
  </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

Illustrative example: built from the service description (WSDL) in the same format as a real response, with made-up values. The Request block is shortened.

Errors

All errors come back with HTTP 200: check ResponseState, ErrorCode and Messages. The errors every operation can return (expired or invalid token, API not enabled, HTTPS required, general errors) are listed once in Responses and errors.

Errors specific to this operation:

ResponseState	ErrorCode	Message	What it means	What to do
Error	30055	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has time registrations. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.
Error	37705	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has a running time tracker. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.
Error	30057	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has expenses. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.
Error	30058	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has travel expenses / mileage. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.
Error	30059	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has BOOKED payment-plan installments. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.
Error	30056	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has invoices or invoice lines. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.
Error	38021	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to Delete Project with ProjectID ='{project GUID}', because it has ...'	DeleteProject refused: the project has intercompany invoices. Nothing is deleted. Every violated rule is one Messages[] entry carrying its own code; the text says ProjectID but shows the GUID.	Close the project instead.

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