GetTransactions

Transaction service 1.0: Returns up to maxResults External transaction log entries of one integration whose transaction date lies in a range, highest transaction number first.


Service	Transaction 1.0
Endpoint	`POST https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/Transaction/V1_0/TransactionServiceSecure.svc`
SOAPAction	`GetTransactionsRequest`
Content-Type	`text/xml; charset=utf-8`
Authentication	A token from GetToken
Changes data	No
Safe to retry	Yes

How it works

Reads the External transaction log. Filters: systemName = the INTEGRATION HANDLER NAME, and TransactionDate between from and to, both inclusive. Omitting systemName returns entries of EVERY integration of the account. Each entry's SystemName is the handler's name. Entries written under an unresolved name are never returned.

Parameters

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

systemNamestring

Optional. Integration HANDLER name, exact match.

fromdateTime

Required

Start of the range, compared with the TransactionDate the integration wrote, as stored.

todateTime

Required

End of the range.

maxResultsinteger

Required

Maximum number of entries. No upper limit.

tokenSecurityToken

Required

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

Request

POST /{account}/WebServices/Transaction/V1_0/TransactionServiceSecure.svc HTTP/1.1
Host: app{server-number}.timelog.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "GetTransactionsRequest"

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
                  xmlns:transactio="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_0"
                  xmlns:tok="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_3">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <transactio:GetTransactions>
      <transactio:systemName>{systemName}</transactio:systemName>
      <transactio:from>{from}</transactio:from>
      <transactio:to>{to}</transactio:to>
      <transactio:maxResults>{maxResults}</transactio:maxResults>
      <transactio:token>
        <tok:Initials>{Initials from GetToken}</tok:Initials>
        <tok:Expires>{Expires from GetToken, unchanged}</tok:Expires>
        <tok:Hash>{Hash from GetToken}</tok:Hash>
      </transactio:token>
    </transactio:GetTransactions>
  </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

curl -X POST "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/Transaction/V1_0/TransactionServiceSecure.svc" \
  -H "Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8" \
  -H 'SOAPAction: "GetTransactionsRequest"' \
  --data-binary @request.xml

import requests

URL = "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/WebServices/Transaction/V1_0/TransactionServiceSecure.svc"
SOAP_ACTION = '"GetTransactionsRequest"'

envelope = """<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
                  xmlns:transactio="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_0"
                  xmlns:tok="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_3">
  <soapenv:Body>
    <transactio:GetTransactions>
      <transactio:systemName>{systemName}</transactio:systemName>
      <transactio:from>{from}</transactio:from>
      <transactio:to>{to}</transactio:to>
      <transactio:maxResults>{maxResults}</transactio:maxResults>
      <transactio:token>
        <tok:Initials>{Initials from GetToken}</tok:Initials>
        <tok:Expires>{Expires from GetToken, unchanged}</tok:Expires>
        <tok:Hash>{Hash from GetToken}</tok:Hash>
      </transactio:token>
    </transactio:GetTransactions>
  </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.

ReturnExternalTransaction[]

Response<ExternalTransaction>: Return = the matching entries. Only the duration message is added. ResponseState Success with an empty Return when nothing matches.

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>
    <GetTransactionsResponse xmlns="http://www.timelog.com/api/tlp/v1_0">
      <GetTransactionsResult xmlns:a="http://api.timelog.com"
                             xmlns:b="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/TimeLog.TLP.API.Proxy.Transaction.V1_0"
                             xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <a:Return>
          <b:ExternalTransaction>
            <b:SystemName>Example system</b:SystemName>
            <b:TransactionID>1001</b:TransactionID>
            <b:Status>Pending</b:Status>
            <b:Header>Example</b:Header>
            <b:Message>Example</b:Message>
            <b:TransactionDate>2026-10-01T00:00:00</b:TransactionDate>
            <b:Created>2026-10-01T00:00:00</b:Created>
          </b:ExternalTransaction>
        </a:Return>
        <a:ReturnTypeDescription>ExternalTransaction</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>
      </GetTransactionsResult>
    </GetTransactionsResponse>
  </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	40001	Error during call on TimeLog.API, Message 'Unable to retrieve External Transaction Log by System Name {systemName}\r
In Stored Procedure: {procedure}'	Known triggers on GetTransactions: `from` or `to` omitted or before 1753-01-01 and a negative maxResults.	Send both dates within 1753-9999 and maxResults >= 1.
Error	—	—	A returned entry has Status 0.	Always send Status.

Was this page helpful?