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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Clio API Documentation Timers API
contact:
name: Clio API Support
email: api@clio.com
description: '# Developer Support and Feedback
* Clio takes the availability and stability of our API seriously; please report any **degradations** or **breakages** to Clio''s API Support team at api@clio.com.
* For business and partnership inquiries, contact our API Partnerships team at api.partnerships@clio.com.
* For best practices and tips from the Clio development community, join the conversation in the Clio Developer Slack Channel.
A community-driven Clio Developers Stack Overflow Group also exists where you can connect and ask questions from other Clio API users.
# Getting Started
> **Note:** The API is available in four distinct data regions: Australia (au.app.clio.com), Canada (ca.app.clio.com), EU (eu.app.clio.com) and US (app.clio.com).
>
> Likewise, the developer portal is available at region-specific links for the Australia, Canada, EU, and US regions.
>
> This document assumes the US region is being used (app.clio.com). If you''re building in one of the other regions, you should adapt the links and examples as necessary.
To start building on the Clio API, you’ll need a Clio account – you can review our Developer Handbook and follow the steps to sign up for an account.
Once you have an account, you can create a developer application from the Developer Portal and start building!
# Authorization with OAuth 2.0
See our Authorization documentation →
# Permissions
See our Permissions documentation →
# Fields
See our Fields documentation →
# Rate Limiting
See our Rate Limits documentation →
# Paging
See our Pagination documentation →
# ETags
See our ETags documentation →
# Minor Versions
API v4 supports multiple minor versions. Versions are of the form ''4.X.Y''. To request a specific version, you can use an `X-API-VERSION` header in your request, with the header value set to the API version you''re requesting. If this header is omitted, it will be treated as a request for the default API version. If the header is present but invalid, it will return a `410 Gone` response. If the header is present and valid, but it is no longer supported, it will return a `410 Gone` response.
An `X-API-VERSION` will be included in all successful responses, with the value being set to the API version used.
You can find our API Versioning Policy and Guidelines in our documentation hub.
The API Changelog explains each version''s changes in further detail.
### 4.0.4
* Update `quantity` field to return values in seconds rather than hours for Activities
### 4.0.5
* Remove `matter_balances` field from Bills
* Standardize status/state enum values
* Add a Document association to completed DocumentAutomations
* Add rate visibility handling for Activity''s price and total
### 4.0.6
* Remove `document_versions` collection field from Documents
### 4.0.7
* Change secure link format
### 4.0.8
* `Activity` hours are redacted in the response based on the activity hours visibility setting for the user
* Add `quantity_redacted` field to activities
### 4.0.9
* Contacts are filtered and redacted in the response based on the new ''Contacts Visibility'' user permission setting.
### 4.0.10
* Fixed validation of `type` query parameter when querying Notes
### 4.0.12
* Restrict fields for CalendarEntry that should only be visible to event owners, editors, and viewers
### 4.0.13
**This is the default version**
* Add association limits to Contacts
* Returns 422 Unprocessable Entity when association limits are exceeded'
version: v4
x-logo:
url: https://www.clio.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Container-5-Logo.png
servers:
- url: https://app.clio.com/api/v4
description: US region Production Server
- url: https://eu.app.clio.com/api/v4
description: Europe region Production Server
- url: https://ca.app.clio.com/api/v4
description: Canada region Production Server
- url: https://au.app.clio.com/api/v4
description: Australia region Production Server
tags:
- name: Timers
description: 'Timers are used to track time spent on billable work. They are used with hourly-billable Time Entries.
The Timer modal is accessed by clicking the timer in the application''s header, or by clicking the Timer icon on a Time Entry.
Support Link
Used within Clio in the timer modal which can be accessed by clicking the timer in the header or on the create/edit Time Entry form.'
paths:
/timer.json:
get:
tags:
- Timers
summary: Return the data for a single Timer
operationId: Timer#show
description: Outlines the parameters, optional and required, used when requesting the data for a single Timer
parameters:
- name: IF-MODIFIED-SINCE
in: header
description: The server will send the requested resource with a 200 status, but only if it has been modified after the given date. (Expects an RFC 2822 timestamp).
required: false
schema:
type: string
format: date
- name: IF-NONE-MATCH
in: header
description: The server will send the requested resource with a 200 status, but only if the existing resource's [ETag](#section/ETags) doesn't match any of the values listed.
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: X-API-VERSION
in: header
description: 'The [API minor version](#section/Minor-Versions). Default: latest version.'
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: fields
in: query
description: The fields to be returned. See response samples for what fields are available. For more information see the [fields section](#section/Fields).
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Ok
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Timer_Show'
'400':
description: Bad Request
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: Not Found
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'429':
description: Too Many Requests
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'304':
description: Not Modified
delete:
tags:
- Timers
summary: Delete a single Timer
operationId: Timer#destroy
description: Outlines the parameters, optional and required, used when deleting the record for a single Timer
parameters:
- name: X-API-VERSION
in: header
description: 'The [API minor version](#section/Minor-Versions). Default: latest version.'
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'204':
description: No Content
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
post:
tags:
- Timers
summary: Create a new Timer
operationId: Timer#create
description: Outlines the parameters and data fields used when creating a new Timer
parameters:
- name: X-API-VERSION
in: header
description: 'The [API minor version](#section/Minor-Versions). Default: latest version.'
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: fields
in: query
description: The fields to be returned. See response samples for what fields are available. For more information see the [fields section](#section/Fields).
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'201':
description: Created
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Timer_Show'
'400':
description: Bad Request
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'404':
description: Not Found
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'422':
description: Unprocessable Entity
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
'429':
description: Too Many Requests
content:
application/json; charset=utf-8:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
requestBody:
description: Request Body for Timers
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- data
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
activity:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
description: The unique identifier for a single Activity associated with the Timer. The keyword `null` is not valid for this field.
required:
- id
required:
- activity
application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
schema:
type: object
required:
- data
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
activity:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
description: The unique identifier for a single Activity associated with the Timer. The keyword `null` is not valid for this field.
required:
- id
required:
- activity
multipart/form-data:
schema:
type: object
required:
- data
properties:
data:
type: object
properties:
activity:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
description: The unique identifier for a single Activity associated with the Timer. The keyword `null` is not valid for this field.
required:
- id
required:
- activity
required: false
components:
schemas:
ErrorDetail:
type: object
required:
- type
- message
properties:
type:
type: string
description: Unique name for this error
message:
type: string
description: Detailed message about the error
Timer_base:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
description: Unique identifier for the *Timer*
etag:
type: string
description: ETag for the *Timer*
start_time:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The time the *Timer* was started (as ISO-8601 timestamp)
elapsed_time:
type: number
format: double
description: How much time has elapsed, in hours, since the timer was started
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The time the *Timer* was created (as a ISO-8601 timestamp)
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The time the *Timer* was last updated (as a ISO-8601 timestamp)
Error:
type: object
required:
- error
properties:
error:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
Timer:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Timer_base'
- type: object
properties:
activity:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Activity_base'
description: Activity
Activity_base:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
description: Unique identifier for the *Activity*
etag:
type: string
description: ETag for the *Activity*
type:
type: string
enum:
- TimeEntry
- ExpenseEntry
- HardCostEntry
- SoftCostEntry
- FixedFee
description: The type of the *Activity*
date:
type: string
format: date
description: The date the *Activity* was performed (as a ISO-8601 date)
quantity_in_hours:
type: number
format: double
description: The number of hours the TimeEntry took.
rounded_quantity_in_hours:
type: number
format: double
description: 'The number of hours rounded accordingly to the billing settings.
The rounded value is used to calculate the total.
'
quantity:
type: number
format: double
description: 'The field is applicable to TimeEntry, ExpenseEntry, and SoftCostEntry.
**Version <= 4.0.3:**
The number of hours the TimeEntry took.
**Latest version:**
The number of seconds the TimeEntry took.
'
rounded_quantity:
type: number
format: double
description: 'The field is applicable to time entries only.
**Version <= 4.0.3:**
The number of hours rounded accordingly to the billing settings.
The rounded value is used to calculate the total.
**Latest version:**
The number of seconds rounded accordingly to the billing settings.
The rounded value is used to calculate the total.
'
quantity_redacted:
type: boolean
description: 'Is `true` if any of the following fields are redacted:
`quantity`, `rounded_quantity`, `rounded_quantity_in_hours`, `quantity_in_hours`, `total`, `non_billable_total`
'
price:
type: number
format: double
description: The hourly rate or fixed fee amount of the *Activity*
note:
type: string
description: The details about the *Activity*
flat_rate:
type: boolean
description: Whether the *Activity* is a fixed fee
billed:
type: boolean
description: Whether the *Activity* has been added to an active bill that is in the state of `awaiting_payment` or `paid`
on_bill:
type: boolean
description: Whether the *Activity* has been added to an active bill that is in the state of `draft`, `awaiting_approval`, `awaiting_payment` or `paid`
total:
type: number
format: double
description: The total cost of draft, billable and billed items in the *Activity*
contingency_fee:
type: boolean
description: Whether or not the *Activity* is a contingency fee
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The time the *Activity* was created (as a ISO-8601 timestamp)
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: The time the *Activity* was last updated (as a ISO-8601 timestamp)
reference:
type: string
description: A check reference for a HardCostEntry.
non_billable:
type: boolean
description: Whether the *Activity* is non-billable
non_billable_total:
type: number
format: double
description: The total cost of non-billable items in the *Activity*
no_charge:
type: boolean
description: Whether the non-billable *Activity* is shown on the bill.
tax_setting:
type: string
enum:
- no_tax
- tax_1_only
- tax_2_only
- tax_1_and_tax_2
description: The option denoting whether primary tax, secondary tax, or both is applied to an expense entry.
tax_settings:
type: array
items:
type: object
description: Array of objects, with each object representing a tax setting that is applied to an expense entry with 'tax_rate_configuration_id', 'order', and 'rule' as the object properties.
input_tax_settings:
type: array
items:
type: object
description: Array of objects, with each object representing an input tax setting that can be applied to a hard cost expense entry with 'tax_rate_configuration_id', 'order', and 'rule' as the object properties.
currency:
type: object
description: The currency of the *Activity*
rate_table_lineage:
type: object
description: The rate table and category that priced a TimeEntry, as an object with `rate_table_name`, `rate_table_category_name`, `rate_table_deleted` (whether the table or category has since been deleted) and `rate_table_archived` (whether the table has since been archived). Only returned for a TimeEntry priced from a rate table.
Timer_Show:
type: object
required:
- data
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Timer'
x-tagGroups:
- name: Api
tags:
- Custom Actions
- Webhooks
- name: Activities
tags:
- Activities
- Activity Descriptions
- Activity Rates
- Expense Categories
- Timers
- Utbms Codes
- Utbms Sets
- name: Accounting
tags:
- Bank Accounts
- Bank Transactions
- Bank Transfers
- Matter Transfers
- name: Billing
tags:
- Bills
- Billable Clients
- Billable Matters
- Bill Themes
- Interest Charges
- Line Items
- Outstanding Client Balances
- Rate Tables
- Rate Table Categories
- Rate Table Timekeepers
- Rate Table Rates
- Rate Table Assignments
- name: Calendars
tags:
- Calendars
- Calendar Entries
- Calendar Entry Event Types
- Calendar Visibilities
- Reminders
- name: Clio Payments
tags:
- Clio Payments Links
- Clio Payments Payments
- name: Communications
tags:
- Communications
- Conversations
- Conversation Messages
- name: Contacts
tags:
- Contacts
- Email Addresses
- Phone Numbers
- Notes
- Log Entries
- name: Court Rules
tags:
- Jurisdictions To Triggers
- Jurisdictions
- Matter Dockets
- Service Types
- name: Custom Fields
tags:
- Custom Fields
- Custom Field Sets
- name: Documents
tags:
- Documents
- Document Versions
- Folders
- Document Archives
- Document Automations
- Document Categories
- Document Templates
- Comments
- name: In-app Notifications
tags:
- My Events
- Event Metrics
- name: Matters
tags:
- Matters
- Relationships
- Clients
- Related Contacts
- Matter Contacts
- Notes
- Practice Areas
- Log Entries
- Matter Stages
- Matter Protected Funds
- Medical Records Details
- Medical Records
- Medical Bills
- Damages
- name: Payments
tags:
- Allocations
- Credit Memos
- name: Reporting
tags:
- Reports
- Report Presets
- Report Schedules
- name: Settings
tags:
- Text Snippets
- Billing Settings
- Currencies
- Tax Rate Configurations
- name: Tasks
tags:
- Tasks
- Task Templates
- Task Template Lists
- Task Types
- name: Trust
tags:
- Trust Line Items
- Trust Requests
- name: Users
tags:
- Users
- Groups
- name: Legal Aid US
tags:
- Grants
- Grant Funding Sources
- name: Legal Aid England & Wales
tags:
- Civil Controlled Rates
- Civil Certificated Rates
- Criminal Controlled Rates
- Expense Categories
- name: General
tags:
- Safe Custody Packets
- Safe Custody Records
- Safe Custody Packet Locations
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: Clio
source: https://docs.developers.clio.com/openapi.json
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)