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}

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"

{
  "Code": 102,
  "Message": "Business rules exception.",
  "Details": [
    {
      "Message": "…",
      "ErrorCode": 37001
    }
  ],
  "Parameters": "…",
  "Url": "https://app{server-number}.timelog.com/{account}/api/v1/task/{taskID}/validate-delete-task"
}

POST

/v1/task/{taskID}/validate-delete-task

POST

Base URLstring

Target server for requests. Edit to use your own host.

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.

path

taskIDinteger

Required

The task to check. Route constraint :int.

Format: int32

Request Preview

Response

Response will appear here after sending the request

Authentication

header

Authorizationstring

Required

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.

Path Parameters

taskIDinteger

Required

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.

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