Determine if a user is tracking time in Harvest

harvest_trackers.py

# http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/
import requests
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

domain_name = 'domain'
username = 'username'
password = 'password'

# lookup past 3 days along with today in case someone left a timer running
today = datetime.now()
past_date = today - timedelta(days=3)

# format time to expected format by Harvest API URL
from_date = past_date.strftime('Y%Y%m%d')
to_date = today.strftime('Y%Y%m%d')


def get_harvest_json(url):
    """
    Returns JSON from a Harvest API URL
    """
    return requests.get(url,
        auth=(username, password),
        headers={'content-type': 'application/json', 'accept': 'application/json'}
        ).json()


# Get a list of all users, then determine if each is tracking time
people_url = 'https://{domain}.harvestapp.com/people'.format(
    domain=domain_name)
people_json = get_harvest_json(people_url)
# filter people json to only include active users
people_json = [person for person in people_json if person['user']['is_active']]

for person in people_json:
    person_name = '{first} {last}'.format(
       first=person['user']['first_name'],
       last=person['user']['last_name']
       )

    entry_url = 'https://{domain}.harvestapp.com/people/{user_id}/entries?from={from_date}&to={to_date}'.format(
        domain=domain_name,
        user_id=person['user']['id'],
        from_date=from_date,
        to_date=to_date
        )
    entry_json = get_harvest_json(entry_url)
    # The only indication the Harvest API provides that a timer is currently running on an entry
    # is the presence of an 'hours_with_timer' item - determine if any entries have this item
    tracking_time = any(['hours_with_timer' in e['day_entry'] for e in entry_json])

    if tracking_time:
        print '{name} IS tracking time'.format(name=person_name)
    else:
        print '{name} is NOT tracking time'.format(name=person_name)