feat: Regular Time entry support with name resolution helpers#153
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The transformRequest function was setting Content-Encoding: gzip on request headers but sending the body as plain JSON (not actually gzip-compressed). This caused the Autotask API to return 500 errors on POST requests, particularly for child entity creates. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds a new createDirect() method to the TimeEntries entity that POSTs directly to /TimeEntries without requiring a parent ticket, task, or project. This enables creating "Regular Time" entries for meetings, admin work, training, and other non-ticket time tracking. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds SDK-level helpers for creating Regular Time entries:
- TimeTrackingClient.createRegularTimeEntry(): Creates a time entry
not tied to a ticket/task/project, automatically setting
timeEntryType=5 (Activity) and handling the itemId response format
- CoreClient.searchResources(): Search resources by name or email
- CoreClient.resolveResourceByName(): Resolve a full name like
"Will Spence" to a resource ID, splitting first/last name for
accurate matching
- FinancialClient.getInternalBillingCodes(): Get BillingCodes with
useType=3, which are the valid categories for Regular Time entries
(e.g., Internal Meeting, Training, PTO)
- FinancialClient.resolveInternalBillingCodeByName(): Resolve a
category name to a billing code ID with fuzzy matching
Key Autotask API details:
- Regular Time entries require internalBillingCodeID (not billingCodeID)
- Only BillingCodes with useType=3 are valid for internal allocation
- timeEntryType=5 (Activity) is required for Regular Time
- The API returns {itemId: N} for creates, not {id: N}
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds convenience methods for creating non-ticket time entries:
- TimeEntries.createDirect() — POST /TimeEntries without parent scope
- TimeTrackingClient.createRegularTimeEntry() — creates Regular Time
entries with timeEntryType=5 (Activity), requires internalBillingCodeID
- CoreClient.searchResources() / resolveResourceByName() — search and
resolve resources by full name with first/last split logic
- FinancialClient.getInternalBillingCodes() / resolveInternalBillingCodeByName()
— fetch and resolve BillingCodes with useType=3 (internal allocation codes)
Key Autotask API discoveries documented in code:
- Regular Time requires internalBillingCodeID (NOT billingCodeID)
- Only BillingCodes with useType=3 are valid for Regular Time categories
- API returns { itemId: N } for creates, not { id: N }
- timeEntryType=5 (Activity) is required for Regular Time
Rebased from shaank0/feat/regular-time-entries (PR #153) onto main,
keeping main's gzip compression implementation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Adds convenience methods for creating non-ticket (Regular) time entries: TimeEntries.createDirect(), TimeTrackingClient.createRegularTimeEntry(), CoreClient.searchResources()/resolveResourceByName(), FinancialClient.getInternalBillingCodes()/resolveInternalBillingCodeByName(). Rebased from shaank0 PR #153.
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Content-Encoding: gzipwas being set on requests without actually compressing the body, causing 500 errors on POST requestscreateDirect()to TimeEntries — enables creating time entries viaPOST /TimeEntrieswithout requiring a parent ticket/task/project URLTimeTrackingClient.createRegularTimeEntry()— creates non-ticket time entries, auto-setstimeEntryType=5(Activity), handlesitemIdresponse formatCoreClient.searchResources()/resolveResourceByName()— search and resolve resources by full name (splits first/last for accurate matching)FinancialClient.getInternalBillingCodes()/resolveInternalBillingCodeByName()— get and resolve BillingCodes withuseType=3(internal allocation codes for Regular Time categories)Key Autotask API discoveries documented in code:
internalBillingCodeID(NOTbillingCodeID)useType=3are valid for internal allocation (Internal Meeting, Training, PTO, etc.)timeEntryType=5(Activity) is required for Regular Time{itemId: N}for creates, not{id: N}internalBillingCodeIDTest plan
createDirect()POSTs to/TimeEntrieswithout parent scopingcreateRegularTimeEntry()setstimeEntryType=5automaticallyresolveResourceByName("Will Spence")correctly splits and resolvesresolveInternalBillingCodeByName("Internal Meeting")returns correct IDgetInternalBillingCodes()only returnsuseType=3codes🤖 Generated with Claude Code