timetracker

A time tracker for personal usage, written in python, for command-line usage

Prerequisites

• python 2.7

Installation

1. Install python 2.7 or 3.x

2. Install python modules

   pip install -r requirements 
   

3. Create storage file timer.db (sqlite database)

   python setup.py
   

4. Copy file timer.db to your home directory (in windows %USERPROFILE%)

Getting started

Start timetracker

python tracker.py

Typical workflows

Adding tasks

18:00 > add project1
    added new task #2
18:30 > add project2
    added new task #3

Storage

Uses an Sqlite database to store all task data. Database file timer.db is located in directory %USERPROFILE%. When you exit timetracker application all schedules are written to the storage.

List of available commands

#<id>          reschedule an existing task using its id
add,a          add a new task and set it to active
adjust         adjust time of a task
clear,cl       clear all tasks
commit,ci      commit a task by id
done           set task to done
exit           exit application
export,exp     export data (current day) as JSON
help,h         this help
list,l,ls      list all available tasks (ls all; ls yd; ls)
pause,p        pause tasks
push           push all done tasks to store and remove them from current list
rename,ren     rename a task by id
remove,rm      delete task by id
status,st      status information

Command description

schedule a task

Syntax: #task-id

Set a task with given task-id as active

add

Add a new task

Alias: add, a

Syntax: add taskname

A new task is created and set as active. Its status will become ON.

adjust

Syntax: adjust task-id time

Adjust time of a task. Specify a time value in seconds. The value can be negative or positive.

clear

Remove all tasks from current list

Alias: clear, c

Tasks in the storage are not removed with this command.

commit

Commits a task by id

Alias: commit, ci

Syntax: commit task-id

Commit time from given task to storage, add a new task with the same taskname to current task list and set new task as active.

done

Set a task to complete

Syntax: done task-id

Sets a task' status to DONE. Hide it in current list by default. Set pause task as active task.

exit

Alias: exit, q

Write schedules to storage and exit application.

help

Alias: help, h

Print help and usage

list

List all current tasks

Alias: list, ls

Syntax:

ls      // list tasks from current list  

ls all  // list alls tasks from current list, also the DONE tasks 

ls yd   // list all tasks you created yesterday (loading them from storage)

pause

Pause current tasks

Alias: pause, p

Syntax: pause task-id

Set default pause task as active task

push

Push all tasks with status DONE to storage and remove them from current list

rename

Syntax: rename task-id new-taskname

Rename a task

remove

Alias: remove, rm

Syntax: remove task-id

Delete a task permanently. If active task is deleted then pause task is set to active.

status

Alias: status, st

Print status information

Task status

ON - an active task

OFF - a task is paused

DONE - a task is done

Timetracker UI

Under timetracker-ui you will find a web UI for timetracker storage. Go to time-tracker-ui folder and start the http server. UI application is available under http://localhost:8080

startserver.bat

Console Output

time tracker V0.9.10

20:10 > ls
   id  spend     upd   created  status  name
    1  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  pause

20:10 > add New Task
  added new task #2

  20:10 > add Second Task
  added new task #3

20:10 > ls
   id  spend     upd   created  status  name
    3  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  Second Task
    1  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  pause
    2  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  New Task

20:10 > done 2
  set task #2 to done

20:10 > ls
   id  spend     upd   created  status  name
    3  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  Second Task
    1  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  pause

20:10 > ls all
   id  spend     upd   created  status  name
    3  00:00   20:11     20:10  ACTIVE  Second Task
    1  00:00   20:10     20:10  ACTIVE  pause
    2  00:00   20:10     20:10  DONE    New Task


20:11 > status

  active:       #3 Second Task
  pause:        00:00h
  worktime:     00:00h
  started:      20:10
  tasks:        3
20:11 > exit