Connect to Toggl API with .NET

Here's the quick and dirty way to extract information out of Toggl API with .NET. You will need NewtonSoft JSON.NET for the JSON parsing, otherwise it's just cut/paste/run and have fun! Enjoy!

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;


public class Program
{
    private const string TogglTasksUrl = "https://www.toggl.com/api/v1/tasks.json";
    private const string TogglAuthUrl = "http://www.toggl.com/api/v1/sessions.json";
private const string AuthenticationType = "Basic";
private const string ApiToken = "ec8soi98983498 your api_token here";
private const string Password = "api_token";

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    CookieContainer container = new CookieContainer();
    var authRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(TogglAuthUrl);

    authRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
    authRequest.Method = "POST";
    authRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
    authRequest.CookieContainer = container;

    string value = Password + "=" + ApiToken;
    authRequest.ContentLength = value.Length;
    using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(authRequest.GetRequestStream(), Encoding.ASCII))
    {
        writer.Write(value);
    }

    var authResponse = (HttpWebResponse)authRequest.GetResponse();
    using (var reader = new StreamReader(authResponse.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8))
    {
        string content = reader.ReadToEnd();
    }

    HttpWebRequest tasksRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(TogglTasksUrl);
    tasksRequest.CookieContainer = container;

    var jsonResult = string.Empty;
    var tasksResponse = (HttpWebResponse) tasksRequest.GetResponse();
    using (var reader = new StreamReader(tasksResponse.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8))
    {
        jsonResult = reader.ReadToEnd();
    }

    var tasks = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Task[]>(jsonResult);

    foreach (var task in tasks)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "{0} - {1}: {2} starting {3:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}", 
            task.Project.Name, 
            task.Description,
            TimeSpan.FromSeconds(task.Duration),
            task.Start);
    }
}

public class Task
{
    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "start")]
    [JsonConverter(typeof(IsoDateTimeConverter))]
    public DateTime Start { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "stop")]
    [JsonConverter(typeof(IsoDateTimeConverter))]
    public DateTime Stop { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "duration")]
    public int Duration { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "description")]
    public string Description { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "project")]
    public Project Project { get; set; }
}

public class Project
{
    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "client_project_name")]
    public string Client { get; set; }
}

}

And the result should look like this.