RescueTime

The  RescueTime modules allow you to watch, start, end, daily summary reports, alerts, FocusTime sessions, and generate an analytic report in your RescueTime account.

Getting Started with RescueTime

Prerequisites

  • A RescueTime account

In order to use RescueTime with Integromat, it is necessary to have a RescueTime account. If you do not have one, you can create a RescueTime account at rescuetime.com/signup/solo/pro.

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Integromat scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting RescueTime to Integromat

To connect your RescueTime account to Integromat you need to obtain the API Key from your RescueTime account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Integromat module.

1. Go to Integromat and open the RescueTime module's Create a connection dialog.

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2. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection and click Continue.

3. Enter your RescueTime credentials and click Login.

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4. Confirm the access by clicking Authorize.

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The connection has been established.

Daily Summary

Watch Daily Summary Reports

Triggers by the new daily summary report.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
LimitSet the maximum number of daily summary reports Integromat should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Alert

Watch Alerts

Triggers by user-defined alerts. Only for RescueTime Premium users.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
Triggers only for a specific alert(Optional) Select the option if you want to receive alerts only for specific alerts:
  • More than 4 hours per day in All Productive time
  • More than 2 hours per day in All Distracting time
  • More than 1 minute per day in All Distracting time
LimitSet the maximum number of alerts Integromat should return during one scenario execution cycle.

FocusTime Session

Watch FocusTime Sessions

Triggers by started or ended FocusTime Sessions. Only for RescueTime Premium users.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
Feed TypeSelect the session type:
  • FocusTime Session Started
  • FocusTime Session Ended
LimitSet the maximum number of alerts Integromat should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Start a FocusTime Session.

Starts a FocusTime session. Only for RescueTime premium users.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
How long do you want to focus?Select the option to choose the session time:
  • Input a duration
  • Focus until the end of the day
Duration in MinutesEnter the duration of the session in minutes. The duration must be a multiple of 5, or else it will be rounded off to the nearest 5 minutes. Must be higher than or equal to 5.

End a FocusTime Session

Ends a FocusTime session. Only for RescueTime premium users.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.

Offline Time Record

Create an Offline Time Record

Creates an offline time record.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
Start TimeEnter the start date/time for the offline time record in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format. A UNIX timestamp is also acceptable.
End TimeEnter the end date/time for the offline time record in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format. A UNIX timestamp is also acceptable.
Activity NameEnter the name of the activity. For example, MeetingDriving. A maximum of 255 characters is allowed.
Activity DetailsEnter the details of the activity. A maximum of 255 characters is allowed.

Highlight Event

Watch Highlight Events

Triggers by new highlighted events. Only for RescueTime premium users.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
LimitSet the maximum number of events Integromat should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Create a Highlight Event

Creates a highlight event. Only for RescueTime premium users.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
Highlight DateEnter the date of the event.
DescriptionEnter the details of the event.
Source LabelEnter an appropriate label for the event.

Other

Generate an Analytic Report

Generates an analytic report with various scopes of data

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
PerspectiveSelect the X-axis value for generating the analytic report:
  • Interval
  • Rank
Unit of IntervalSelect the measuring unit of the value:
  • Day
  • Hour
  • Month
  • Minute
  • Week
Group BySelect the option to group the data:
  • Activity
  • Category
  • Document
  • Efficiency
  • Overview
  • Productivity
Source TypeSelect the source type for the data:
  • Computer
  • Mobile
  • Offline
Begin DateEnter the start date for the data from which you want to generate the report.
End DateEnter the start date for the data until which you want to generate the report.
Name of Overview, Category, Application, or WebsiteEnter the name of the specific overview, category, application, or website. If it is a website, enter only the domain name. For example, www.nytimes.com, enter nytimes.com.
It helps to retrieve a list that contains the name you want and inspect it for the exact names.
Name of the Document or ActivityEnter the name of the document or activity to record for the currently active application.
Schedule or Time Filter IDEnter the Schedule ID or Time ID to filter the results.

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

ConnectionEstablish a connection to your RescueTime account.
URL

Enter a path relative to https://www.rescuetime.com/api/oauth. For example: /data

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the RescueTime API Documentation.
Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET
to retrieve information for an entry.

POST
to create a new entry.

PUT
to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH
to make a partial entry update.

DELETE
to delete an entry.

HeadersEnter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.
Query StringEnter the request query string.
BodyEnter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use - Get Data

The following API call returns all the data from your RescueTime account:

URL:
/data

Method:
GET

Query String:
Keyformat
Valuejson

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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under BundleBody
In our example, the data details were returned:

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