wakatime-client Link to heading

Source code

A native Android library facilitating authentication and interaction with the restful API supplied by the code activity tracker Wakatime.

Dependency setup Link to heading

The first step is to include WakatimeClient into your project, for example, as a Gradle compile dependency:

implementation("is.hth:wakatimeclient:X.Y.Z")

Replace X.Y.Z with the latest published version.

Configuration Link to heading

Authentication Link to heading

The client supports both an OAuth 2.0 flow (courtesy of AppAuth) as well as simply using an api key.

OAuth flow Link to heading

When going for the OAuth 2.0 authentication flow, you first need to create a new application within Wakatime’s app dashboard.

Once created you’ll need to supply the client instance with the clientSecret, clientId and redirectUri as shown below

WakatimeClient.Builder(
    clientId = "Your client's id",
    clientSecret = "Your client's secret",
    redirectUri = Uri.parse("Your client's redirect uri")
)....

Then register an Activity in the AndroidManifest which will receive the results from the OAuth flow and process them. If your redirectUri is ‘myapplication://authentication-results’ then configure the receiver as follows

 <activity android:name="net.openid.appauth.RedirectUriReceiverActivity">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

        <data
            android:host="authentication-results"
            android:scheme="myapplication" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

Going for an OAuth flow like this will allow your implementation to be used by other users, logging in using their own credentials against Wakatime’s services.

Make sure that you do not bundle the id and secret within the application, as it is trivial to retrieve these values from an APK Rather have them be delivered to the client from a service you trust.

Api key Link to heading

When going for an API key authentication, each user first needs to grab their api key from the accounts settings inside of Wakatime.

It can then be supplied to the client as shown below

WakatimeClient.Builder(
    base64EncodedApiKey = "Your personal API key"
)....

Make sure that you do not bundle the API key within the application, as it is your own private one! Each user will have to supply their own.

Configuration Link to heading

The client builder exposes the internal network client for further configuration such as adding network interceptors or configuring timeout limits

builder.network {
    val interceptor = HttpLoggingInterceptor().apply {
        setLevel(HttpLoggingInterceptor.Level.BODY)
    }

    getOKHttpBuilder().apply {
        addInterceptor(interceptor)
        callTimeout(<Your value>, TimeUnit)
        // Here you have full access to the OkHttpClient.Builder
    }
    
    getRetrofitBuilder().apply {
        // Here you have full access to the Retrofit.Builder
    }
    
    // If network layer caching should be done by the client,
    // it can be configured by using the built in caching mechanism
    enableCache(context.cacheDir, cacheLifetimeInSeconds = 30)
}...

Credential storage Link to heading

Lastly the client requires an implementation of AuthStorage for storing credentials and related information.

builder.build(context, <Your implementation of AuthStorage>)

The reason this is left to the implementer is that there are multiple ways of securing authentication data on Android, and the best practices are constantly evolving and changing. By leaving this implementation detail out, this project allows for unforseen future changes without having to react to them it self.

Usage Link to heading

Authentication Link to heading

With the client configured, authentication becomes as easy as creating an authentication intent

val intent = client.createAuthenticationIntent(listOf(Scope.Email, Scope.ReadStats))
startActivityForResults(intent)

Then either in the calling context’s onActivityResults or using the latest ActivityResultsLauncher simply pass the received data on to the client

when(val results = client.onAuthenticationResult(received)) {
    is Results.Failure -> displayError(results.error)
    is Results.Success -> {
        // Start fetching data
    }
}

Retrieving data Link to heading

With the authentication out of the way, sending a heartbeat for writing this markdown would not be much more complex than

val results: Results<Confirmation> = client.sendHeartbeat(Heartbeat.send(
    entity = "<ID>",
    time =0f, 
    type = Type.App, 
    category = Category.Documentation) {
        branch = "develop"
        project = "wakatime-client"
        language = "markdown"
})

Or fetching summaries for a specific project and its branch’s over a defined period

val results: Results<Summaries> = client.getSummaries(Summaries.request(start, end) {
    timezone = end.timeZone.displayName
    project {
        projectName = "wakatime-client"
        branches("develop", "master")
    }
    meta { 
        writesOnly = true
    }
})