Shihadt/qtracker-extension

This extension will provide your clocking hours in top bar

Overview

Qtracker extension will show hours clocked, burned, break duration etc in top bar.

Requirments

• Gnome-3.24 and above (ubuntu 18).
• Gnome-tweak tool to activate.
• python and pip (If you dont have pip run sudo apt install python-pip)

Installation

• Install httplib2 package

pip install httplib2

• Install gnome tweak tool

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

• clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/Shihadt/qtracker-extension.git
cd qtracker-extension

• Change AUTH='' in argos/qtracker.100s.py to your authentication header. Example AUTH = '0e891e9d2ed5aedgg3410b22ddad4368d6117f23dff0ee7d389cacedee2fcd591539229015200.950e0c0fee5b9b48e83f7a477c7de1e4e02815bf' which should be obtained from http://qtracker.qburst.com/home/userattendancetracker/attendance

  • For getting authentication header in chrome https://www.mkyong.com/computer-tips/how-to-view-http-headers-in-google-chrome/
  • For getting authentication header in Firefox https://o7planning.org/en/11637/how-to-view-http-headers-in-firefox

auth=your_qtracker_authentication
sed -e "s/AUTH_KEY = ''/AUTH_KEY = '${auth}'/g" argos/qtracker.100s.py > qtracker.100s.py_tmp

• Move argos folder into ~/.config

mv qtracker.100s.py_tmp argos/qtracker.100s.py
chmod u+x argos/qtracker.100s.py
mv argos ~/.config/

• create folder extensions in ~/.local/share/gnome-shell

mkdir -p  ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions

• Move qtracker@qburst folder to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

mv qtracker@qburst.com ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

• Restart gnome-shell. (Press alt+f2, then 'r' and enter)
• Enable qtracker extension in gnome tweak tool. (From gnome tweak tool -> extension-> Qtracker)

gnome-shell-extension-prefs

And choose Qtracker

Troubleshooting

If qtracker extension deosnt appear on your top bar

• Backup qtracker.100s.py

cp ~/.config/argos/qtracker.100s.py ~/

• Remove argos folder in ~/.config

rm -r ~/.config/argos

• Restart gnome (Press alt+f2, then 'r' and enter)
• delete ~/.config/argos/argos.sh

rm ~/.config/argos/argos.sh

• Move backup file

mv ~/qtracker.100s.py ~/.config/argos/

Reference

This extension is made up with the help of https://github.com/p-e-w/argos