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Tweet Your Time & Expenses

Out on the road and need a fast way to log a time entry or an expense? Sending a text message to Harvest via your mobile device to log an expense or stop your timer is now possible with the help of Twitter.

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Linking Harvest to your Twitter account

  1. Recommended: Make sure your Twitter account is configured to work with your mobile device. Log into Twitter and click on Settings > Phone & IM.
  2. Login to Harvest and click on your name on the upper-right side of the screen. This will take you to the edit screen for your personal account.
  3. Click on the "Configure Twitter settings" link on the right-hand side of the screen. Enter your Twitter username and select a default project, task, and expense category. Click "Save" to save your settings.
  4. You're done! Start communicating with Harvest via your Twitter account. For example, send a direct message to Harvest by texting Twitter "d harvest expense 10 testing twitter expense logger" This will create an expense entry for $10.00 with the note "testing twitter expense logger (via Twitter)". You will also receive an email "receipt" for your command so you can rest assured that the transaction was captured correctly.
Standard text messaging fees apply.
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What is Harvest?

Harvest is a simple time-tracking and invoicing application designed for small business and freelancers. Learn more about Harvest.

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What is Twitter?

Twitter is a service which allows its users to communicate and stay connected with each other through short, quick messages. By connecting your Twitter account to your Harvest account, you will be able to perform simple commands in Harvest by sending Twitter messages to Harvest.

iPhone user? Check out our iPhone App.

Text Harvest from your mobile device

Twitter allows you to send TXT messages to a shortcode (a short number you can easily remember). This makes it extremely convenient to send text commands to Harvest from your mobile device. See below for a list of Twitter shortcodes and their respective countries:

  • United States: 40404
  • Canada: 21212
  • India: 53000
  • All other countries: +44 762 4801423
Feature Direct/TXT message to send
Start a timer d harvest (start or st) notes
  example:
d harvest st meeting at Balthazar
Log a time entry d harvest (time or t) duration notes
  example:
d harvest t 1:30 meeting at Balthazar
Log an expense d harvest (expense or e) amount notes
  example:
d harvest e 25.25 lunch at Balthazar
Stop running timer d harvest (stop or s)
  example:
d harvest s

Note: All messages to Harvest are private and will not be displayed on your public timeline.