How do you use timeOffset in contact()->recent? about hubspot-php

[ryanwinchester]

I haven't used this one yet, but I would do some test runs with a timeOffset something like:

// timestamp in milliseconds
$timeOffset = (int) (strtotime("20 minutes ago") * 1000);

$contacts = $hubspot->contacts()->recent([
        'timeOffset' => $timeOffset,
]);

I may be missing something, unfortunately, HubSpot Docs don't make it clear to me how vidOffset and timeOffset are related other than they are "Used in conjunction."

[ryanwinchester]

@bickart Did you figure this one out yet?

[bickart]

In short no. My use case was to get updated contacts since the last time I requested. So if I request for updates every 1/2 hour. I only want to know what changed in the last 1/2 hour. I don't care about anything prior to that. It doesn't seen that HubSpot wants to cooperate with me. HubSpot will give you the most recent updates even if was 2 hours ago. So I use the time updated (don't remember the exact field) in each contact returned to determine if I have an update or skip.

On May 20, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Ryan Winchester [email protected] wrote:

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[ryanwinchester]

Yeah, I honestly can't figure out what hubspot is doing with the timeOffset here. It does not seem to work as a specific cut-off like you'd expect like with vid-offset...

https://api.hubapi.com/contacts/v1/lists/recently_updated/contacts/recent?hapikey=demo&count=100&timeOffset=1432148571000

[ryanwinchester]

The timeOffset parameter is apparently the "end" time and the contacts are displayed in reverse chronological order from then.

Seems kind of silly to me...