Probably something similar to the relationship between useMemo and useCallback where useCallback(fn, deps) is equivalent to useMemo(() => fn, deps). Sometimes there is more than one way to accomplish a goal.

I'd say in the case of useImperativeHandle the code can be a bit more succinct/DRY when you need to expose out more than an single property.

Examples:

function FancyInput(props, ref) {
  const inputRef = useRef();
  useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
    focus: () => inputRef.current.focus(),
    property,
    anotherProperty,
    ... etc ...
  }), []); // use appropriate dependencies

  ...
}
vs

function FancyInput(props, ref) {
  const inputRef = useRef();
  useEffect(() => {
    ref.current.focus = inputRef.current.focus;
    ref.current.property = property;
    ref.current.anotherProperty = anotherProperty;
    ... etc ...
  }, []); // use appropriate dependencies

  ...
}
Not a big difference, but the useImperativeHandle is less code.

The short answer is yes. Permanent tokens is the easier way to access the data. The instructions on how to generate the permanent token is found in the GIF animation here:

https://www.deputy.com/api-doc/API/Authentication/ This is the code I use in Excel VBA to read the data

Sub Get_Data()

Dim request As New WinHttpRequest
Dim url As String, parameters As String
Dim permanentAccessToken As String

'Demo credentials
permanentAccessToken = "892******************b3e05f0df0"
url = "https://business.na.deputy.com/"
url = url & "api/v1/resource/TimesheetPayReturn"
request.Open "GET", url
request.SetRequestHeader "Authorization", "OAuth " + permanentAccessToken
request.Send
' Check the result is valid
If request.Status <> 200 Then
    MsgBox "Error: " & request.ResponseText
    Exit Sub
End If

End Sub

The permanent token is added to the header and that should work

Based on your description and screenshot, it is shown that the main error message in the screenshot is “Unknown command: “npx” “. It means that the issue will occur when using “npm install” this task to run your pipeline, it is suggested that try using “Command Line” task and adding “npx” in “Script” to test again.

Hope it is helpful to you.