Create tasks programmatically in Asana

domain: asana.com · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed

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Steps

PAT (Bearer) → POST /api/1.0/tasks with data:{name, projects:[gid], assignee, due_on}
Custom fields: data.custom_fields {field_gid: value} (enum values are gids of options)
Add to section: POST /sections/{gid}/addTask
Subtasks: POST /tasks/{parent_gid}/subtasks

Known gotchas

Everything is a string gid — numeric ids in docs/exports must be passed as strings
Enum custom fields take the OPTION gid, not the label text
Rate limit 1500 req/min (free tier 150/min); 429 includes Retry-After

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