Action: Create a Task

Asana Operation

The Create a Task action enables users to automate the creation of a Task in an Asana Project.

Example User Story

As a project manager, I want to create a new task in Asana so that I can assign work to my team members.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
workspace	String	Yes
name	String	Yes
notes	String	No
projects	String	No
assignee	String	No
due_on	String	No

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Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-task",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Task",
    "description": "Creates a new task in Asana."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "workspace",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The workspace ID where the task will be created."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "name",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The name of the task."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "notes",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The description of the task."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "projects",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Comma-separated list of project IDs to add the task to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "assignee",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The user ID to assign the task to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "due_on",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The due date of the task in YYYY-MM-DD format."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "task_id",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["data", "gid"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created task."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/workspaces/{{workspace}}/tasks",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"data\":{\"name\":\"{{name}}\",\"notes\":\"{{notes}}\",\"projects\":[{{projects}}],\"assignee\":\"{{assignee}}\",\"due_on\":\"{{due_on}}\"}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "name",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The name of the task.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "notes",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The description of the task.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "projects",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Comma-separated list of project IDs to add the task to.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "assignee",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The user ID to assign the task to.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "due_on",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The due date of the task in YYYY-MM-DD format.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}