Asana Batch API
Perform multiple operations in a single HTTP request.
Perform multiple operations in a single HTTP request.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
description: This is the interface for interacting with the Asana Platform. Our API reference is generated from our [OpenAPI spec] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Asana/openapi/master/defs/asana_oas.yaml).
x-public-description: This is the interface for interacting with the [Asana Platform](https://developers.asana.com). Our API reference is generated from our [OpenAPI spec] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Asana/openapi/master/defs/asana_oas.yaml).
title: Asana Batch API
termsOfService: https://asana.com/terms
contact:
name: Asana Support
url: https://asana.com/support
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
version: '1.0'
x-docs-schema-whitelist:
- AsanaResource
- AsanaNamedResource
- AuditLogEvent
- AttachmentResponse
- AttachmentCompact
- BatchResponse
- CustomFieldSettingResponse
- CustomFieldSettingCompact
- CustomFieldResponse
- CustomFieldCompact
- EnumOption
- EventResponse
- ErrorResponse
- GoalResponse
- GoalCompact
- GoalMembershipCompact
- GoalMembershipBase
- GoalMembershipResponse
- GoalRelationshipResponse
- GoalRelationshipCompact
- JobResponse
- JobCompact
- OrganizationExportResponse
- OrganizationExportCompact
- PortfolioMembershipResponse
- PortfolioMembershipCompact
- PortfolioResponse
- PortfolioCompact
- ProjectBriefResponse
- ProjectBriefCompact
- ProjectMembershipCompactResponse
- ProjectMembershipNormalResponse
- ProjectMembershipCompact
- ProjectResponse
- ProjectCompact
- ProjectStatusResponse
- ProjectStatusCompact
- ProjectTemplateCompact
- ProjectTemplateResponse
- RuleTriggerResponse
- SectionResponse
- SectionCompact
- StatusUpdateResponse
- StatusUpdateCompact
- StoryResponse
- StoryCompact
- TagResponse
- TagCompact
- TaskResponse
- TaskCompact
- TaskCountResponse
- TeamMembershipResponse
- TeamMembershipCompact
- TeamResponse
- TeamCompact
- TimePeriodResponse
- TimePeriodCompact
- UserTaskListResponse
- UserTaskListCompact
- UserResponse
- UserCompact
- WebhookFilter
- WebhookResponse
- WebhookCompact
- WorkspaceMembershipResponse
- WorkspaceMembershipCompact
- WorkspaceResponse
- WorkspaceCompact
servers:
- url: https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
description: Main endpoint.
security:
- personalAccessToken: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Batch API
description: There are many cases where you want to accomplish a variety of work in the Asana API but want to minimize the number of HTTP requests you make.
paths:
/batch:
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/pretty'
post:
summary: Asana Submit parallel requests
description: Make multiple requests in parallel to Asana's API.
tags:
- Batch API
operationId: createBatchRequest
parameters:
- name: opt_fields
in: query
description: This endpoint returns a compact resource, which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include.
required: false
example:
- body
- headers
- status_code
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
enum:
- body
- headers
- status_code
style: form
explode: false
requestBody:
description: The requests to batch together via the Batch API.
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/BatchRequest'
responses:
200:
description: Successfully completed the requested batch API operations.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/BatchResponse'
400:
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
401:
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
403:
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
404:
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
500:
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
x-readme:
code-samples:
- language: java
install: <dependency><groupId>com.asana</groupId><artifactId>asana</artifactId><version>1.0.0</version></dependency>
code: "import com.asana.Client;\n\nClient client = Client.accessToken(\"PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN\");\n\nList<JsonElement> result = client.batchapi.createBatchRequest()\n .data(\"field\", \"value\")\n .data(\"field\", \"value\")\n .option(\"pretty\", true)\n .execute();"
- language: node
install: npm install asana
code: "const Asana = require('asana');\n\nlet client = Asana.ApiClient.instance;\nlet token = client.authentications['token'];\ntoken.accessToken = '<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>';\n\nlet batchApiApiInstance = new Asana.BatchAPIApi();\nlet body = {\"data\": {\"<PARAM_1>\": \"<VALUE_1>\", \"<PARAM_2>\": \"<VALUE_2>\",}}; // Object | The requests to batch together via the Batch API.\nlet opts = { \n 'opt_fields': \"body,headers,status_code\"\n};\nbatchApiApiInstance.createBatchRequest(body, opts).then((result) => {\n console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(result.data, null, 2));\n}, (error) => {\n console.error(error.response.body);\n});"
name: node-sdk-v3
- language: node
install: npm install asana@1.0.5
code: "const asana = require('asana');\n\nconst client = asana.Client.create().useAccessToken('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN');\n\nclient.batchapi.createBatchRequest({field: \"value\", field: \"value\", pretty: true})\n .then((result) => {\n console.log(result);\n });"
name: node-sdk-v1
- language: python
install: pip install asana
code: "import asana\nfrom asana.rest import ApiException\nfrom pprint import pprint\n\nconfiguration = asana.Configuration()\nconfiguration.access_token = '<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>'\napi_client = asana.ApiClient(configuration)\n\n# create an instance of the API class\nbatch_api_api_instance = asana.BatchAPIApi(api_client)\nbody = {\"data\": {\"<PARAM_1>\": \"<VALUE_1>\", \"<PARAM_2>\": \"<VALUE_2>\",}} # dict | The requests to batch together via the Batch API.\nopts = {\n 'opt_fields': \"body,headers,status_code\", # list[str] | This endpoint returns a compact resource, which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include.\n}\n\ntry:\n # Submit parallel requests\n api_response = batch_api_api_instance.create_batch_request(body, opts)\n for data in api_response:\n pprint(data)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n print(\"Exception when calling BatchAPIApi->create_batch_request: %s\\n\" % e)"
name: python-sdk-v5
- language: python
install: pip install asana==3.2.3
code: 'import asana
client = asana.Client.access_token(''PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'')
result = client.batch_api.create_batch_request({''field'': ''value'', ''field'': ''value''}, opt_pretty=True)'
name: python-sdk-v3
- language: php
install: composer require asana/asana
code: '<?php
require ''vendor/autoload.php'';
$client = Asana\Client::accessToken(''PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'');
$result = $client->batchapi->createBatchRequest(array(''field'' => ''value'', ''field'' => ''value''), array(''opt_pretty'' => ''true''))'
- language: ruby
install: gem install asana
code: "require 'asana'\n\nclient = Asana::Client.new do |c|\n c.authentication :access_token, 'PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'\nend\n\nresult = client.batch_api.create_batch_request(field: \"value\", field: \"value\", options: {pretty: true})"
components:
schemas:
BatchRequestAction:
description: An action object for use in a batch request.
type: object
properties:
relative_path:
description: The path of the desired endpoint relative to the API’s base URL. Query parameters are not accepted here; put them in `data` instead.
type: string
example: /tasks/123
method:
description: The HTTP method you wish to emulate for the action.
type: string
enum:
- get
- post
- put
- delete
- patch
- head
example: get
data:
description: For `GET` requests, this should be a map of query parameters you would have normally passed in the URL. Options and pagination are not accepted here; put them in `options` instead. For `POST`, `PATCH`, and `PUT` methods, this should be the content you would have normally put in the data field of the body.
type: object
example:
assignee: me
workspace: '1337'
options:
description: Pagination (`limit` and `offset`) and output options (`fields` or `expand`) for the action. “Pretty” JSON output is not an available option on individual actions; if you want pretty output, specify that option on the parent request.
type: object
properties:
limit:
description: Pagination limit for the request.
type: integer
example: 50
offset:
description: Pagination offset for the request.
type: integer
example: eyJ0eXAiOJiKV1iQLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9
fields:
description: The fields to retrieve in the request.
type: array
items:
type: string
example:
- name
- gid
- notes
- completed
example:
limit: 3
fields:
- name
- notes
- completed
required:
- relative_path
- method
Error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: Message providing more detail about the error that occurred, if available.
example: 'project: Missing input'
help:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: Additional information directing developers to resources on how to address and fix the problem, if available.
example: 'For more information on API status codes and how to handle them, read the docs on errors: https://asana.github.io/developer-docs/#errors'''
phrase:
type: string
readOnly: true
description: '*500 errors only*. A unique error phrase which can be used when contacting developer support to help identify the exact occurrence of the problem in Asana’s logs.'
example: 6 sad squid snuggle softly
BatchResponse:
description: A response object returned from a batch request.
type: object
properties:
status_code:
description: The HTTP status code that the invoked endpoint returned.
type: integer
example: 200
headers:
description: A map of HTTP headers specific to this result. This is primarily used for returning a `Location` header to accompany a `201 Created` result. The parent HTTP response will contain all common headers.
type: object
example:
location: /tasks/1234
body:
description: The JSON body that the invoked endpoint returned.
type: object
example:
data:
gid: '1967'
completed: false
name: Hello, world!
notes: How are you today?
ErrorResponse:
description: 'Sadly, sometimes requests to the API are not successful. Failures can
occur for a wide range of reasons. In all cases, the API should return
an HTTP Status Code that indicates the nature of the failure,
with a response body in JSON format containing additional information.
In the event of a server error the response body will contain an error
phrase. These phrases are automatically generated using the
[node-asana-phrase
library](https://github.com/Asana/node-asana-phrase) and can be used by
Asana support to quickly look up the incident that caused the server
error.'
type: object
properties:
errors:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
BatchRequest:
description: A request object for use in a batch request.
type: object
properties:
actions:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/BatchRequestAction'
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: A valid authentication token was not provided with the request, so the API could not associate a user with the request.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
InternalServerError:
description: There was a problem on Asana’s end. In the event of a server error the response body should contain an error phrase. These phrases can be used by Asana support to quickly look up the incident that caused the server error. Some errors are due to server load, and will not supply an error phrase.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
BadRequest:
description: This usually occurs because of a missing or malformed parameter. Check the documentation and the syntax of your request and try again.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
NotFound:
description: Either the request method and path supplied do not specify a known action in the API, or the object specified by the request does not exist.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
Forbidden:
description: The authentication and request syntax was valid but the server is refusing to complete the request. This can happen if you try to read or write to objects or properties that the user does not have access to.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
parameters:
pretty:
name: opt_pretty
in: query
description: 'Provides “pretty” output.
Provides the response in a “pretty” format. In the case of JSON this means doing proper line breaking and indentation to make it readable. This will take extra time and increase the response size so it is advisable only to use this during debugging.'
required: false
allowEmptyValue: true
schema:
type: boolean
style: form
example: true
securitySchemes:
personalAccessToken:
type: http
description: A personal access token allows access to the api for the user who created it. This should be kept a secret and be treated like a password.
scheme: bearer
oauth2:
type: oauth2
description: 'We require that applications designed to access the Asana API on behalf of multiple users implement OAuth 2.0.
Asana supports the Authorization Code Grant flow.'
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_authorize
tokenUrl: https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_token
refreshUrl: https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_token
scopes:
default: Provides access to all endpoints documented in our API reference. If no scopes are requested, this scope is assumed by default.
openid: Provides access to OpenID Connect ID tokens and the OpenID Connect user info endpoint.
email: Provides access to the user’s email through the OpenID Connect user info endpoint.
profile: Provides access to the user’s name and profile photo through the OpenID Connect user info endpoint.
attachments:write: Create and modify access to attachments
goals:read: View access to goals
tasks:read: View access to tasks
tasks:write: Create and modify access to tasks
tasks:delete: Delete access to tasks
portfolios:read: View access to portfolios
project_templates:read: View access to project templates
projects:delete: Delete access to projects
projects:read: View access to projects
projects:write: Create and modify access to projects
users:read: View access to users
teams:read: View access to teams
stories:read: View access to stories
workspaces:read: View access to workspaces
x-readme:
proxy-enabled: false