Asana Organization Exports API

The Asana Organization Exports API is a tool that allows users to extract and download data from their Asana organization for external use. This API enables business owners and project managers to export project information, task lists, progress updates, and other valuable data in a structured and easily accessible format. By utilizing this API, organizations can streamline their workflow, improve collaboration, and gain insights into project performance.

OpenAPI Specification

asana-organization-exports-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Asana Allocations Organization Exports API
  description: The Asana Allocations API allows users to manage and allocate resources within their Asana project management system. An allocation object represents how much of a resource (e.g. person, team) is dedicated to a specific work object (e.g. project, portfolio) over a specific period of time. The effort value can be a percentage or number of hours.
  version: '1.0'
  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
servers:
- url: https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
  description: Main endpoint.
security:
- personalAccessToken: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Organization Exports
  description: "An `organization_export` object represents a request to export the complete data of an organization in JSON format.\n\nTo export an organization using this API:\n\n* Create an `organization_export`\n  [request](/reference/createorganizationexport)\n  and store the ID that is returned.\n* Request the `organization_export` every few minutes, until the\n  `state` field contains ‘finished’.\n* Download the file located at the URL in the `download_url` field. * Exports can take a long time, from several minutes to a few hours\n  for large organizations.\n\n\n*Note: These endpoints are only available to [Service Accounts](https://asana.com/guide/help/premium/service-accounts) of an [Enterprise](https://asana.com/enterprise) organization.*"
paths:
  /organization_exports:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pretty'
    post:
      summary: Asana Create an organization export request
      description: This method creates a request to export an Organization. Asana will complete the export at some point after you create the request.
      tags:
      - Organization Exports
      operationId: createOrganizationExport
      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:
        - created_at
        - download_url
        - organization
        - organization.name
        - state
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - created_at
            - download_url
            - organization
            - organization.name
            - state
        style: form
        explode: false
      requestBody:
        description: The organization to export.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                data:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganizationExportRequest'
      responses:
        201:
          description: Successfully created organization export request.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganizationExportResponse'
        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\nOrganizationExport result = client.organizationexports.createOrganizationExport()\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 organizationExportsApiInstance = new Asana.OrganizationExportsApi();\nlet body = {\"data\": {\"<PARAM_1>\": \"<VALUE_1>\", \"<PARAM_2>\": \"<VALUE_2>\",}}; // Object | The organization to export.\nlet opts = { \n    'opt_fields': \"created_at,download_url,organization,organization.name,state\"\n};\norganizationExportsApiInstance.createOrganizationExport(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.organizationexports.createOrganizationExport({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\norganization_exports_api_instance = asana.OrganizationExportsApi(api_client)\nbody = {\"data\": {\"<PARAM_1>\": \"<VALUE_1>\", \"<PARAM_2>\": \"<VALUE_2>\",}} # dict | The organization to export.\nopts = {\n    'opt_fields': \"created_at,download_url,organization,organization.name,state\", # 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    # Create an organization export request\n    api_response = organization_exports_api_instance.create_organization_export(body, opts)\n    pprint(api_response)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n    print(\"Exception when calling OrganizationExportsApi->create_organization_export: %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.organization_exports.create_organization_export({''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->organizationexports->createOrganizationExport(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.organization_exports.create_organization_export(field: \"value\", field: \"value\", options: {pretty: true})"
  /organization_exports/{organization_export_gid}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/organization_export_path_gid'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pretty'
    get:
      summary: Asana Get details on an org export request
      description: Returns details of a previously-requested Organization export.
      tags:
      - Organization Exports
      operationId: getOrganizationExport
      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:
        - created_at
        - download_url
        - organization
        - organization.name
        - state
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - created_at
            - download_url
            - organization
            - organization.name
            - state
        style: form
        explode: false
      responses:
        200:
          description: Successfully retrieved organization export object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganizationExportResponse'
        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\nOrganizationExport result = client.organizationexports.getOrganizationExport(organizationExportGid)\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 organizationExportsApiInstance = new Asana.OrganizationExportsApi();\nlet organization_export_gid = \"12345\"; // String | Globally unique identifier for the organization export.\nlet opts = { \n    'opt_fields': \"created_at,download_url,organization,organization.name,state\"\n};\norganizationExportsApiInstance.getOrganizationExport(organization_export_gid, 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.organizationexports.getOrganizationExport(organizationExportGid, {param: \"value\", param: \"value\", opt_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\norganization_exports_api_instance = asana.OrganizationExportsApi(api_client)\norganization_export_gid = \"12345\" # str | Globally unique identifier for the organization export.\nopts = {\n    'opt_fields': \"created_at,download_url,organization,organization.name,state\", # 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    # Get details on an org export request\n    api_response = organization_exports_api_instance.get_organization_export(organization_export_gid, opts)\n    pprint(api_response)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n    print(\"Exception when calling OrganizationExportsApi->get_organization_export: %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.organization_exports.get_organization_export(organization_export_gid, {''param'': ''value'', ''param'': ''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 = $client->organizationexports->getOrganizationExport($organization_export_gid, array(''param'' => ''value'', ''param'' => ''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.organization_exports.get_organization_export(organization_export_gid: 'organization_export_gid', param: \"value\", param: \"value\", options: {pretty: true})"
components:
  responses:
    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'
    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'
    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'
    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'
    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'
  schemas:
    OrganizationExportRequest:
      type: object
      description: An *organization_export* request starts a job to export the complete data of the given Organization.
      properties:
        organization:
          description: Globally unique identifier for the workspace or organization.
          type: string
          example: '1331'
    OrganizationExportResponse:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganizationExportBase'
    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
    OrganizationExportCompact:
      description: An *organization_export* object represents a request to export the complete data of an Organization in JSON format.
      type: object
      properties:
        gid:
          description: Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          example: '12345'
          x-insert-after: false
        resource_type:
          description: The base type of this resource.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          example: organization_export
          x-insert-after: gid
        created_at:
          description: The time at which this resource was created.
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          example: '2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z'
        download_url:
          description: 'Download this URL to retreive the full export of the organization

            in JSON format. It will be compressed in a gzip (.gz) container.


            *Note: May be null if the export is still in progress or

            failed.  If present, this URL may only be valid for 1 hour from

            the time of retrieval. You should avoid persisting this URL

            somewhere and rather refresh on demand to ensure you do not keep

            stale URLs.*'
          type: string
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
          nullable: true
          example: https://asana-export-us-east-1.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2563645399633793/domain_export/7588024658887731/download/ domain_export_2563645399633793_7588024658887731_2023018-201726.json.gz?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256& X-Amz-Content-Sha256=xxxxxxxx&X-Amz-Date=xxxxxxxx&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Security-Token=xxxxxxxx& X-Amz-Signature=xxxxxxxx&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-id=GetObject#_=_
        state:
          description: The current state of the export.
          type: string
          enum:
          - pending
          - started
          - finished
          - error
          readOnly: true
          example: started
        organization:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkspaceCompact'
    OrganizationExportBase:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganizationExportCompact'
    WorkspaceCompact:
      description: A *workspace* is the highest-level organizational unit in Asana. All projects and tasks have an associated workspace.
      type: object
      properties:
        gid:
          description: Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          example: '12345'
          x-insert-after: false
        resource_type:
          description: The base type of this resource.
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          example: workspace
          x-insert-after: gid
        name:
          description: The name of the workspace.
          type: string
          example: My Company Workspace
    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'
  parameters:
    organization_export_path_gid:
      name: organization_export_gid
      in: path
      description: Globally unique identifier for the organization export.
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: '12345'
      x-env-variable: organization_export
    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 for the Asana API.
      scheme: bearer
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_authorize
          tokenUrl: https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_token
          scopes:
            default: Provides access to all endpoints documented in the API reference.