class Asana::Resources::Task

The task is the basic object around which many operations in Asana are centered. In the Asana application, multiple tasks populate the middle pane according to some view parameters, and the set of selected tasks determines the more detailed information presented in the details pane.

Attributes

assignee[R]
assignee_status[R]
completed[R]
completed_at[R]
created_at[R]
custom_fields[R]
dependencies[R]
dependents[R]
due_at[R]
due_on[R]
external[R]
followers[R]
gid[R]
html_notes[R]
is_rendered_as_separator[R]
liked[R]
likes[R]
memberships[R]
modified_at[R]
name[R]
notes[R]
num_likes[R]
num_subtasks[R]
parent[R]
projects[R]
resource_subtype[R]
resource_type[R]
start_on[R]
tags[R]
workspace[R]

Public Class Methods

create(client, workspace: nil, options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Creating a new task is as easy as POSTing to the `/tasks` endpoint with a data block containing the fields you'd like to set on the task. Any unspecified fields will take on default values.

Every task is required to be created in a specific workspace, and this workspace cannot be changed once set. The workspace need not be set explicitly if you specify `projects` or a `parent` task instead.

`projects` can be a comma separated list of projects, or just a single project the task should belong to.

workspace - [Gid] The workspace to create a task in. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 96
def create(client, workspace: nil, options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(workspace: workspace).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  self.new(parse(client.post("/tasks", body: with_params, options: options)).first, client: client)
end
create_in_workspace(client, workspace: required("workspace"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Creating a new task is as easy as POSTing to the `/tasks` endpoint with a data block containing the fields you'd like to set on the task. Any unspecified fields will take on default values.

Every task is required to be created in a specific workspace, and this workspace cannot be changed once set. The workspace need not be set explicitly if you specify a `project` or a `parent` task instead.

workspace - [Gid] The workspace to create a task in. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 112
def create_in_workspace(client, workspace: required("workspace"), options: {}, **data)

  self.new(parse(client.post("/workspaces/#{workspace}/tasks", body: data, options: options)).first, client: client)
end
find_all(client, assignee: nil, workspace: nil, project: nil, section: nil, tag: nil, user_task_list: nil, completed_since: nil, modified_since: nil, per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns the compact task records for some filtered set of tasks. Use one or more of the parameters provided to filter the tasks returned. You must specify a `project`, `section`, `tag`, or `user_task_list` if you do not specify `assignee` and `workspace`.

assignee - [String] The assignee to filter tasks on. workspace - [Gid] The workspace or organization to filter tasks on. project - [Gid] The project to filter tasks on. section - [Gid] The section to filter tasks on. tag - [Gid] The tag to filter tasks on. user_task_list - [Gid] The user task list to filter tasks on. completed_since - [String] Only return tasks that are either incomplete or that have been completed since this time.

modified_since - [String] Only return tasks that have been modified since the given time.

per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. Notes:

If you specify `assignee`, you must also specify the `workspace` to filter on.

If you specify `workspace`, you must also specify the `assignee` to filter on.

Currently, this is only supported in board views.

A task is considered “modified” if any of its properties change, or associations between it and other objects are modified (e.g. a task being added to a project). A task is not considered modified just because another object it is associated with (e.g. a subtask) is modified. Actions that count as modifying the task include assigning, renaming, completing, and adding stories.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 218
def find_all(client, assignee: nil, workspace: nil, project: nil, section: nil, tag: nil, user_task_list: nil, completed_since: nil, modified_since: nil, per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { assignee: assignee, workspace: workspace, project: project, section: section, tag: tag, user_task_list: user_task_list, completed_since: completed_since, modified_since: modified_since, limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/tasks", params: params, options: options)), type: self, client: client)
end
find_by_id(client, id, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns the complete task record for a single task.

id - [Gid] The task to get. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 121
def find_by_id(client, id, options: {})

  self.new(parse(client.get("/tasks/#{id}", options: options)).first, client: client)
end
find_by_project(client, project: nil, projectId: nil, per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns the compact task records for all tasks within the given project, ordered by their priority within the project.

project - [Gid] The project in which to search for tasks. per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 132
def find_by_project(client, project: nil, projectId: nil, per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/projects/#{project != nil ? project : projectId}/tasks", params: params, options: options)), type: self, client: client)
end
find_by_section(client, section: required("section"), per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Board view only: Returns the compact section records for all tasks within the given section.

section - [Gid] The section in which to search for tasks. per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 152
def find_by_section(client, section: required("section"), per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/sections/#{section}/tasks", params: params, options: options)), type: self, client: client)
end
find_by_tag(client, tag: required("tag"), per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns the compact task records for all tasks with the given tag.

tag - [Gid] The tag in which to search for tasks. per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 142
def find_by_tag(client, tag: required("tag"), per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/tags/#{tag}/tasks", params: params, options: options)), type: self, client: client)
end
find_by_user_task_list(client, user_task_list: required("user_task_list"), completed_since: nil, per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns the compact list of tasks in a user's My Tasks list. The returned tasks will be in order within each assignee status group of `Inbox`, `Today`, and `Upcoming`.

Note: tasks in `Later` have a different ordering in the Asana web app than the other assignee status groups; this endpoint will still return them in list order in `Later` (differently than they show up in Asana, but the same order as in Asana's mobile apps).

Note: Access control is enforced for this endpoint as with all Asana API endpoints, meaning a user's private tasks will be filtered out if the API-authenticated user does not have access to them.

Note: Both complete and incomplete tasks are returned by default unless they are filtered out (for example, setting `completed_since=now` will return only incomplete tasks, which is the default view for “My Tasks” in Asana.)

user_task_list - [Gid] The user task list in which to search for tasks. completed_since - [String] Only return tasks that are either incomplete or that have been completed since this time.

per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 181
def find_by_user_task_list(client, user_task_list: required("user_task_list"), completed_since: nil, per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { completed_since: completed_since, limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/user_task_lists/#{user_task_list}/tasks", params: params, options: options)), type: self, client: client)
end
plural_name() click to toggle source

Returns the plural name of the resource.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 78
def plural_name
  'tasks'
end
search_in_workspace(client, workspace: required("workspace"), resource_subtype: nil, per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

The search endpoint allows you to build complex queries to find and fetch exactly the data you need from Asana. For a more comprehensive description of all the query parameters and limitations of this endpoint, see our [long-form documentation](/developers/documentation/getting-started/search-api) for this feature.

workspace - [Gid] The workspace or organization in which to search for tasks. resource_subtype - [Enum] Filters results by the task's resource_subtype.

per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 230
def search_in_workspace(client, workspace: required("workspace"), resource_subtype: nil, per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { resource_subtype: resource_subtype, limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  if options[:params]
    params.merge!(options[:params])
  end
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/workspaces/#{workspace}/tasks/search", params: params, options: options)), type: Resource, client: client)
end
Also aliased as: search

Public Instance Methods

add_comment(text: required("text"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Adds a comment to a task. The comment will be authored by the currently authenticated user, and timestamped when the server receives the request.

Returns the full record for the new story added to the task.

text - [String] The plain text of the comment to add. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 499
def add_comment(text: required("text"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(text: text).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Story.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/stories", body: with_params, options: options)).first, client: client)
end
add_dependencies(dependencies: required("dependencies"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Marks a set of tasks as dependencies of this task, if they are not already dependencies. *A task can have at most 15 dependencies.*

dependencies - [Array] An array of task IDs that this task should depend on. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 302
def add_dependencies(dependencies: required("dependencies"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(dependencies: dependencies).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/addDependencies", body: with_params, options: options)), type: self.class, client: client)
end
add_dependents(dependents: required("dependents"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Marks a set of tasks as dependents of this task, if they are not already dependents. *A task can have at most 30 dependents.*

dependents - [Array] An array of task IDs that should depend on this task. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 313
def add_dependents(dependents: required("dependents"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(dependents: dependents).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/addDependents", body: with_params, options: options)), type: self.class, client: client)
end
add_followers(followers: required("followers"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Adds each of the specified followers to the task, if they are not already following. Returns the complete, updated record for the affected task.

followers - [Array] An array of followers to add to the task. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 344
def add_followers(followers: required("followers"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(followers: followers).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  refresh_with(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/addFollowers", body: with_params, options: options)).first)
end
add_project(project: required("project"), insert_after: nil, insert_before: nil, section: nil, options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Adds the task to the specified project, in the optional location specified. If no location arguments are given, the task will be added to the end of the project.

`addProject` can also be used to reorder a task within a project or section that already contains it.

At most one of `insert_before`, `insert_after`, or `section` should be specified. Inserting into a section in an non-order-dependent way can be done by specifying `section`, otherwise, to insert within a section in a particular place, specify `insert_before` or `insert_after` and a task within the section to anchor the position of this task.

Returns an empty data block.

project - [Gid] The project to add the task to. insert_after - [Gid] A task in the project to insert the task after, or `null` to insert at the beginning of the list.

insert_before - [Gid] A task in the project to insert the task before, or `null` to insert at the end of the list.

section - [Gid] A section in the project to insert the task into. The task will be inserted at the bottom of the section.

options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 396
def add_project(project: required("project"), insert_after: nil, insert_before: nil, section: nil, options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(project: project, insert_after: insert_after, insert_before: insert_before, section: section).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/addProject", body: with_params, options: options) && true
end
add_subtask(options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Creates a new subtask and adds it to the parent task. Returns the full record for the newly created subtask.

options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 457
def add_subtask(options: {}, **data)

  self.class.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/subtasks", body: data, options: options)).first, client: client)
end
add_tag(tag: required("tag"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Adds a tag to a task. Returns an empty data block.

tag - [Gid] The tag to add to the task. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 428
def add_tag(tag: required("tag"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(tag: tag).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/addTag", body: with_params, options: options) && true
end
delete() click to toggle source

A specific, existing task can be deleted by making a DELETE request on the URL for that task. Deleted tasks go into the “trash” of the user making the delete request. Tasks can be recovered from the trash within a period of 30 days; afterward they are completely removed from the system.

Returns an empty data record.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 263
def delete()

  client.delete("/tasks/#{gid}") && true
end
duplicate_task(name: required("name"), include: nil, options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Creates and returns a job that will asynchronously handle the duplication.

name - [String] The name of the new task. include - [Array] The fields that will be duplicated to the new task.

options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 275
def duplicate_task(name: required("name"), include: nil, options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(name: name, include: include).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Resource.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/duplicate", body: with_params, options: options)).first, client: client)
end
insert_in_user_task_list(user_task_list: required("user_task_list"), insert_before: nil, insert_after: nil, options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Insert or reorder tasks in a user's My Tasks list. If the task was not assigned to the owner of the user task list it will be reassigned when this endpoint is called. If neither `insert_before` nor `insert_after` are provided the task will be inserted at the top of the assignee's inbox.

Returns an empty data block.

user_task_list - [Gid] Globally unique identifier for the user task list.

insert_before - [Gid] Insert the task before the task specified by this field. The inserted task will inherit the `assignee_status` of this task. `insert_before` and `insert_after` parameters cannot both be specified.

insert_after - [Gid] Insert the task after the task specified by this field. The inserted task will inherit the `assignee_status` of this task. `insert_before` and `insert_after` parameters cannot both be specified.

options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 524
def insert_in_user_task_list(user_task_list: required("user_task_list"), insert_before: nil, insert_after: nil, options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(insert_before: insert_before, insert_after: insert_after).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  client.post("/user_task_lists/#{user_task_list}/tasks/insert", body: with_params, options: options) && true
end
remove_dependencies(dependencies: required("dependencies"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Unlinks a set of dependencies from this task.

dependencies - [Array] An array of task IDs to remove as dependencies. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 323
def remove_dependencies(dependencies: required("dependencies"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(dependencies: dependencies).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/removeDependencies", body: with_params, options: options)), type: self.class, client: client)
end
remove_dependents(dependents: required("dependents"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Unlinks a set of dependents from this task.

dependents - [Array] An array of task IDs to remove as dependents. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 333
def remove_dependents(dependents: required("dependents"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(dependents: dependents).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/removeDependents", body: with_params, options: options)), type: self.class, client: client)
end
remove_followers(followers: required("followers"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Removes each of the specified followers from the task if they are following. Returns the complete, updated record for the affected task.

followers - [Array] An array of followers to remove from the task. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 355
def remove_followers(followers: required("followers"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(followers: followers).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  refresh_with(parse(client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/removeFollowers", body: with_params, options: options)).first)
end
remove_project(project: required("project"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Removes the task from the specified project. The task will still exist in the system, but it will not be in the project anymore.

Returns an empty data block.

project - [Gid] The project to remove the task from. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 409
def remove_project(project: required("project"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(project: project).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/removeProject", body: with_params, options: options) && true
end
remove_tag(tag: required("tag"), options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Removes a tag from the task. Returns an empty data block.

tag - [Gid] The tag to remove from the task. options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 438
def remove_tag(tag: required("tag"), options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(tag: tag).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/removeTag", body: with_params, options: options) && true
end
set_parent(parent: required("parent"), insert_after: nil, insert_before: nil, options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

Changes the parent of a task. Each task may only be a subtask of a single parent, or no parent task at all. Returns an empty data block. When using `insert_before` and `insert_after`, at most one of those two options can be specified, and they must already be subtasks of the parent.

parent - [Gid] The new parent of the task, or `null` for no parent. insert_after - [Gid] A subtask of the parent to insert the task after, or `null` to insert at the beginning of the list.

insert_before - [Gid] A subtask of the parent to insert the task before, or `null` to insert at the end of the list.

options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 476
def set_parent(parent: required("parent"), insert_after: nil, insert_before: nil, options: {}, **data)
  with_params = data.merge(parent: parent, insert_after: insert_after, insert_before: insert_before).reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  client.post("/tasks/#{gid}/setParent", body: with_params, options: options) && true
end
stories(per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns a compact representation of all of the stories on the task.

per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 485
def stories(per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/tasks/#{gid}/stories", params: params, options: options)), type: Story, client: client)
end
subtasks(per_page: 20, options: {}) click to toggle source

Returns a compact representation of all of the subtasks of a task.

per_page - [Integer] the number of records to fetch per page. options - [Hash] the request I/O options.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 447
def subtasks(per_page: 20, options: {})
  params = { limit: per_page }.reject { |_,v| v.nil? || Array(v).empty? }
  Collection.new(parse(client.get("/tasks/#{gid}/subtasks", params: params, options: options)), type: self.class, client: client)
end
update(options: {}, **data) click to toggle source

A specific, existing task can be updated by making a PUT request on the URL for that task. Only the fields provided in the `data` block will be updated; any unspecified fields will remain unchanged.

When using this method, it is best to specify only those fields you wish to change, or else you may overwrite changes made by another user since you last retrieved the task.

Returns the complete updated task record.

options - [Hash] the request I/O options. data - [Hash] the attributes to post.

# File lib/asana/resources/task.rb, line 252
def update(options: {}, **data)

  refresh_with(parse(client.put("/tasks/#{gid}", body: data, options: options)).first)
end