a href inside html_notes

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Hello,
I’m trying to insert external links in the the html_notes parameter in the create task API, but I’m getting the following JSON error:

{u'errors': [{u'message': u'Could not parse request data, invalid JSON', u'help': u'For more information on API status codes and how to handle them, read the docs on errors: https://developers.asana.com/docs/errors'}]}

Here’s the html_note parameter I’m sending:

"html_notes": "<body> <ul> <li><strong><a href=\"https://zm.quickbase.com/db/bs938uf69?a=dr&rid={{a.id}}\">View Quickbase record</a></strong> </li> </ul> </body>"

I’ve tried looking at similar forum topics and reach Asana documentation but couldn’t find a definite answer.

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@PolarBear,

This works:

"<body><a href=\"https://google.com\">View page</a></body>"

I just removed your </strong> </li> </ul> from the string.

curl --request POST \
     --url https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxx' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "data": {
    "projects": [
      "<gid>"
    ],
    "name": "test",
    "html_notes": "<body> <a href=\"https://google.com\">View page</a></body>"
  }
}
'

Larry

3

Thanks @lpb. I just realized I forgot to copy over the beginning tags.

Is there any way to have the link as a bolded unordered list item? Because the html_body will have several items so it looks better as a list.

I tried the following but getting the same error response:

"html_notes": "<body> <ul> <li><strong><a href=\"https://google.com\">View page</a></strong> </li> </ul> </body>"

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That works for me:

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Your problem must be elsewhere in your call.

You can test via the right sidebar at

The rich text you indicate here is fine, but for comprehensive info:

Larry

5

Thanks soo much @lpb! After some testing, I found out it was an issue with JSON format, not the a href.

I do testing on Postman, so I forgot to copy over the ending }…lol. My excuse is that it’s Friday :joy:

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Happy Friday :slight_smile:

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