A new API for Project Templates

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#44

@Nick_Garcia1 Yes, if I understand the question, the Auto-Adjust Workflow will work the same on projects made from a 2.0 template as they will from a 1.0-template-based project.

#45

@Phil_Seeman it was announced that the is_template will be deprecated in August. Any idea if this is postponed since the force migration did not happen?

#46

I havenā€™t heard any news on this, sorry.

#47

Hey folks, cross-posting from the weekly API update, we have a new
timeline for New Project Templates that I want to make sure youā€™re all aware
of.

  • current status (Aug 16): opt-in (Project resources still include the
    is_template field, but your API client can include a
    Asana-Enable: new_project_templates header to receive the new resource
    treatment)
  • next change (Aug 24): opt-out (Project resources will no longer include the
    is_template field by default, but your API client can include a
    Asana-Disable: new_project_templates header to temporarily revert to the old
    treatment)
  • final change (Sep 24): deprecation complete (Project resources will no
    longer include the is_template field, and there will no longer be a way to
    revert to the old treatment)

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Yours in Developer Relations,
Sasha, on behalf of the Asana API Team

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#48

I know this might be a slightly old topic but weā€™re just starting with Asana and iā€™m running into a similar with creating a template via the API. Iā€™m getting the same date issue if I use ā€œ1ā€ as the date GID, but if I use ā€œ2ā€ it creates it, but it seems that 2 sets the due date, and the start date is not set it seems to just pick a random start date, one project was starting in July one was in August, if I try and put in both ā€œ1ā€ and ā€œ2ā€ as an array of dates it says that it must contain only one start date or one due date. I only want the due date to populate as well. Only one of my tasks refences the due date, and its being used a 20 days BEFORE the due date. Any way to just have the Due date populate?

#49

Are you having this issue when creating a template, or when creating a project from a template? Youā€™re talking about supplying actual calendar dates so it seems youā€™re talking about creating a project?

#50

hey folks, a reminder that the Asana-Disable headers will stop working soon (end of September) for New Project Templates. At that point, the API will only return the new schema for New Project Templates and is_template will be no more.

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#51

It looks like you canā€™t query for all templates in an org, do you have to do it team by team? :frowning: Not possible to get templates for an org?

#52

This seems to be in Node, any idea how to do this in Python?

#53

The syntax should be quite close. I had to read the source code to understand how to use it.

#55

Any update on when ā€œgetting all tasks under a project templateā€ will be possible? @Tony_Anh_Nguyen asked for this 6 months ago.

This is a hard business requirement for us.

It is especially frustrating as this was definitely possible before you introduced templates as templates were just regular projects before, so you could use the GET /projects/{project_gid}/tasks endpoint to get all tasks for a template.

This is no longer possible and an equivalent GET /project_templates/{project_template_gid}/tasks doesnā€™t exist.

We donā€™t even need full CRUD functionality, having basic read functionality would suffice.

Thanks

#56

@John_Welsh Any news you might be able share on API enhancements to Project Templates?

cc: @sasha_f

#57

Iā€™m trying to utilize the automation tool, Make (formerly Integromat) to duplicate a project. With the new templates, the action ā€œDuplicate a projectā€ is not working. I am trying to utilize the ā€œMake an API Callā€ action to find the project template and then create a project from the template. I am running into issues and would love any suggestions. When I try using the standard ā€œDuplicate a projectā€ action I receive this error:

[403] project: Not the correct type

Origin

Asana

Automatic error handler

If you want to handle this error automatically, choose one of the following options. This will create a new error-handler route in your scenario. You can then expand the route in any way you like.

Has anyone utilized the ā€œMake an API Callā€ action to create a project using the new project templates? Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

#58

You canā€™t use the old endpoint to duplicate a project, you have to use the new one. Can you share the exact call you are making, with a screenshot for example?

#59

Thanks for the response Bastien. I resolved the issue. Human error :slight_smile:

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