Add a "download all" button to tasks & conversations

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Don’t hold you’re breath as they’re surprisingly unable to add basic features for years.

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Adding one more voice to the peanut gallery. I am reviving this topic to continue a request made over and over. Please add this basic feature to the platform. And if there’s a reason why it’s not being implemented, kindly let us know.

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Every request like this one is being reconsidered often, Asana will never say “we won’t do this ever” because that’s never the case.

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This new application may assist with some of the issues mentioned here if you have any questions let me konw

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Hello.
What is the progress on this issue?
I think everyone is looking forward to the bulk download feature.

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As a workaround, I wrote a Python code to download all files from a task.

Requirements:

  • add personal access token to path (environment variables)
  • install asana Python client

How to use:

  1. Run the code from terminal
cd <your location>
python3 download_all_files_from_asana_task.py
  1. Paste the task ID or URL and press Enter

Code:

import asana
from asana.rest import ApiException
import os
import re
import requests
import time

configuration = asana.Configuration()
configuration.access_token = os.environ['ASANA_ACCESS_TOKEN']
api_client = asana.ApiClient(configuration)

list_regex_task_id_and_url = [
    r'^(\d+)$',
    r'/task/(\d+)',
    r'inbox/\d+/item/(\d+)',
    r'&child=(\d+)',
    r'app.asana.com/0/\d+/(\d+)',
]


def find_task_gid_from_input(text):
    for regex in list_regex_task_id_and_url:
        match = re.search(regex, text)
        if match:
            return match.group(1)
    print('\nNot a valid task ID or URL. Please try again.')
    return


def get_available_filename(directory, base_filename):
    name, ext = os.path.splitext(base_filename)
    filename = base_filename
    counter = 0
    while os.path.exists(os.path.join(directory, filename)):
        counter += 1
        filename = f"{name} ({counter}){ext}"
    return os.path.join(directory, filename)


print('You can download attachments from a task. Press Ctrl+C to exit the program.\n')

while True:
    task_input = input('Enter task ID or URL:\n')
    task_gid = find_task_gid_from_input(task_input)
    if not task_gid:
        continue

    attachments_api_instance = asana.AttachmentsApi(api_client)
    opts = {
        'opt_fields': 'download_url,name'
    }

    print('\nDownloading files...')

    try:
        api_response = attachments_api_instance.get_attachments_for_object(task_gid, opts)
        downloads_dir = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), "downloads")
        for data in api_response:
            r = requests.get(data['download_url'])
            filepath = get_available_filename(downloads_dir, data['name'])
            with open(filepath, 'wb') as f:
                f.write(r.content)
            time.sleep(0.4)
    except ApiException as e:
        print("Exception when calling AttachmentsApi->get_attachments_for_object: %s\n" % e)

Note:

  • Sleeping 0.4 second supports the rate limit in Free domain. Paid domains can set it to 0.04. Source: Rate limits.
  • EDIT on June 9, 2025: Same file name is downloaded with collision suffix like (1).
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