Hello,
I’m adding a task via API to break lines I can use \n but to bold a text if a put text Asana write the HTML tag and doesn’t bold the text.
Does any now know how can I bold/italic [format text] a text via API? Thank you!
Maybe this thread can help How to get rich text formatting from asana task API - Stack Overflow
I got in touch with Asana Support. Thanks man!
If you can post back your answer here that would be great!
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The solution is:
Instead of you add the field “notes” replace it to “html_notes” and voilá 
you have HTML in notes.
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TIP:
does not work. You have to use \n to break lines
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TIP: tag < br > does not work *
@Cezar_Ayran how are you using the API? I am attempting to use the html_notes fields through the ruby gem and it appears that the formatting still isn’t getting properly parsed.
@Cezar_Ayran just retested with and without the <p> tags… looks like it breaks if you have <p> tags. I’ll have to experiment to see what is and what is not supported.
@markanthonydj This html_notes field does not work perfectly. You should test multiple tags and see which tags work. I got it with < b > and \ n to break line because < br > does not work. I hope Asana can fix it
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re-reading their post: How to Format Text in Asana • Asana Product Guide, it appears the only html tags that are supported are <b> <i> <u> <ul> <ol>
not sure how to get in tabs and monospace font
its < CODE > </ CODE> for monospace (without spaces)
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ONE MORE TIP
If you are adding comments in a task via API you also can send the text with HTML just use instead of the field text to html_text
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