Create task with personal access token

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Hello,

I’m actually trying to create a task with ASANA api with personal access token.

I use Boomerang (chrome-extension) for my test.
With POST :
Endpoint URL : https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks
My header : Authorization: Bearer accessToken
and my body JSON

{
“data” : {
“name” : “name of the task”,
“workspace” : 01234567891234,
“projects” : 98765432112456
}
}

but I systematically get an error 401. (I changed the id of workspace and projects)

I do not understand why I am not allowed while I acced to the url https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me with GET

Ty for the help !

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Hello @Thomas_Delattre,

I’m pretty sure that the issue is with the authorization.

I’m using Postman, also a chrome-extension. Here’s a successful test.

But if I deliberately use an incorrect access token, here’s what I get:

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Can you double check the authorization parameters?

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In Boomerang, I put in Headers name: " Authorization: Bearer " and in value my token ?

I really don’t understand why with the same personal access token, I can get data from users/me, /workspace, /projects, I don’t have error 401.

How can I access url get but not for a POST :confused:

PS: Sorry for my English, I’m french

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Hey @Thomas_Delattre, it’s possible to get other authorization errors, for instance that you have access to your Asana workspace (so can access /users/me), but not that particular project. “Private” projects and projects that are “Private to members” where you are not the owner / a member of the project would send back 401 when you try to access them.

Can you double check that you can successfully do a GET request to https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/projects/project_id with your access token and that it works?

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Hey, ty for the answer.

I have just done the test and I have access to the project with a GET request.

Unfortunately, I still can not create a task on this project with a POST request, I still get " Not authorized ".

To be sure, to create a task in a particular project :

Headers : Authorization: Bearer value_token

Thanks.

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:thinking: Hmm. That project looks fine, and I see you’re the owner, so you should have access. However, when I go to see if you have any personal access tokens, I don’t see any associated with your account. Could you double check in your account apps settings page and clicking on “Manage developer apps” that you have a personal access token listed (screenshot below)? Could you try to do your POST request if you get a new token on that page and use it instead?

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Yes, I have two personal access token.

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By creating a new one, I still have not authorized.
Cf screenhot

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And the new access token

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Thanks.

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Update : I finally succeeded with the help of the Asana support.

The key should be Authorization and the value should be Bearer with Boomerang !

Thanks

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Glad we got everything sorted out @Thomas_Delattre!

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Hi,
what do you exactly put in the header??

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A bit old, but if it helps anyone:

Should be Key: “Authorization”. Value: “Bearer 0/d267ae6b40551be54edb7474e249bed1” .
so…“Bearer [your App token]”

Here´s a postman asana collection, includes an example with an authorized call that helped me to get it all going

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hey mods. This postman collection contains an active bearer token. Remove it pls :slight_smile:

cc @Bastien_Siebman

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Dunno if working tokens are forbidden, but just in case, the one included in the collection looks totally made for testing purposes… unless you really think someones it´s using the Microsoft workspace…
{“data”:[{“id”:177987220357060,“name”:“Microsoft”},{“id”:498346170860,“name”:“Personal Projects”}]}

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Dunno if it is for testing purposes but an active token is an active token and someone can use it on behalf of the user.

I had to mention in case the user published it by mistake. Have a great day <3