custom_field update value ignored on PUT request using python

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I am trying to run this follow update to a task and am getting back a 200, but nothing is changing in the task

import requests
ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("ASANA_ACCESS_TOKEN")
API_URL = "https://app.asana.com/api/1.0"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}"}
input_data = {
  "analysis_status_gid" : "1202041658681489",
  "task_id" : "1202841729603456"
}

url = f"{API_URL}/tasks/{input_data['task_id']}"

body = {
  "data": {
      "custom_fields" : {
         input_data['analysis_status_gid']:"1202331527650063"
       }
  }
}

r = requests.put(url, headers = headers, data = body)
response = r.json()['data']

if i run the same call through the asana library it does update my custom field value

import asana

client = asana.Client.access_token(os.environ.get("ASANA_ACCESS_TOKEN"))

input_data = {"analysis_status_gid": "1202041658681489","task_id":"1202841729603456"}

body = {
    "custom_fields": {
      input_data['analysis_status_gid']: "1202331527650063"
    }
}

result = client.tasks.update_task(input_data['task_id'], body, opt_pretty=True)

what am I doing wrong?

2

figured it out, the documentation was not intuitive. the custom_field need to be wrapped in json.dumps

import os
import json
ACCESS_TOKEN = input_data['ACCESS_TOKEN']
# Third Party
import requests
API_URL = "https://app.asana.com/api/1.0"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}"}
url = f"{API_URL}/tasks/{input_data['task_id']}"
obj = json.dumps({input_data['analysis_status_gid']: '1202331527650063'})
body = {"custom_fields" :obj}
r = requests.put(url, headers=headers, data=body)
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