I am using Python API to update parent tasks when a custom field in the child changes. One case is: When a subtask gets deleted, i substract the custom field value x from the parent. Therefore i need to know who the deleted task’s parent is. I get the following event from the API when a subtask is …

I don’t know the Events part well, but if it is like webhooks, the philosophy is to not give many details in the payload and let you request the API yourself to get that info. Correct @Phil_Seeman ?

Hello Bastien, Yes, in this special case its problematic though, because i can’t request a deleted task via API, right? So how to find out what its parent is (was) at the moment of deletion?

[image] agsana_admin: in this special case its problematic though, because i can’t request a deleted task via API, right? Yeah. :slightly_frowning_face: :cry: Bastien is right, but so are you here. I don’t know of a solution other than a full and constant sync of data to an external store on…

I tought it could be possible to get some details by reading the “stories” of the parent, but I found that, when we add or remove a subtask, the parent “stories” are not affected. Only the “modified_at” field change, that’s fine to allow us to refresh or local cached copy, but we don’t have any det…

Yes Frederic, i also tried parsing the stories but this didn’t solve the problem. If there is no known solution except building a database of the tasks, i will do so for now. It’s cumbersome and worrying, because it could be much easier, therefore i would like to suggest for the next API update: P…

Just bumping this to see if this will included in the release?

[image] agsana_admin: to see if this will included in the release? I don’t work for Asana, I’m just a third-party developer, so I can’t say whether or when they might be making any changes here. (IMO I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for it if I were you, but that’s just my feeling about it.) …

Oh excuse, Phil, i thought you work with Asana :sweat_smile: Do you know who’s is the right person to address API change requests though? Thanks!

[image] agsana_admin: Do you know who’s is the right person to address API change requests though? @Andrew-asana maybe?

Get verbose information when task is deleted

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agsana_admin 15 March 2022 07:44 2

Bump.

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Get verbose information when task is deleted

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