Getting a user's "My Tasks" Project ID

[Ben_Standefer]

Just trying to help aggregate the usecases… related issues:

Programmatically attach user object in notes field

Hey @Daniel_Lusk, Thanks for reaching out. I’m sorry to report that you’ve uncovered a shortcoming in our API. We hope to add @mentions and MyTasks to the API in the nearish future, though the work hasn’t been scheduled yet. MyTasks are essentially a project, so the URL for your MyTasks is https://app.asana.com/0/<project-id> The only somewhat practical workaround I can think of would be to create a project in Asana that maps user info (such as name, id or email) to their MyTasks project id.…

Direct link to users tasks

Hey @Harry_Potter, you can get MyTasks with the API if you have the project id – it’s just very convoluted to programmatically find the id. Here’s a thread with a bit more information on potential workarounds: Programmatically attach user object in notes field - #3 by Jeff_Schneider While I don’t have a timeline, our API team is working to make MyTasks more useable in the API.

How can I construct the URL for a task in My Tasks?

I’m trying to build an integration that provides a link to a task a user has added in My Tasks. As discussed in Getting a user's "My Tasks" Project ID, My Tasks is a built-in “project”, and the project ID My Tasks isn’t exposed by the API. If you call /tasks with opt_fields=projects.id, you will see that tasks in My Tasks have no project. Example request: GET https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?workspace=workspace-id&assignee=me&opt_fields=projects.id&limit=20 So, how can I construct (or requ…