NodeJS Please help me solve the problem with tasks.createTask

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Good afternoon, I don’t quite understand why I can’t add a task using the NodeJS asana library.
I reread the documentation several times, but still didn’t understand:(
Here is my code:

require('dotenv').config();
const asana = require('asana');
const client = asana.Client.create().useAccessToken(process.env.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN);

client.users.me()
    .then(async (user) => {
        const userId = user.gid;
        const workspaceId = user.workspaces[0].gid;
        const tableInfo = await client.tasks.findAll({
            assignee: userId,
            workspace: workspaceId,
        })
        return [tableInfo , userId];
    })
    .then(gid => client.tasks.createTask({
        assignee: gid[1],
        assignee_section: gid[0].data[0].gid,
        name: "test",
    }).then((result) => {
            console.log(result);
        })
    )

My console outputs:

REQUEST {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me',
  json: true,
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer 1/1201953775449875:42e97f469fb33522b377bf4cea619843',
    'X-Asana-Client-Lib': 'version=0.18.6&language=NodeJS&language_version=v16.13.1&os=win32'
  },
  callback: [Function (anonymous)]
}
REQUEST make request https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me
REQUEST onRequestResponse https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me 200 {
  date: 'Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:19:48 GMT',
  'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
  'content-length': '208',
  connection: 'close',
  server: 'nginx',
  'x-frame-options': 'DENY',
  'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block',
  'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
  'content-security-policy': "report-uri https://app.asana.com/-/csp_report?report_only=false;default-src 'none';frame-src 'none';frame-ancestors 'none'",
  'x-asana-api-version': '1.1',
  'asana-change': 'name=new_user_task_lists;info=https://forum.asana.com/t/update-on-our-planned-api-changes-to-user-task-lists-a-k-a-my-tasks/103828',
  'x-robots-tag': 'none',
  'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains',
  'datacenter-time-end': '1647004788.025',
  'x-loadbalancer': 'prod-lb007.ec2'
}
REQUEST reading response's body
REQUEST finish init function https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me
REQUEST response end https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me 200 {
  date: 'Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:19:48 GMT',
  'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
  'content-length': '208',
  connection: 'close',
  server: 'nginx',
  'x-frame-options': 'DENY',
  'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block',
  'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
  'content-security-policy': "report-uri https://app.asana.com/-/csp_report?report_only=false;default-src 'none';frame-src 'none';frame-ancestors 'none'",
  'x-asana-api-version': '1.1',
  'asana-change': 'name=new_user_task_lists;info=https://forum.asana.com/t/update-on-our-planned-api-changes-to-user-task-lists-a-k-a-my-tasks/103828',
  'x-robots-tag': 'none',
  'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains',
  'datacenter-time-end': '1647004788.025',
  'x-loadbalancer': 'prod-lb007.ec2'
}
REQUEST end event https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me
REQUEST has body https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me 208
REQUEST emitting complete https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/users/me
REQUEST {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks',
  json: true,
  qs: {
    assignee: '1201953775449875',
    workspace: '1201953859870712',
    limit: 50
  },
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer 1/1201953775449875:42e97f469fb33522b377bf4cea619843',
    'X-Asana-Client-Lib': 'version=0.18.6&language=NodeJS&language_version=v16.13.1&os=win32'
  },
  callback: [Function (anonymous)]
}
REQUEST make request https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50
REQUEST onRequestResponse https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50 200 {
  date: 'Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:19:49 GMT',
  'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
  'content-length': '92',
  connection: 'close',
  server: 'nginx',
  'x-frame-options': 'DENY',
  'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block',
  'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
  'content-security-policy': "report-uri https://app.asana.com/-/csp_report?report_only=false;default-src 'none';frame-src 'none';frame-ancestors 'none'",
  'x-asana-api-version': '1.1',
  'asana-change': 'name=new_user_task_lists;info=https://forum.asana.com/t/update-on-our-planned-api-changes-to-user-task-lists-a-k-a-my-tasks/103828',
  'x-robots-tag': 'none',
  'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains',
  'datacenter-time-end': '1647004789.118',
  'x-loadbalancer': 'prod-lb002.ec2'
}
REQUEST reading response's body
REQUEST finish init function https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50
REQUEST response end https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50 200 {
  date: 'Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:19:49 GMT',
  'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
  'content-length': '92',
  connection: 'close',
  server: 'nginx',
  'x-frame-options': 'DENY',
  'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block',
  'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
  'content-security-policy': "report-uri https://app.asana.com/-/csp_report?report_only=false;default-src 'none';frame-src 'none';frame-ancestors 'none'",
  'x-asana-api-version': '1.1',
  'asana-change': 'name=new_user_task_lists;info=https://forum.asana.com/t/update-on-our-planned-api-changes-to-user-task-lists-a-k-a-my-tasks/103828',
  'x-robots-tag': 'none',
  'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains',
  'datacenter-time-end': '1647004789.118',
  'x-loadbalancer': 'prod-lb002.ec2'
}
REQUEST end event https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50
REQUEST has body https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50 92
REQUEST emitting complete https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks?assignee=1201953775449875&workspace=1201953859870712&limit=50
REQUEST {
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks',
  json: {
    data: {
      assignee: '1201953775449875',
      assignee_section: '1201954197211652',
      name: 'test'
    }
  },
  qs: {},
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer 1/1201953775449875:42e97f469fb33522b377bf4cea619843',
    'X-Asana-Client-Lib': 'version=0.18.6&language=NodeJS&language_version=v16.13.1&os=win32'
  },
  callback: [Function (anonymous)]
}
REQUEST make request https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks
REQUEST onRequestResponse https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks 400 {
  date: 'Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:19:49 GMT',
  'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
  'content-length': '245',
  connection: 'close',
  server: 'nginx',
  'x-frame-options': 'DENY',
  'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block',
  'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
  'content-security-policy': "report-uri https://app.asana.com/-/csp_report?report_only=false;default-src 'none';frame-src 'none';frame-ancestors 'none'",
  'x-asana-api-version': '1.0',
  'asana-change': 'name=new_user_task_lists;info=https://forum.asana.com/t/update-on-our-planned-api-changes-to-user-task-lists-a-k-a-my-tasks/103828',
  'x-robots-tag': 'none'
}
REQUEST reading response's body
REQUEST finish init function https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks
REQUEST response end https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks 400 {
  date: 'Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:19:49 GMT',
  'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
  'content-length': '245',
  connection: 'close',
  server: 'nginx',
  'x-frame-options': 'DENY',
  'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block',
  'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
  'content-security-policy': "report-uri https://app.asana.com/-/csp_report?report_only=false;default-src 'none';frame-src 'none';frame-ancestors 'none'",
  'x-asana-api-version': '1.0',
  'asana-change': 'name=new_user_task_lists;info=https://forum.asana.com/t/update-on-our-planned-api-changes-to-user-task-lists-a-k-a-my-tasks/103828',
  'x-robots-tag': 'none'
}
REQUEST end event https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks
REQUEST has body https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks 245
REQUEST emitting complete https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks
Unhandled rejection Error: Invalid Request
    at InvalidRequest.AsanaError (C:\Users\grema\Desktop\code\node_modules\asana\lib\errors\error.js:4:11)
    at new InvalidRequest (C:\Users\grema\Desktop\code\node_modules\asana\lib\errors\invalid_request.js:5:14)
    at Request._callback (C:\Users\grema\Desktop\code\node_modules\asana\lib\dispatcher.js:263:23)
    at Request.self.callback (C:\Users\grema\Desktop\code\node_modules\request\request.js:185:22)
    at Request.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at Request.<anonymous> (C:\Users\grema\Desktop\code\node_modules\request\request.js:1154:10)
    at Request.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (C:\Users\grema\Desktop\code\node_modules\request\request.js:1076:12)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:509:28)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:402:35)
    at endReadableNT (node:internal/streams/readable:1343:12)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)

Please help me.

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Hi @Eduard_Syvolap and welcome to the forum!

I don’t think this is explicitly documented in the API docs (cc: @AndrewWong) but you can only specify assignee_section if you’re adding the task to your User Task List. So you’ll need to get the gid of your User Task List and include it in the projects parameter of your createTask, then I think it should work.

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Thanks, I’ll try it now

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