post a comment through the API (asana API)

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Hello Team,

We need to post a comment on task using Asana API , is that possible ? if yes please let me ping possible ways and API link.

If not - please provide us a alternative way to do post a comment on task.

Thanks in advance!!

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Hi @Vivekanandababu_Kodi,

Yes, it’s possible! Comments are called Stories in the Asana API. Use this API endpoint to create a new story on a task:

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Hi How can I do it in Asana 3.2.1 ? api_response = client.tasks.create_story_for_task(
task_gid=task_gid, opt_fields=opt_fields
) this method didn’t work ?

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Hi @Jakub_Cielepak and welcome,

What client library is that? Python? Node?

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HI @Phil_Seeman Python, asana version 3.2.1

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Hi @Jakub_Cielepak,

Here’s how you would make that request with our Python V3.2.1 version

import asana

client = asana.Client.access_token('<YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN>')
result = client.stories.create_story_for_task('<YOUR_TASK_GID>', {'text': 'This is a comment'})

TIP: you can see check how to do this in our developer docs under “PYTHON-OLD” (these sample codes are for python client library versions <= V3.2.1)

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Thank you ! @John_Vu @Phil_Seeman

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By using API, can we add who created that comment and when it was created?

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No. The author of the comment will be the owner of the authenticated Asana account that’s adding it via the API, and the date/time can’t be specified in the call.

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OK, thanks for clarifying.

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In addition, I would like to know whether we can add replies to comments using the REST API, which would mean there will be my parent comment, and multiple replies for that comment

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Is it possible to post a comment and attach an attachment to it at the same time using REST API?

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@Teja_Korgaonkar - to answer your first question (replies), no. Asana doesn’t have a concept of threading in comments (in the API or in the UI).

For your second question, I believe these have to be two separate actions: post the comment and upload the attachment

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ok. Thank you for your response.

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In addition to the this, can we include a line break tag in html_text while adding comment using REST Api? \n is not working for line break.

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@Teja_Korgaonkar, Does this help?

Thanks,

Larry

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