# Recurring due dates via API?

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145>\
**Category:** API & Developers\
**Tags:** api, dates, recurring-tasks\
**Created:** [20 May 2021 17:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145 "2021-05-20T17:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![FreshyJon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/freshyjon/32/6475_2.png) [@FreshyJon](https://forum.asana.com/u/FreshyJon)\
**Post date:** [20 May 2021 17:26 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/1 "2021-05-20T17:26:52Z")

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When utilizing any of the task APIs, particularly the “Duplicate a task” or the “Update a task”…

Is it possible to specify a recurring due date?

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [20 May 2021 21:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/2 "2021-05-20T21:23:29Z")

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Hi @FreshyJon,

No, task recurrence is not supported by the API. Last it was discussed here in the forum (which was a while ago I think) , Asana indicated they had no plans to add that support - so I wouldn’t hold my breath for it.

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**Author:** ![FreshyJon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/freshyjon/32/6475_2.png) [@FreshyJon](https://forum.asana.com/u/FreshyJon)\
**Post date:** [21 February 2023 23:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/3 "2023-02-21T23:21:02Z")

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Circling back here, is there still no way to do recurring due dates on a task, via the API? I’m creating a new task via Zapier, and want to then set a recurring due date on it.

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [21 February 2023 23:33 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/4 "2023-02-21T23:33:36Z")

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> [@FreshyJon](#):
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> is there still no way to do recurring due dates on a task, via the API?

Still not available in the API…

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**Author:** ![Lukash\_Oleksandr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/lukash_oleksandr/32/270644_2.png) [@Lukash\_Oleksandr](https://forum.asana.com/u/Lukash_Oleksandr)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2024 16:09 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/5 "2024-10-07T16:09:57Z")

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Hello!  
I’m happy to let you know that this is available. To create a task, you’ll need to pass the `recurrence` key with this data.

```auto
{'data': {'days_of_week': [1], 'frequency': 2}, 'type': 'weekly'}

```

request example

```auto
request_body = {
            "name": "Some title",
            "projects": 123123123
            "due_on": YYYY-MM-DD
            "recurrence": {"data": {"days_of_week": [1], "frequency": 2}, "type": "weekly"}
        }

```

this will create a task that will be repeated every 2 weeks on Monday

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\
**Post date:** [7 October 2024 17:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/6 "2024-10-07T17:49:41Z")

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Whoa, @Lukash_Oleksandr, you’re right, this does work!

And similarly one can also retrieve the recurrence info for a task by using `opt_fields=recurrence`

This is undocumented and the Asana API team has always said recurrence info is not available in the API, so this is a big shock to me!

@John_Baldo is this new, and whether it is nor not, can you get it added to the API docs? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2025 20:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/recurring-due-dates-via-api/122145/7 "2025-01-20T20:32:32Z")

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Closed on 20 January 2025 20:32 UTC

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