Searching for tasks with unset due date yields empty result

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Hi. I’m trying to look for all tasks with an unset due date (due_on).
I’m using this GET request https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/workspaces/some-id/tasks/search?due_on=null.
The API documentation specifies that one can search for such tasks when providing the due_on parameter with value null. Unfortunately, the response is an empty array. I’ve tried to add other modifiers such as completed=false, but the result stays the same.

Is there anything else I’m missing? Is it a normal behaviour or a bug?

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I know you are using the API but this has been requested for Advanced Search for years.

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One thing I always talk to my consulting clients is the need for setting dates in the most relevant tasks. Nowadays I have to enter in each project to check tasks with unset due dates.

It would be very helpful if I could get all the tasks in the organization via Advanced Search.

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Funny thing is Asana teaches the same fundamental concept but has not added to advanced search. So simple, yet so fundamental results in a pretty significant deficiency

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Hi @Oak,

Sorry to hear you’re having issues. The URL you’re using looks correct to me. When I make the same GET request it works for me: /workspaces/123456789/tasks/search?due_on=null

Perhaps if you share more of your code, we may be able to help troubleshoot more.

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I just do in my browser https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/workspaces/MYWORKSPACEGID/tasks/search?due_on=null

and I got {“data”:}
but I have hundreds of tasks with no due date in my workspace
What’s wrong?

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This would be very helpful for us as well. Any chance Asana will fix this? It does yield as well for me

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@AndrewWong the request shared by Jeff does not work anymore, and the documentation still says you can use null.