/alfred-workflows-asana-automation

Alfred workflow Asana automation

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Setup Instructions

  1. Create a new access token on Asana and set it on the accessToken env variable [1]

  2. Set your user id: use the "asana" keyword and select "My ID", then press enter to copy the gid and paste it on the "me" env variable

  3. Set the workspace id: use the "asana" keyword and select "Workspaces", select the workspace you want, and paste the gid on the "workspace" env variable

How to use

In order to create a task, use the "task" keyword. The format of the input should be this: title;description for e.g. "create a website;check the email from John and create the website according to his instructions"

In order to open the URL of the newly created task add ":" followed by a space at the end of your input, for e.g. "create a website :" or "create website;setup wordpress :"

Examples

In order to assign a user to the task, you can use the "-a" flag followed by a space at the end of your input, for e.g. "create a website -a"

In order to add a project to the task, you can use the "-p" flag followed by a space at the end of your input, for e.g. "create a website -p"

In order to add a section to the task, you can use the "-s" flag followed by a space at the end of your input, make sure that the "-p" flag exists

You can also use here the open URL feature by simply add the ":" character at the end (before or after the flags), for e.g. "create a website : -a" or "create logo;use blue and grey colors -a -p :"

In order to resync data like projects, sections, or users you can use the "asana" keyword and select the desired function.

Text formatting

Bold

To bold your message, place an asterisk on both sides of the text:

*text*

New line

To make a new line, use \n:

Development

To run the script you the following command:

me=$me workspace=$workspace accessToken=$accessToken node index.js 'task title;task description'

Set the variables to your vars.

Optional variables

assignee, projectId, sectionId

References

[1] https://asana.com/guide/help/api/api

GitHub URL

https://github.com/lacherogwu/alfred-workflows-asana-automation