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Asana Sections API

The Asana Sections API provides developers with the ability to programmatically interact with and manage sections within Asana projects. This API allows users to create, update, and delete sections as well as retrieve information about existing sections. By utilizing the Sections API, developers can streamline project management processes, automate tasks, and integrate Asana with other third-party applications.

Asana Sections API is one of 55 APIs that Asana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://app.asana.com/api/1.0.

7 operations 4 paths 11 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET3 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Server
https://app.asana.com/api/1.0
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, OAuth 2.0
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Asana Sections API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (personalAccessToken). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • personalAccessToken — A personal access token for the Asana API.
  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Sections 7

A section is a subdivision of a project that groups tasks together. It can either be a header above a list of tasks in a list view or a column in a board view of a project. Sectio…

GET
/sections/{section_gid}
Asana Get a section
getSection 3 params → 200400401403404500
PUT
/sections/{section_gid}
Asana Update a section
updateSection 3 params body → 200400401403404500
DELETE
/sections/{section_gid}
Asana Delete a section
deleteSection 2 params → 200400401403404500
GET
/projects/{project_gid}/sections
Asana Get sections in a project
getSectionsForProject 5 params → 200400401403404500
POST
/projects/{project_gid}/sections
Asana Create a section in a project
createSectionForProject 3 params body → 201400401403404500
POST
/sections/{section_gid}/addTask
Asana Add task to section
addTaskForSection 2 params body → 200400401403404500
POST
/projects/{project_gid}/sections/insert
Asana Move or Insert sections
insertSectionForProject 2 params body → 200400401403404500

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are NextPage (3 properties), Error (3 properties), SectionCompact (3 properties), SectionRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NextPage
object
Conditional. This property is only present when a limit query parameter is provided in the request. When making a paginated request, the API will return a numb…
3 properties
SectionCompact
object
A section is a subdivision of a project that groups tasks together. It can either be a header above a list of tasks in a list view or a column in a board view…
3 properties
SectionResponse
Error
object
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Sadly, sometimes requests to the API are not successful. Failures can occur for a wide range of reasons. In all cases, the API should return an HTTP Status Cod…
1 property
SectionRequest
object
3 properties 1 required
ProjectSectionInsertRequest
object
3 properties 1 required
SectionTaskInsertRequest
object
3 properties 1 required
EmptyResponse
object
An empty object. Some endpoints do not return an object on success. The success is conveyed through a 2-- status code and returning an empty object.
ProjectCompact
object
A project represents a prioritized list of tasks in Asana or a board with columns of tasks represented as cards. It exists in a single workspace or organizatio…
3 properties
SectionBase

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

asana-sections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Asana Goals API
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