Sample - Asana API
POST/organization_exports

Create an organization export request

This method creates a request to export an Organization. Asana will complete the export at some point after you create the request.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

1 parameter · 1 body field
opt_fieldsarray<string>optional
This endpoint returns a resource which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include. Properties can include nested fields. To learn more, see the [input/output options guide](/docs/inputoutput-options#selecting-nested-fields).

The organization to export.

dataobjectoptional
An *organization_export* request starts a job to export the complete data of the given Organization.

6 status codes
201Successfully created organization export request.
dataobjectoptional
An *organization_export* object represents a request to export the complete data of an Organization in JSON format.
400This usually occurs because of a missing or malformed parameter. Check the documentation and the syntax of your request and try again.
errorsarray<object>optional
401A valid authentication token was not provided with the request, so the API could not associate a user with the request.
errorsarray<object>optional
403The authentication and request syntax was valid but the server is refusing to complete the request. This can happen if you try to read or write to objects or properties that the user does not have access to.
errorsarray<object>optional
404Either the request method and path supplied do not specify a known action in the API, or the object specified by the request does not exist.
errorsarray<object>optional
500There was a problem on Asana’s end. In the event of a server error the response body should contain an error phrase. These phrases can be used by Asana support to quickly look up the incident that caused the server error. Some errors are due to server load, and will not supply an error phrase.
errorsarray<object>optional

Error handling

A 400 is returned: This usually occurs because of a missing or malformed parameter. Check the documentation and the syntax of your request and try again. A 401 is returned: A valid authentication token was not provided with the request, so the API could not associate a user with the request. A 403 is returned: The authentication and request syntax was valid but the server is refusing to complete the request. This can happen if you try to read or write to objects or properties that the user does not have access to. A 404 is returned: Either the request method and path supplied do not specify a known action in the API, or the object specified by the request does not exist. A 500 is returned: There was a problem on Asana’s end. In the event of a server error the response body should contain an error phrase. These phrases can be used by Asana support to quickly look up the incident that caused the server error. Some errors are due to server load, and will not supply an error phrase.