Sample - Asana API
POST/tasks/{task_gid}/addDependents

Set dependents for a task

Required scope: tasks:write

Marks a set of tasks as dependents of this task, if they are not already dependents. A task can have at most 30 dependents and dependencies combined.

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

1 body field

The list of tasks to add as dependents.

dataobjectoptional
A set of dependent tasks.

7 status codes
200Successfully set the specified dependents on the given task.
dataobjectoptional
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.
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
402The request was valid, but the queried object or object mutation specified in the request is above your current premium level.
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 402 is returned: The request was valid, but the queried object or object mutation specified in the request is above your current premium level. 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.