Asana Hello World Node API Example

asana-hello-world.js

var request = require('request')
var apiKey = process.env.API_KEY
var workspaceId = process.env.WORKSPACE
var assigneeEmail = process.env.ASSIGNEE

var url ='https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks'

// set up the request
var headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Basic '+ new Buffer(apiKey).toString('base64')
}
var body = {
  data: {
    'workspace': workspaceId,
    'name': 'Hello World!!!',
    'assignee': assigneeEmail
  }
}

// set up HTTPS connection
// json option will auto-add the application/json header
request.post({url:url, headers: headers, json: body}, function (e, r, body) {
  // output
  if (e || body['errors'])
    console.log('Server returned an error: '+ body['errors'][0]['message'])
  else {
    console.log('Created task with id: ' + body['data']['id'])
  }

})