Use Asana's "export project to JSON" function and copy-paste contents to an "X.json" file. *Note* Requires external library: "unicdecode", available from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Unidecode

asana_dump.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""Use Asana's "export project to JSON" function and copy-paste contents to an "X.json" file."""
 
import codecs
import csv
import json
import pprint
import re
import sys
import unidecode
 

def main():
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        sys.stderr.write('error: missing required parameter: input filename\n')
        return 1

    inputFile = sys.argv[1]

    if not inputFile.endswith('.json'):
        sys.stderr.write('error: only JSON input files are accepted\n')
        return 1

    outputFile = re.sub(r'''^(.*)\.json''', r'''\1.csv''', inputFile)

    assert outputFile != inputFile, 'the input filename must not be the same as the generated output filename'

    pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)

    with codecs.open(inputFile, encoding='utf-8', mode='rb') as fh:
        inputData = json.loads(fh.read())

    with open(outputFile, 'wb') as fh:
        csvWriter = csv.writer(fh, delimiter=',')
        outputData = []
     
        for task in inputData['data']:
            name = unidecode.unidecode(task['name'])
            # Choose conditions for inclusion and what fields you want to include in dump.
            if not task['completed']:
                outputData.append([name, task['created_at'], task['modified_at'], task['tags']])

        csvWriter.writerows(outputData)
    return 0


if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())