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      POST
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      PUT
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      POST
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  1. Goals

Add a collaborator to a goal

POST
/goals/{goal_gid}/addFollowers
Goals
Adds followers to a goal. Returns the goal the followers were added to.
Each goal can be associated with zero or more followers in the system.
Requests to add/remove followers, if successful, will return the complete updated goal record, described above.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request POST 'https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/goals//addFollowers' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "data": {
        "followers": [
            "13579",
            "321654"
        ]
    }
}'
Response Response Example
201 - Example 1
{
  "data": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "task",
    "name": "Grow web traffic by 30%",
    "owner": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "task",
      "name": "Greg Sanchez"
    },
    "due_on": "2019-09-15",
    "followers": [
      {
        "gid": "12345",
        "resource_type": "task",
        "name": "Greg Sanchez"
      }
    ],
    "html_notes": "<body>Start building brand awareness.</body>",
    "is_workspace_level": true,
    "liked": false,
    "metric": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "task",
      "currency_code": "EUR",
      "current_display_value": "8.12",
      "current_number_value": 8.12,
      "initial_number_value": 5.2,
      "precision": 2,
      "resource_subtype": "number",
      "target_number_value": 10.2,
      "unit": "none"
    },
    "notes": "Start building brand awareness.",
    "start_on": "2019-09-14",
    "status": "string",
    "team": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "task",
      "name": "Marketing"
    },
    "time_period": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "task",
      "end_on": "2019-09-14",
      "period": "Q1",
      "start_on": "2019-09-13"
    },
    "workspace": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "task",
      "name": "My Company Workspace"
    },
    "likes": [
      {
        "gid": "12345",
        "user": {
          "gid": "12345",
          "resource_type": "task",
          "name": "Greg Sanchez"
        }
      }
    ],
    "num_likes": 5
  }
}

Request

Path Params
goal_gid
string 
required
Automatically added
Body Params application/json
data
object (TaskAddFollowersRequest) 
optional
followers
array[string]
required
An array of strings identifying users. These can either be the string "me", an email, or the gid of a user.
Example:
["13579","321654"]
Examples

Responses

🟢201Successfully added users as collaborators.
application/json
Body
data
object (GoalResponse) 
optional
A generic Asana Resource, containing a globally unique identifier.
likes
array[object (Like) {2}] 
read-onlyoptional
Array of likes for users who have liked this goal.
num_likes
integer 
read-onlyoptional
The number of users who have liked this goal.
Example:
5
due_on
string  | null 
optional
The localized day on which this goal is due. This takes a date with format YYYY-MM-DD.
Example:
2019-09-15
followers
array[object (UserCompact) {3}] 
optional
Array of users following this goal.
html_notes
string 
optional
The notes of the goal with formatting as HTML.
Example:
<body>Start building brand awareness.</body>
is_workspace_level
boolean 
optional
Conditional. This property is only present when the workspace provided is an organization. Whether the goal belongs to the workspace (and is listed as part of the workspace’s goals) or not. If it isn’t a workspace-level goal, it is a team-level goal, and is associated with the goal’s team.
Example:
true
liked
boolean 
optional
True if the goal is liked by the authorized user, false if not.
Example:
false
metric
object 
optional
A generic Asana Resource, containing a globally unique identifier.
notes
string 
optional
Free-form textual information associated with the goal (i.e. its description).
Example:
Start building brand awareness.
start_on
string  | null 
optional
The day on which work for this goal begins, or null if the goal has no start date. This takes a date with YYYY-MM-DD format, and cannot be set unless there is an accompanying due date.
Example:
2019-09-14
status
string  | null 
optional
The current status of this goal. When the goal is open, its status can be green, yellow, and red to reflect "On Track", "At Risk", and "Off Track", respectively. When the goal is closed, the value can be missed, achieved, partial, or dropped.
team
object 
optional
Conditional. This property is only present when the workspace provided is an organization.
time_period
object 
optional
A generic Asana Resource, containing a globally unique identifier.
workspace
object 
optional
A workspace is the highest-level organizational unit in Asana. All projects and tasks have an associated workspace.
gid
string 
read-onlyoptional
Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.
Example:
12345
resource_type
string 
read-onlyoptional
The base type of this resource.
Example:
task
name
string 
optional
The name of the goal.
Example:
Grow web traffic by 30%
owner
object 
optional
A user object represents an account in Asana that can be given access to various workspaces, projects, and tasks.
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Modified at 2022-09-13 02:00:31
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