Asana
  1. Attachments
Asana
  • Attachments
    • Delete an attachment
      DELETE
    • Get an attachment
      GET
    • Get attachments for a task
      GET
    • Upload an attachment
      POST
  • Batch API
    • Submit parallel requests
      POST
  • Custom Fields
    • Create a custom field
      POST
    • Delete a custom field
      DELETE
    • Get a custom field
      GET
    • Update a custom field
      PUT
    • Create an enum option
      POST
    • Reorder a custom field's enum
      POST
    • Update an enum option
      PUT
    • Get a workspace's custom fields
      GET
  • Events
    • Get events on a resource
      GET
  • Goals
    • Get goals
      GET
    • Create a goal
      POST
    • Delete a goal
      DELETE
    • Get a goal
      GET
    • Update a goal
      PUT
    • Add a collaborator to a goal
      POST
    • Add a subgoal to a parent goal
      POST
    • Add a project/portfolio as supporting work for a goal.
      POST
    • Get parent goals from a goal
      GET
    • Remove a collaborator from a goal
      POST
    • Remove a subgoal from a goal
      POST
    • Remove a project/portfolio as supporting work for a goal.
      POST
    • Create a goal metric
      POST
    • Update a goal metric
      POST
    • Get subgoals from a goal
      GET
    • Get supporting work from a goal
      GET
  • Jobs
    • Get a job by id
  • Organization Exports
    • Create an organization export request
    • Get details on an org export request
  • Teams
    • Get teams in an organization
    • Create a team
    • Get a team
    • Add a user to a team
    • Remove a user from a team
    • Get teams for a user
  • Portfolio Memberships
    • Get multiple portfolio memberships
    • Get a portfolio membership
    • Get memberships from a portfolio
  • Portfolios
    • Get multiple portfolios
    • Create a portfolio
    • Delete a portfolio
    • Get a portfolio
    • Update a portfolio
    • Add a custom field to a portfolio
    • Add a portfolio item
    • Add users to a portfolio
    • Get portfolio items
    • Remove a custom field from a portfolio
    • Remove a portfolio item
    • Remove users from a portfolio
  • Custom Field Settings
    • Get a portfolio's custom fields
    • Get a project's custom fields
  • Project Memberships
    • Get a project membership
    • Get memberships from a project
  • Project Statuses
    • Delete a project status
    • Get a project status
    • Get statuses from a project
    • Create a project status
  • Projects
    • Get multiple projects
    • Create a project
    • Delete a project
    • Get a project
    • Update a project
    • Add a custom field to a project
    • Add followers to a project
    • Add users to a project
    • Duplicate a project
    • Remove a custom field from a project
    • Remove followers from a project
    • Remove users from a project
    • Get task count of a project
    • Get projects a task is in
    • Get a team's projects
    • Create a project in a team
    • Get all projects in a workspace
    • Create a project in a workspace
  • Sections
    • Get sections in a project
    • Create a section in a project
    • Move or Insert sections
    • Delete a section
    • Get a section
    • Update a section
    • Add task to section
  • Tasks
    • Get tasks from a project
    • Get tasks from a section
    • Get tasks from a tag
    • Get multiple tasks
    • Create a task
    • Delete a task
    • Get a task
    • Update a task
    • Set dependencies for a task
    • Set dependents for a task
    • Add followers to a task
    • Add a project to a task
    • Add a tag to a task
    • Get dependencies from a task
    • Get dependents from a task
    • Duplicate a task
    • Unlink dependencies from a task
    • Unlink dependents from a task
    • Remove followers from a task
    • Remove a project from a task
    • Remove a tag from a task
    • Set the parent of a task
    • Get subtasks from a task
    • Create a subtask
    • Get tasks from a user task list
    • Search tasks in a workspace
  • Stories
    • Delete a story
    • Get a story
    • Update a story
    • Get stories from a task
    • Create a story on a task
  • Tags
    • Get multiple tags
    • Create a tag
    • Delete a tag
    • Get a tag
    • Update a tag
    • Get a task's tags
    • Get tags in a workspace
    • Create a tag in a workspace
  • Team Memberships
    • Get team memberships
    • Get a team membership
    • Get memberships from a team
    • Get memberships from a user
  • Users
    • Get users in a team
    • Get multiple users
    • Get a user
    • Get a user's favorites
    • Get users in a workspace or organization
  • Time Periods
    • Get time periods
    • Get a time period
  • User Task Lists
    • Get a user task list
    • Get a user's task list
  • Workspace Memberships
    • Get workspace memberships for a user
    • Get a workspace membership
    • Get the workspace memberships for a workspace
  • Webhooks
    • Get multiple webhooks
    • Establish a webhook
    • Delete a webhook
    • Get a webhook
  • Workspaces
    • Get multiple workspaces
    • Get a workspace
    • Update a workspace
    • Add a user to a workspace or organization
    • Remove a user from a workspace or organization
  • Typeahead
    • Get objects via typeahead
  1. Attachments

Get an attachment

GET
/attachments/{attachment_gid}
Attachments
Get the full record for a single attachment.
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request GET 'https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/attachments/'
Response Response Example
200 - Example 1
{
  "data": {
    "gid": "12345",
    "resource_type": "task",
    "name": "Screenshot.png",
    "resource_subtype": null,
    "created_at": "2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z",
    "download_url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets/123/Screenshot.png",
    "host": "dropbox",
    "parent": {
      "gid": "12345",
      "resource_type": "task",
      "name": "Bug Task"
    },
    "view_url": "https://www.dropbox.com/s/123/Screenshot.png"
  }
}

Request

Path Params
attachment_gid
string 
required

Responses

🟢200Successfully retrieved the record for a single attachment.
application/json
Body
data
object (AttachmentResponse) 
optional
An attachment object represents any file attached to a task in Asana, whether it’s an uploaded file or one associated via a third-party service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.
created_at
string <date-time>
read-onlyoptional
The time at which this resource was created.
Example:
2012-02-22T02:06:58.147Z
download_url
string <uri> | null 
read-onlyoptional
The URL containing the content of the attachment.
Note: May be null if the attachment is hosted by Box. If present, this URL may only be valid for two minutes from the time of retrieval. You should avoid persisting this URL somewhere and just refresh it on demand to ensure you do not keep stale URLs.
Example:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets/123/Screenshot.png
host
string 
read-onlyoptional
The service hosting the attachment. Valid values are asana, dropbox, gdrive and box.
Example:
dropbox
parent
object 
read-onlyoptional
The task this attachment is attached to.
view_url
string <uri> | null 
read-onlyoptional
The URL where the attachment can be viewed, which may be friendlier to users in a browser than just directing them to a raw file. May be null if no view URL exists for the service.
Example:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/123/Screenshot.png
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 
read-onlyoptional
The name of the file.
Example:
Screenshot.png
resource_subtype
optional
The service hosting the attachment. Valid values are asana, dropbox, gdrive, onedrive, box, and external.
external attachments are a beta feature currently limited to specific integrations.
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Modified at 2022-09-13 02:00:31
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