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Delete a task
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A specific, existing task can be deleted by making a DELETE request on the URL for that task. Deleted tasks go into the “trash” of the user making the delete request. Tasks can be recovered from the trash within a period of 30 days; afterward they are completely removed from the system.

Returns an empty data record.

Created by hugo697 192 days ago Viewed 5946 times
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Submitted by hugo697 Typescript (fetch-only)
Verified 192 days ago
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type Asana = {
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  token: string;
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};
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/**
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 * Delete a task
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 * A specific, existing task can be deleted by making a DELETE request on
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the URL for that task. Deleted tasks go into the “trash” of the user
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making the delete request. Tasks can be recovered from the trash within a
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period of 30 days; afterward they are completely removed from the system.
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Returns an empty data record.
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 */
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export async function main(
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  auth: Asana,
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  task_gid: string,
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  opt_pretty: string | undefined,
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  opt_fields: string | undefined
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) {
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  const url = new URL(`https://app.asana.com/api/1.0/tasks/${task_gid}`);
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  for (const [k, v] of [
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    ["opt_pretty", opt_pretty],
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    ["opt_fields", opt_fields],
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  ]) {
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    if (v !== undefined && v !== "") {
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      url.searchParams.append(k, v);
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    }
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  }
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  const response = await fetch(url, {
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    method: "DELETE",
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    headers: {
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      Authorization: "Bearer " + auth.token,
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    },
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    body: undefined,
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  });
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  if (!response.ok) {
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    const text = await response.text();
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    throw new Error(`${response.status} ${text}`);
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  }
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  return await response.json();
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}
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