How to integrate asana with intellij

Question

I want to add Asana to my intellij IDE.

Right now I am using the web client, however it would be easier to work directly through the IDE.

I read the intellij help pages and they directed me to go to settings - tasks and fill in the details. However, when i fill in the details, and click "test"

It says the test failed - unauthorized. I tried looking for help on the Asana blog, but found nothing.

What am I missing ?

Answer 1

Everything you need in March 2020 is:

1. Go to "My Profile Settings" -> "Apps" -> "Manage Developer Apps"
2. Click "New access token" and create a new token. Give it a name, like "Task Server" and note it down (it's shown only once!)
3. Done for now in Asana. Open the IDE and open "Preferences" -> "Tools" -> "Tasks". Increase the connection timeout:
4. Go to the "Preferences" -> "Tools" -> "Tasks" -> "Servers" and add new "Asana [G]" server. Open the "Server configuration" tab and click "Manage Template Variables". Add a workspace variable. Check "Show on first tab" for convenience:
5. Click "Ok" and change "Tasks List URL" to {serverUrl}/tasks?workspace={workspace}&assignee=me:
6. Change id and singleTask-id properties in "Server Configuration" to gid and data.gid:
7. Finally, go to the "General" tab and fill in the details.

Username is your access token. Project ID and Workspace can be taken from URL of project's home and workspace's home. Read more about the REST API in the docs.

Answer 2

What are you putting in "Username" and "Password"? It should require your API key (which you can find from "Account Settings" in the lower left > "Apps" tab > "API Key" link at bottom) as the username and no password (the API key fulfills the purpose of identifying and authorizing you).