Setup
Connect to your Asana app for OAuth.
To setup your Asana app in Cobalt for OAuth, you will need the following credentials from your Asana Developer Console:
- Client ID
- Client Secret
- Scopes
Pre-requisites
- Asana Developer Console. You can create one here.
Creating an app in Asana
To create a Asana app and aquire the above mentioned credentials, please follow the steps mentioned below:
- Log in to your Asana Developer Console.
- Under
My apps
, click on theCreate new app
button.
![Navigation for App setup](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Asana/asana_navigation.png)
- Enter the
App name
for your application, select description for app and click onCreate app
. - Go to your
Apps catalog
in Cobalt > Search forAsana
>Settings
>Use your credentials
>Callback Url
> Copy it. - In the OAuth app, navigate to
OAuth
under Configure in the side menu > Click on+ Add redirect URL
> Paste the Callback Url > Click onAdd
. - Click on
Manage distribution
in the side menu and choose a distribution method based on your requirements.
![Setting up Asana Developer app](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Asana/asana_config.png)
Learn more about app distribution here.
- Navigate to
Basic information
and copy the Client ID and Client Secret.
![Getting Credentials](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Asana/asana_credentials.png)
Configuring credentials in Cobalt
App settings page lets you configure the authentication settings for an OAuth2
based application. For your customers to provide you authorization to access their data,
they would first need to install your application. This page lets you set up your application credentials.
![Setting up application client credentials](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/cobalt-55/images/Asana/asana_cobalt.png)
Cobalt lets you use pre-configured applications to play around. You can do so by selecting Use our credentials
. However, if you wish to use your own application,
select Use your own credentials
. Provide the aquired Client Id and Client secret and save it.
Actions and triggers
Once the above setup is completed, you can create orchestrations of your use-cases using Asana actions and triggers. Following are the set of Asana actions and triggers supported by Cobalt.