Sync Org files with Asana

This command line tool updates your Org mode agenda files to match your personal Asana workspace:

$ todo-sync org /path/to/init/file.el asana $ASANA_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN

or updates your Asana workspace to match your Org agenda files:

$ todo-sync asana $ASANA_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN org /path/to/init/file.el

Use the -n flag for a dry run.

Requirements

Python 3.6

Earlier versions of Python 3 are probably fine, I just haven’t tested them yet. Python 3.7 is not currently supported due to a bug in the official Asana bindings library.

• asana
• pexpect >= 4.3

Emacs 25.1 or higher

Probably not a hard requirement, I just haven’t tested with any earlier versions.

Org Mode 8.2.4 or higher

Most modern Emacs distributions include Org Mode 9 or higher.

A personal Asana account

This tool may work with other types of accounts, I just haven’t tested it yet.

Install

Install Python Tools

Just use pip!

$ pip install todo-sync

Install Emacs Tools

Emacs

Consult the official installation instructions from the GNU Project.

Org

Your Emacs distribution likely includes a high enough version of Org. You can check from within Emacs with M-x org-version RET. If you need a more recent version, consult the official installation instructions from the Org project.

Todo-Sync’s Library

Install ts-org-interaction.el from this repo to your personal site lisp.

$ cd /path/to/your/site/lisp
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmurph/todo-sync/master/emacs/ts-org-interaction.el

(Optional) Create a Minimal Init File

If you don’t do this, you’ll have to point the tool at your main init file, which just might invoke complicated code that could hang the tool’s Emacs subprocess in difficult-to-debug ways.

Here’s a template that should get you going:

;;; make Org mode available to Emacs
(push "/path/to/org" load-path)

;;; make the downloaded ts-org-interaction library available
(push "/path/to/your/site/lisp" load-path)

;;; set Org agenda file variables
(defvar org-directory "/path/for/relative/filename/expansion")
(defvar org-agenda-files '("relative/path/to/first/file"
                           "relative/path/to/second/file"
                           "/absolute/path/to/third/file"
                           "etc"))

Get your Asana Token

Follow this link to your Account Settings dialog or click your picture in the Asana application and navigate to the “My Profile Settings” link, where you can find the “Apps” tab. At the bottom of this tab there is a “Manage Developer Apps” link.

Follow the steps to “Create New Personal Access Token” and save it someplace secure where the command line tool can find it.

License

Distributed under the terms of the GPLv3 license.