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Get a project membership

API Reference

Returns the complete project record for a single project membership.

🚧 Deprecated

This endpoint is now deprecated in favor of the new Get a membership endpoint which offers additional information including team memberships and the access level for each member.

OpenAPI definition

json
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    "description": "This is the interface for interacting with the Asana Platform. Our API reference is generated from our [OpenAPI spec] (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Asana/openapi/master/defs/asana_oas.yaml).",
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      "CustomTypeStatusOptionResponse",
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      "CustomFieldMembershipResponse",
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      "GoalResponse",
      "GoalCompact",
      "GoalMembershipCompact",
      "GoalMembershipBase",
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      "GoalRelationshipResponse",
      "GoalRelationshipCompact",
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      "PortfolioResponse",
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  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Project memberships",
      "description": "With the introduction of “comment-only” projects in Asana, a user’s membership in a project comes with associated permissions. These permissions (i.e., whether a user has full access to the project or comment-only access) are accessible through the project memberships endpoints described here."
    }
  ],
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        "required": false,
        "allowEmptyValue": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "style": "form",
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      },
      "project_membership_path_gid": {
        "name": "project_membership_gid",
        "in": "path",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "1331",
        "x-env-variable": "project_membership"
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            "description": "Message providing more detail about the error that occurred, if available.",
            "example": "project: Missing input"
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      },
      "MemberCompact": {
        "description": "A *member* object represents either a team or user.",
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "gid": {
            "description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "12345",
            "x-insert-after": false
          },
          "resource_type": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The type of the member (team or user)",
            "example": "user"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The name of the member",
            "example": "Greg Sanchez"
          }
        }
      },
      "ProjectCompact": {
        "description": "A *project* represents a prioritized list of tasks in Asana or a board with columns of tasks represented as cards. It exists in a single workspace or organization and is accessible to a subset of users in that workspace or organization, depending on its permissions.",
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "gid": {
            "description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "12345",
            "x-insert-after": false
          },
          "resource_type": {
            "description": "The base type of this resource.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "project",
            "x-insert-after": "gid"
          },
          "name": {
            "description": "Name of the project. This is generally a short sentence fragment that fits on a line in the UI for maximum readability. However, it can be longer.",
            "type": "string",
            "example": "Stuff to buy"
          }
        }
      },
      "ProjectMembershipCompact": {
        "description": "This object describes a team or a user's membership to a project including their level of access (Admin, Editor, Commenter, or Viewer).",
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "gid": {
            "description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "12345",
            "x-insert-after": false
          },
          "resource_type": {
            "description": "The base type of this resource.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "project_membership",
            "x-insert-after": "gid"
          },
          "parent": {
            "description": "[Opt In](/guides/platform/inputoutput-options). The project the user is a member of.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProjectCompact"
          },
          "member": {
            "description": "Member can be a user or a team.",
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/MemberCompact"
          },
          "access_level": {
            "description": "Whether the member has admin, editor, commenter, or viewer access to the project.",
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "admin",
              "editor",
              "commenter",
              "viewer"
            ],
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "admin"
          }
        }
      },
      "ProjectMembershipNormalResponse": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProjectMembershipCompact"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "user": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserCompact"
              },
              "project": {
                "description": "[Opt In](/guides/platform/inputoutput-options). The project the user is a member of.",
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProjectCompact"
              },
              "resource_type": {
                "description": "The base type of this resource.",
                "type": "string",
                "example": "project_membership"
              },
              "write_access": {
                "description": "Whether the member has full access or comment-only access to the project.",
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "full_write",
                  "comment_only"
                ],
                "readOnly": true,
                "example": "full_write"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "UserCompact": {
        "description": "A *user* object represents an account in Asana that can be given access to various workspaces, projects, and tasks.",
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "gid": {
            "description": "Globally unique identifier of the resource, as a string.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "12345",
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          "resource_type": {
            "description": "The base type of this resource.",
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true,
            "example": "user",
            "x-insert-after": "gid"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "*Read-only except when same user as requester*. The user's name.",
            "example": "Greg Sanchez"
          }
        }
      }
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    "securitySchemes": {
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        "type": "http",
        "description": "A personal access token allows access to the api for the user who created it. This should be kept a secret and be treated like a password.",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      },
      "oauth2": {
        "type": "oauth2",
        "description": "We require that applications designed to access the Asana API on behalf of multiple users implement OAuth 2.0.\nAsana supports the Authorization Code Grant flow.",
        "flows": {
          "authorizationCode": {
            "authorizationUrl": "https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_authorize",
            "tokenUrl": "https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_token",
            "refreshUrl": "https://app.asana.com/-/oauth_token",
            "scopes": {
              "default": "Provides access to all endpoints documented in our API reference. If no scopes are requested, this scope is assumed by default.",
              "openid": "Provides access to OpenID Connect ID tokens and the OpenID Connect user info endpoint.",
              "email": "Provides access to the user’s email through the OpenID Connect user info endpoint.",
              "profile": "Provides access to the user’s name and profile photo through the OpenID Connect user info endpoint.",
              "attachments:read": "View access to attachments",
              "attachments:write": "Create and modify access to attachments",
              "attachments:delete": "Delete access to attachments",
              "custom_fields:read": "View access to custom fields",
              "custom_fields:write": "Create and modify access to custom fields",
              "goals:read": "View access to goals",
              "jobs:read": "View access to jobs",
              "ooo_entries:read": "View access to OOO entries",
              "ooo_entries:write": "Create and modify access to OOO entries",
              "ooo_entries:delete": "Delete access to OOO entries",
              "tasks:read": "View access to tasks",
              "tasks:write": "Create and modify access to tasks",
              "tasks:delete": "Delete access to tasks",
              "task_custom_types:read": "View access to task custom types",
              "task_templates:read": "View access to task templates",
              "team_memberships:read": "View access to team memberships",
              "portfolios:read": "View access to portfolios",
              "portfolios:write": "Create and modify access to portfolios",
              "project_templates:read": "View access to project templates",
              "project_portfolio_settings:read": "View access to project portfolio settings",
              "project_portfolio_settings:write": "Create and modify access to project portfolio settings",
              "projects:delete": "Delete access to projects",
              "projects:read": "View access to projects",
              "projects:write": "Create and modify access to projects",
              "roles:read": "View access to roles",
              "roles:write": "Create and modify access to roles",
              "roles:delete": "Delete access to roles",
              "users:read": "View access to users",
              "teams:read": "View access to teams",
              "time_tracking_categories:read": "View access to time tracking categories",
              "time_tracking_categories:write": "Create and modify access to time tracking categories",
              "time_tracking_categories:delete": "Delete access to time tracking categories",
              "time_tracking_entries:read": "View access to time tracking entries",
              "timesheet_approval_statuses:read": "View access to timesheet approval statuses",
              "timesheet_approval_statuses:write": "Create and modify access to timesheet approval statuses",
              "stories:read": "View access to stories",
              "stories:write": "Create and modify access to stories",
              "tags:read": "View access to tags",
              "tags:write": "Create and modify access to tags",
              "webhooks:read": "View access to webhooks",
              "webhooks:write": "Create and modify access to webhooks",
              "webhooks:delete": "Delete access to webhooks",
              "workspaces:read": "View access to workspaces"
            }
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  },
  "paths": {
    "/project_memberships/{project_membership_gid}": {
      "parameters": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/parameters/project_membership_path_gid"
        },
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/parameters/pretty"
        }
      ],
      "get": {
        "summary": "Get a project membership",
        "description": "Returns the complete project record for a single project membership.",
        "tags": [
          "Project memberships"
        ],
        "operationId": "getProjectMembership",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "opt_fields",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "This endpoint returns a resource which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include.",
            "required": false,
            "example": [
              "access_level",
              "member",
              "member.name",
              "parent",
              "parent.name",
              "project",
              "project.name",
              "user",
              "user.name",
              "write_access"
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            "schema": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "access_level",
                  "member",
                  "member.name",
                  "parent",
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                  "project",
                  "project.name",
                  "user",
                  "user.name",
                  "write_access"
                ]
              }
            },
            "style": "form",
            "explode": false
          }
        ],
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          "200": {
            "description": "Successfully retrieved the requested project membership.",
            "content": {
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                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "data": {
                      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProjectMembershipNormalResponse"
                    }
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                }
              }
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          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Unauthorized"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Forbidden"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/NotFound"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
          }
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              "language": "java",
              "install": "<dependency><groupId>com.asana</groupId><artifactId>asana</artifactId><version>1.0.0</version></dependency>",
              "code": "import com.asana.Client;\n\nClient client = Client.accessToken(\"PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN\");\n\nProjectMembership result = client.projectmemberships.getProjectMembership(projectMembershipGid)\n    .option(\"pretty\", true)\n    .execute();"
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              "code": "const Asana = require('asana');\n\nlet client = new Asana.ApiClient();\nclient.authentications.token.accessToken = '<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>';\n\nlet projectMembershipsApiInstance = new Asana.ProjectMembershipsApi(client);\nlet project_membership_gid = \"1331\"; // String | \nlet opts = { \n    'opt_fields': \"access_level,member,member.name,parent,parent.name,project,project.name,user,user.name,write_access\"\n};\nprojectMembershipsApiInstance.getProjectMembership(project_membership_gid, opts).then((result) => {\n    console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + JSON.stringify(result.data, null, 2));\n}, (error) => {\n    console.error(error.response.body);\n});",
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              "code": "const asana = require('asana');\n\nconst client = asana.Client.create().useAccessToken('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN');\n\nclient.projectmemberships.getProjectMembership(projectMembershipGid, {param: \"value\", param: \"value\", opt_pretty: true})\n    .then((result) => {\n        console.log(result);\n    });",
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              "language": "python",
              "install": "pip install asana",
              "code": "import asana\nfrom asana.rest import ApiException\nfrom pprint import pprint\n\nconfiguration = asana.Configuration()\nconfiguration.access_token = '<YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN>'\napi_client = asana.ApiClient(configuration)\n\n# create an instance of the API class\nproject_memberships_api_instance = asana.ProjectMembershipsApi(api_client)\nproject_membership_gid = \"1331\" # str | \nopts = {\n    'opt_fields': \"access_level,member,member.name,parent,parent.name,project,project.name,user,user.name,write_access\", # list[str] | This endpoint returns a resource which excludes some properties by default. To include those optional properties, set this query parameter to a comma-separated list of the properties you wish to include.\n}\n\ntry:\n    # Get a project membership\n    api_response = project_memberships_api_instance.get_project_membership(project_membership_gid, opts)\n    pprint(api_response)\nexcept ApiException as e:\n    print(\"Exception when calling ProjectMembershipsApi->get_project_membership: %s\\n\" % e)",
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            },
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              "install": "pip install asana==3.2.3",
              "code": "import asana\n\nclient = asana.Client.access_token('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')\n\nresult = client.project_memberships.get_project_membership(project_membership_gid, {'param': 'value', 'param': 'value'}, opt_pretty=True)",
              "name": "python-sdk-v3"
            },
            {
              "language": "php",
              "install": "composer require asana/asana",
              "code": "<?php\nrequire 'vendor/autoload.php';\n\n$client = Asana\\Client::accessToken('PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN');\n\n$result = $client->projectmemberships->getProjectMembership($project_membership_gid, array('param' => 'value', 'param' => 'value'), array('opt_pretty' => 'true'))"
            },
            {
              "language": "ruby",
              "install": "gem install asana",
              "code": "require 'asana'\n\nclient = Asana::Client.new do |c|\n    c.authentication :access_token, 'PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'\nend\n\nresult = client.project_memberships.get_project_membership(project_membership_gid: 'project_membership_gid', param: \"value\", param: \"value\", options: {pretty: true})"
            }
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        }
      }
    }
  }
}