📅 2024-12-17 — Session: Integrated Motion API Task Fetching with Workflows
🕒 17:15–19:00
🏷️ Labels: Api Integration, Python, Task Management, Automation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary aim of this session was to integrate the Motion App API’s task-fetching capabilities into structured workflows, enhancing task management efficiency through automation.
Key Activities
- API Integration: Developed Python scripts to interact with the Motion App API, focusing on task retrieval using the ‘List Tasks’ endpoint. This included handling pagination and converting the JSON response into a Pandas DataFrame for analysis.
- Error Resolution: Addressed an ‘InvalidStateError’ in VS Code by clearing cache and updating extensions.
- Data Management: Implemented functions to filter tasks based on timestamps and manage timezone mismatches in Pandas DataFrames.
- Workflow Integration: Outlined and implemented workflows for integrating the task-fetching script with roles like Chief of Staff, focusing on task filtering and synchronization.
Achievements
- Successfully retrieved and processed tasks from the Motion API, overcoming limitations such as lack of server-side filtering.
- Enhanced the robustness of data handling by updating code for column presence checks and timezone consistency.
- Established a structured workflow for task management, improving decision-making and productivity.