Connect Canva to your AI agent
Canva offers a drag-and-drop design suite for creating social media graphics, presentations, and marketing materials with prebuilt templates and a vast element library
We set up the connection using your own Canva account, with keys you control, and keep it running. Your agent picks it up and starts doing the work.
Actions
What your agent can do in Canva
Each one is a real action the agent can take on its own, the same things a person clicking around Canva could do. Read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against your policy.
- Access user specific brand templates list Lists brand templates available to the user (Canva Enterprise only). This endpoint retrieves all brand templates the user has access to. Brand templates are pre-designed layouts with variable data fields that can be pop…
- Create Asset Upload Job Uploads an asset file to the user's Canva content library. This endpoint initiates an asynchronous upload job for images, videos, audio files, PDFs, or fonts. Returns a job ID to track the upload progress. Once complete…
- Create Canva Design Export Job (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use CANVA_POST_EXPORTS instead. Exports a Canva design to various file formats. This endpoint initiates an asynchronous export job for designs. Supports image formats (PNG, JPG, GIF), documents (PDF, PPTX),…
- Create canva design with optional asset (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use CANVA_POST_DESIGNS instead. Creates a new Canva design with specified dimensions or from an asset. This endpoint creates a design using either a preset type (doc, presentation, whiteboard), custom dimens…
- Create comment reply in design This preview API allows replying to comments within a design on Canva, with a limit of 100 replies per comment. Users should note potential unannounced changes, and that preview APIs are not eligible for public integrat…
- Create design comment in preview api Creates a new comment thread on a Canva design. This preview API allows adding text comments to designs for collaboration and feedback. Returns the created comment with ID, author info, and timestamp. Comments can be re…
- Create Design Import Job Imports an external file as a new Canva design. This endpoint converts documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and design files (PSD, AI) into editable Canva designs. The import runs asynchronously and returns a job ID…
- Create Design Resize Job Creates a resized copy of an existing design (Canva Pro/Enterprise only). This endpoint creates a new design with different dimensions from an existing one. The resize operation runs asynchronously and preserves content…
- Create URL Asset Upload Job Tool to create an asynchronous Canva asset import job from a public URL. Use when you need to import an asset into Canva directly from a publicly accessible URL without S3 choreography.
- Delete asset by id You can delete an asset by specifying its `assetId`. This operation mirrors the behavior in the Canva UI. Deleting an item moves it to the trash. Deleting an asset doesn't remove it from designs that already use it.
- Exchange oauth 2 0 access or refresh token The OAuth 2.0 endpoint issues time-limited (4-hour) access tokens of up to 4KB for user authorization via codes or refresh tokens. It requires client ID/secret for authentication.
- Fetch asset upload job status Polls for asset upload job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_ASSET_UPLOAD_JOB to check the upload progress. Repeatedly call this endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received to get the final as…
- Fetch canva connect signing public keys The API for verifying Canva webhooks, 'connect/keys,' is in preview, meaning unstable, not for public integrations, and provides a rotating JWK for signature verification to prevent replay attacks. Cache keys for effici…
- Fetch current user details Returns the User ID, Team ID, and display name of the user account associated with the provided access token.
- Fetch design metadata and access information Gets the metadata for a design. This includes owner information, URLs for editing and viewing, and thumbnail information.
- Get design comment thread replies Retrieves a list of replies for a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to view all replies in a specific thread.
- Get specific design comment reply Retrieves a specific reply to a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to view details of a particular reply.
- Get design export job result Polls for design export job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_CANVA_DESIGN_EXPORT_JOB to check the export progress. Call this endpoint repeatedly until the job is complete to receive download links for the…
- Get designs designid comments threadid Retrieves metadata for a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to get details about a specific thread including content, author, timestamps, and status.
- Get design export formats Lists available file formats for exporting a design. Use this to check which export formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, PPTX, GIF, MP4) are supported for a specific design.
- Get URL asset upload job status Tool to retrieve the status and result of a URL-based asset upload job. Use this after creating a URL asset upload job to check progress and retrieve the uploaded asset ID when successful.
- Get URL import job status Polls for URL import job completion status. Use this after creating a URL import job to check the import progress. Repeatedly call this endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received to get the final imported…
- Get user capabilities Lists the API capabilities for the user account associated with the provided access token. Use when you need to check what features are available based on the user's Canva plan.
- Initiate canva design autofill job Upcoming brand template ID updates require migration within 6 months. Canva Enterprise users can auto-fill designs using various data types, including experimental chart data. Monitor jobs with specific API.
- List design pages with pagination Preview API for Canva: subject to unannounced changes and not for public integrations. Lists metadata for design pages with optional `offset` and `limit`; not applicable to all design types.
- List folder items by type with sorting Lists the items in a folder, including each item's `type`. Folders can contain: - Other folders. - Designs, such as Instagram posts, Presentations, and Documents ([Canva Docs](https://www.canva.com/create/documents/)).…
- List User Designs Provides a summary of Canva user designs, includes search filtering, and allows showing both self-created and shared designs with sorting options.
- Move item to specified folder Transfers an item to a different folder by specifying both the destination folder's ID and the item's ID. If the item is in various folders, an error occurs; manual relocation via Canva UI is required.
- Create new Canva design Creates a new Canva design with preset type or custom dimensions. Use when creating new designs for docs, presentations, whiteboards, or with specific pixel dimensions. Optionally insert an image asset into the design.…
- Post designs designid comments Creates a comment thread on a Canva design. Use when you need to add feedback or collaboration comments to a specific design. Rate limited to 100 requests per minute per user.
- Create reply to comment thread Tool to create a reply to a comment or suggestion thread on a Canva design. Use when you need to respond to existing comments or suggestions. Maximum 100 replies per thread allowed.
- Start design export job Starts a new asynchronous job to export a Canva design file. Use when exporting designs to various formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, PPTX, MP4). Returns a job ID that can be used to poll for completion status and download UR…
- Create folder Tool to create a folder in Canva. Use when you need to organize designs, assets, or create nested folder structures in a user's projects or uploads folder.
- Create URL Import Job Tool to start an asynchronous job to import an external file from a URL as a new design in Canva. Use when you need to import a design from a publicly accessible URL. This is an async operation; poll the job status usin…
- Remove folder and move contents to trash Deletes a folder by moving the user's content to Trash and reassigning other users' content to their top-level projects.
- Retrieve app public key set Returns the Json Web Key Set (public keys) of an app. These keys are used to verify JWTs sent to app backends.
- Retrieve asset metadata by id You can retrieve the metadata of an asset by specifying its `assetId`.
- Retrieve brand template dataset definition Canva's brand template IDs will change later this year, including a 6-month integration migration. API access requires Enterprise membership, providing autofill for images, text, and charts, although chart data could ch…
- Retrieve canva enterprise brand template metadata Upcoming update will change brand template IDs; integrations must migrate within 6 months. API use requires Canva Enterprise membership.
- Retrieve design autofill job status API users with Canva Enterprise membership can retrieve design autofill job results, potentially requiring multiple requests until a `success` or `failed` status is received.
- Retrieve design import job status Polls for design import job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_DESIGN_IMPORT_JOB to check the import progress. Repeatedly call this endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received to get the final…
- Retrieve Design Resize Job Status Retrieves the status and results of a design resize job. Polls for design resize job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_DESIGN_RESIZE_JOB to check the resize progress. Keep polling until status is 'success'…
- Retrieve folder details by id Gets the name and other details of a folder using a folder's `folderID`.
- Retrieveuserprofiledata Currently, this returns the display name of the user account associated with the provided access token. More user information is expected to be included in the future.
- Revoke oauth tokens Revoke a refresh token to end its lineage and user consent, requiring re-authentication. Authenticate using either basic access with Base64-encoded credentials or body parameters with client ID and secret.
- Update asset s name and tags by id You can update the name and tags of an asset by specifying its `assetId`. Updating the tags replaces all existing tags of the asset.
- Update folder details by id Updates a folder's details using its `folderID`. Currently, you can only update a folder's name.
- Validate oauth token properties Check an access token's validity and properties via introspection, requiring authentication. Use Basic access (Base64 encoded `client_id:client_secret`) or body parameters for credentialing.
Setup
How we connect it
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Connect your account
You log in with your own Canva account. We never see your password, and you can revoke access from Canva at any time.
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Set the guardrails
Read-only by default. You choose which write actions the agent may take, and anything outside that policy gets confirmed with you first.
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We keep it running
Health checks on every connection, updates handled for you, and we watch the first week of activity to make sure the work lands.
FAQ
Canva questions, answered.
You sign in with your own Canva account. Permissions are scoped to the minimum the agent needs, the connection is health-checked, and you can revoke access from Canva at any time.
The actions Canva's API allows, the same things a person clicking around the app could do. Connections start read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against the policy you set before the agent takes them.
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included, some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
Standard tools are ready inside 7 business days of the setup call. We test the connection end to end, walk you through how the agent uses it, and watch the first week of activity.
Ready to put Canva to work?
Tell us what your team runs on. We set up the connection, secure it, and your agent takes it from there.
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