Creating designs

If you followed the steps for creating a Canva Button with the HTML API, the generated code provides a Button that, when clicked, creates a new design in the Canva editor:

<button
  data-design-type="Poster"
  data-api-key="API KEY GOES HERE"
  class="canva-design-button"
  style="display: none;"
  >Design with Canva</button
>
<script>
  (function (c, a, n) {
    var w = c.createElement(a),
      s = c.getElementsByTagName(a)[0];
    w.src = n;
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(w, s);
  })(document, "script", "https://sdk.canva.com/designbutton/v2/api.js");
</script>

The presence of the data-design-type attribute on the button element tells Canva that clicking the Button should create a new design.

The value of the data-design-type attribute determines the design type of the created design. The design type determines:

• the dimensions of the design
• the templates that Canva shows to the user

For a complete list of the supported design types, refer to Design types.