Starts a new job to upload an asset to a user's content library.
The request format for this endpoint is an application/octet-stream
body of bytes. Attach
information about the upload using an Asset-Upload-Metadata
header.
You can check the status and get the results of asset upload jobs created with this API using the Get asset upload job API .
HTTP method and URL path
POST https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /asset-uploads
This operation is rate limited to 30 requests per minute for each user of your integration.
Authentication
This endpoint requires a valid access token that acts on behalf of a user. The token must have the following scopes (permissions):
For more information, see Scopes .
Provides credentials to authenticate the request, in the form of a Bearer
token.
For example: Authorization: Bearer {token}
Indicates the media type of the information sent in the request. This must be set to application/octet-stream
.
For example: Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Body parameters
Binary of the asset to upload.
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/asset-uploads
endpoint:
cURL Node.js Java Python C# Go PHP Ruby
curl --request POST 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \
--header 'Asset-Upload-Metadata: { "name_base64": "TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==" }' \
--data-binary '@/path/to/file'
const fetch = require ( "node-fetch" ) ;
const fs = require ( "fs" ) ;
fetch ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads" , {
method : "POST" ,
headers : {
"Asset-Upload-Metadata" : JSON . stringify ( { "name_base64" : "TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==" } ) ,
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}" ,
"Content-Length" : fs . statSync ( "/path/to/file" ) . size ,
"Content-Type" : "application/octet-stream" ,
} ,
body : fs . createReadStream ( "/path/to/file" ) ,
} )
. then ( async ( response ) => {
const data = await response . json ( ) ;
console . log ( data ) ;
} )
. catch ( err => console . error ( err ) ) ;
import java . io . IOException ;
import java . net . URI ;
import java . net . http . * ;
import java . nio . file . Paths ;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main ( String [ ] args ) throws IOException , InterruptedException {
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest . newBuilder ( )
. uri ( URI . create ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads" ) )
. header ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
. header ( "Content-Type" , "application/octet-stream" )
. header ( "Asset-Upload-Metadata" , "{ \"name_base64\": \"TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==\" }" )
. method ( "POST" , HttpRequest . BodyPublishers . ofFile ( Paths . get ( "/path/to/file" ) ) )
. build ( ) ;
HttpResponse < String > response = HttpClient . newHttpClient ( ) . send (
request ,
HttpResponse . BodyHandlers . ofString ( )
) ;
System . out . println ( response . body ( ) ) ;
}
}
import requests
import json
headers = {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}" ,
"Content-Type" : "application/octet-stream" ,
"Asset-Upload-Metadata" : json . dumps ( { "name_base64" : "TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==" } )
}
with open ( "/path/to/file" , "rb" ) as file :
response = requests . post ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads" ,
headers = headers ,
data = file
)
print ( response . json ( ) )
using System . Net . Http ;
using System . Net . Http . Headers ;
var client = new HttpClient ( ) ;
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod . Post ,
RequestUri = new Uri ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads" ) ,
Headers =
{
{ "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" } ,
{ "Asset-Upload-Metadata" , "{ \"name_base64\": \"TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==\" }" } ,
} ,
Content = new StreamContent ( File . OpenRead ( "/path/to/file" ) )
{
Headers =
{
ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue ( "application/octet-stream" ) ,
}
} ,
} ;
using ( var response = await client . SendAsync ( request ) )
{
response . EnsureSuccessStatusCode ( ) ;
var body = await response . Content . ReadAsStringAsync ( ) ;
Console . WriteLine ( body ) ;
} ;
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"os"
)
func main ( ) {
payload , _ := os . Open ( "/path/to/file" )
defer payload . Close ( )
url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads"
req , _ := http . NewRequest ( "POST" , url , payload )
req . Header . Add ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
req . Header . Add ( "Content-Type" , "application/octet-stream" )
req . Header . Add ( "Asset-Upload-Metadata" , "{ \"name_base64\": \"TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==\" }" )
res , _ := http . DefaultClient . Do ( req )
defer res . Body . Close ( )
body , _ := io . ReadAll ( res . Body )
fmt . Println ( string ( body ) )
}
$curl = curl_init ( ) ;
curl_setopt_array ( $curl , array (
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads" ,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST" ,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true ,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array (
'Authorization: Bearer {token}' ,
'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' ,
'Asset-Upload-Metadata: { "name_base64": "TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==" }' ,
) ,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => file_get_contents ( "/path/to/file" )
) ) ;
$response = curl_exec ( $curl ) ;
$err = curl_error ( $curl ) ;
curl_close ( $curl ) ;
if ( empty ( $err ) ) {
echo $response ;
} else {
echo "Error: " . $err ;
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
url = URI ( 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads' )
http = Net :: HTTP . new ( url . host , url . port )
http . use_ssl = true
request = Net :: HTTP :: Post . new ( url )
request [ 'Authorization' ] = 'Bearer {token}'
request [ 'Content-Type' ] = 'application/octet-stream'
request [ 'Asset-Upload-Metadata' ] = '{ "name_base64": "TXkgQXdlc29tZSBVcGxvYWQg8J+agA==" }'
request . body = File . read ( '/path/to/file' )
response = http . request ( request )
puts response . read_body
Success response
If successful, the endpoint returns a 200
response with a JSON body with the following parameters:
The status of the asset upload job.
Properties of job
The ID of the asset upload job.
Status of the asset upload job. This can be one of the following:
failed
in_progress
success
If the upload fails, this object provides details about the error.
Properties of error
A short string indicating why the upload failed. This field can be used to handle errors
programmatically. This can be one of the following:
file_too_big
import_failed
A human-readable description of what went wrong.
The asset object, which contains metadata about the asset.
Properties of asset
Type of an asset. Currently, this only supports image
assets. Support for video
assets is coming in the future.
When the asset was added to Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix
Epoch).
When the asset was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the
Unix Epoch).
A thumbnail image representing the object.
Properties of thumbnail
The width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
The height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
A URL for retrieving the thumbnail image.
This URL expires after 15 minutes. This URL includes a query string
that's required for retrieving the thumbnail.
The import status of the asset.
Properties of import_status
State of the import job for an uploaded asset. This can be one of the following:
failed
in_progress
success
If the import fails, this object provides details about the error.
Properties of error
A human-readable description of what went wrong.
A short string indicating why the upload failed. This field can be used to handle errors programmatically. This can be one of the following:
file_too_big
import_failed
Example responses
In progress job
{
"job" : {
"id" : "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8" ,
"status" : "in_progress"
}
}
Successfully completed job
{
"job" : {
"id" : "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8" ,
"status" : "success" ,
"asset" : {
"id" : "Msd59349ff" ,
"name" : "My Awesome Upload" ,
"tags" : [
"image" ,
"holiday" ,
"best day ever"
] ,
"created_at" : 1377396000 ,
"updated_at" : 1692928800 ,
"thumbnail" : {
"width" : 595 ,
"height" : 335 ,
"url" : "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"
}
}
}
}
Failed job
{
"job" : {
"id" : "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8" ,
"status" : "failed" ,
"error" : {
"code" : "file_too_big" ,
"message" : "Failed to import because the file is too big"
}
}
}
Try it out