Get asset Get the metadata for an asset in the user's Project.
You can retrieve the metadata of an asset by specifying its assetId
.
HTTP method and URL path
GET https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /assets/{assetId}
This operation is rate limited to 100 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}
Path parameters
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/assets/{assetId}
endpoint:
cURL Node.js Java Python C# Go PHP Ruby
curl --request GET 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}'
const fetch = require ( "node-fetch" ) ;
fetch ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" , {
method : "GET" ,
headers : {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}" ,
} ,
} )
. 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 . * ;
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/assets/{assetId}" ) )
. header ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
. method ( "GET" , HttpRequest . BodyPublishers . noBody ( ) )
. build ( ) ;
HttpResponse < String > response = HttpClient . newHttpClient ( ) . send (
request ,
HttpResponse . BodyHandlers . ofString ( )
) ;
System . out . println ( response . body ( ) ) ;
}
}
import requests
headers = {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}"
}
response = requests . get ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" ,
headers = headers
)
print ( response . json ( ) )
using System . Net . Http ;
var client = new HttpClient ( ) ;
var request = new HttpRequestMessage
{
Method = HttpMethod . Get ,
RequestUri = new Uri ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}" ) ,
Headers =
{
{ "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" } ,
} ,
} ;
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"
)
func main ( ) {
url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/assets/{assetId}"
req , _ := http . NewRequest ( "GET" , url , nil )
req . Header . Add ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
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/assets/{assetId}" ,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET" ,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true ,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array (
'Authorization: Bearer {token}' ,
) ,
) ) ;
$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/assets/{assetId}' )
http = Net :: HTTP . new ( url . host , url . port )
http . use_ssl = true
request = Net :: HTTP :: Get . new ( url )
request [ 'Authorization' ] = 'Bearer {token}'
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 asset object, which contains metadata about the asset.
Properties of asset
Type of an asset. Support for video
assets is currently provided as a preview .
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 response
{
"asset" : {
"type" : "image" ,
"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>"
}
}
}
Try it out