Get design import job Get the status and results of a design import job, including the imported design.
Gets the result of a design import job created using the Create design import job API .
HTTP method and URL path
GET https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /imports/{jobId}
This operation is rate limited to 120 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
The design import job ID.
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/imports/{jobId}
endpoint:
cURL Node.js Java Python C# Go PHP Ruby
curl --request GET 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/imports/{jobId}' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}'
const fetch = require ( "node-fetch" ) ;
fetch ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/imports/{jobId}" , {
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/imports/{jobId}" ) )
. 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/imports/{jobId}" ,
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/imports/{jobId}" ) ,
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/imports/{jobId}"
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/imports/{jobId}" ,
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/imports/{jobId}' )
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 status of the design import job.
Properties of job
The ID of the design import job.
The status of the design import job. This can be one of the following:
failed
in_progress
success
Properties of result
A list of designs imported from the external file. It usually contains one item.
Imports with a large number of pages or assets are split into multiple designs.
Properties of designs
A temporary set of URLs for viewing or editing the design.
Properties of urls
A temporary editing URL for the design.
A temporary viewing URL for the design.
When the design was created in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix
Epoch).
When the design 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 total number of pages in the design. Some design types don't have pages (for example, Canva docs).
If the import job fails, this object provides details about the error.
Properties of error
A short string about why the import failed. This field can be used to handle errors
programmatically. This can be one of the following:
design_creation_throttled
design_import_throttled
duplicate_import
internal_error
invalid_file
fetch_failed
A human-readable description of what went wrong.
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" ,
"result" : {
"designs" : [
{
"id" : "DAGQm2AkzOk" ,
"title" : "My Awesome Design" ,
"thumbnail" : {
"width" : 376 ,
"height" : 531 ,
"url" : "https://document-export.canva.com/..."
} ,
"urls" : {
"edit_url" : "https://www.canva.com/api/design/..." ,
"view_url" : "https://www.canva.com/api/design/..."
} ,
"created_at" : 1726198998 ,
"updated_at" : 1726199000
}
]
}
}
}
Failed job
{
"job" : {
"id" : "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8" ,
"status" : "failed" ,
"error" : {
"code" : "invalid_file" ,
"message" : "Document couldn't be imported because the file is corrupt."
}
}
}
Try it out