Creates a new Canva design. To create a new design, you can either:
- Use a preset design type.
- Set height and width dimensions for a custom design.
Additionally, you can also provide the asset_id
of an asset in the user's projects(opens in a new tab or window) to add to the new design. Currently, this only supports image assets. To list the assets in a folder in the user's projects, use the List folder items API.
HTTP method and URL path
https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /designs
This operation is rate limited to 20 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):
design:content:write
For more information, see Scopes.
Header parameters
Content-Type
string
Indicates the media type of the information sent in the request. This must be set to application/json
.
For example: Content-Type: application/json
Body parameters
design_type
DesignTypeInput
The desired design type.
Properties of design_type
type
string
This can be one of the following:
preset
: Provide the common design type.custom
: Provide the width and height to define a custom design type.
name
string
The name of the design type. This can be one of the following:
doc
: A Canva doc(opens in a new tab or window); a document for Canva's online text editor.whiteboard
: A whiteboard(opens in a new tab or window); a design which gives you infinite space to collaborate.presentation
: A presentation(opens in a new tab or window); lets you create and collaborate for presenting to an audience.
width
integer
The width of the design (in pixels). Minimum 40px, maximum 8000px.
height
integer
The height of the design (in pixels). Minimum 40px, maximum 8000px.
asset_id
string
The ID of an asset to insert into the created design. Currently, this only supports image assets.
title
string
The name of the design. Must be less than 256 characters.
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/designs
endpoint:
curl --request POST 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data '{"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}'
const fetch = require("node-fetch");fetch("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs", {method: "POST",headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}","Content-Type": "application/json",},body: JSON.stringify({"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}),}).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/designs")).header("Authorization", "Bearer {token}").header("Content-Type", "application/json").method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"design_type\": {\"type\": \"preset\", \"name\": \"doc\"}, \"asset_id\": \"Msd59349ff\", \"title\": \"My Holiday Presentation\"}")).build();HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request,HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());System.out.println(response.body());}}
import requestsheaders = {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}","Content-Type": "application/json"}data = {"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}response = requests.post("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs",headers=headers,json=data)print(response.json())
using System.Net.Http;var client = new HttpClient();var request = new HttpRequestMessage{Method = HttpMethod.Post,RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"),Headers ={{ "Authorization", "Bearer {token}" },},Content = new StringContent("{\"design_type\": {\"type\": \"preset\", \"name\": \"doc\"}, \"asset_id\": \"Msd59349ff\", \"title\": \"My Holiday Presentation\"}",Encoding.UTF8,"application/json"),};using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request)){response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();Console.WriteLine(body);};
package mainimport ("fmt""io""net/http""strings")func main() {payload := strings.NewReader(`{"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}`)url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {token}")req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")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/designs",CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Authorization: Bearer {token}','Content-Type: application/json',),CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["design_type" => ["type" => "preset","name" => "doc"],"asset_id" => "Msd59349ff","title" => "My Holiday Presentation"])));$response = curl_exec($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/designs')http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)http.use_ssl = truerequest = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {token}'request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'request.body = <<REQUEST_BODY{"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}REQUEST_BODYresponse = 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:
design
Design
The design object, which contains metadata about the design.
Properties of design
id
string
The design ID.
owner
TeamUserSummary
Metadata for the user, consisting of the User ID and Team ID.
Properties of owner
user_id
string
The ID of the user.
team_id
string
The ID of the user's Canva Team.
urls
DesignLinks
A temporary set of URLs for viewing or editing the design.
Properties of urls
edit_url
string
A temporary editing URL for the design.
This is not a permanent URL, it is only valid for 30 days.
view_url
string
A temporary viewing URL for the design.
This is not a permanent URL, it is only valid for 30 days.
created_at
integer
When the design was created in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
updated_at
integer
When the design was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
title
string
The design title.
thumbnail
Thumbnail
A thumbnail image representing the object.
Properties of thumbnail
width
integer
The width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
height
integer
The height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
url
string
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.
page_count
integer
The total number of pages in the design. Some design types don't have pages (for example, Canva docs).
Example response
{"design": {"id": "DAFVztcvd9z","title": "My summer holiday","owner": {"user_id": "auDAbliZ2rQNNOsUl5OLu","team_id": "Oi2RJILTrKk0KRhRUZozX"},"thumbnail": {"width": 595,"height": 335,"url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"},"urls": {"edit_url": "https://www.canva.com/api/design/{token}/edit","view_url": "https://www.canva.com/api/design/{token}/view"},"created_at": 1377396000,"updated_at": 1692928800,"page_count": 5}}