Move folder item Move an item from one folder to another.
Moves an item to another folder. You must specify the folder ID of the destination folder, as well as the ID of the item you want to move.
In some situations, a single item can exist in multiple folders. If you attempt to move an item that exists in multiple folders, the API returns an item_in_multiple_folders
error. In this case, you must use the Canva UI to move the item to another folder.
HTTP method and URL path
POST https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /folders /move
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}
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
The ID of the folder you want to move the item to (the destination folder).
If you want to move the item to the top level of a Canva user's
projects , use the ID root
.
The ID of the item you want to move.
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/folders/move
endpoint:
cURL Node.js Java Python C# Go PHP Ruby
curl --request POST 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/folders/move' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"to_folder_id": "FAF2lZtloor",
"item_id": "Msd59349ff"
}'
const fetch = require ( "node-fetch" ) ;
fetch ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/folders/move" , {
method : "POST" ,
headers : {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}" ,
"Content-Type" : "application/json" ,
} ,
body : JSON . stringify ( {
"to_folder_id" : "FAF2lZtloor" ,
"item_id" : "Msd59349ff"
} ) ,
} )
. 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/folders/move" ) )
. header ( "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" )
. header ( "Content-Type" , "application/json" )
. method ( "POST" , HttpRequest . BodyPublishers . ofString ( "{\"to_folder_id\": \"FAF2lZtloor\", \"item_id\": \"Msd59349ff\"}" ) )
. build ( ) ;
HttpResponse < String > response = HttpClient . newHttpClient ( ) . send (
request ,
HttpResponse . BodyHandlers . ofString ( )
) ;
System . out . println ( response . body ( ) ) ;
}
}
import requests
headers = {
"Authorization" : "Bearer {token}" ,
"Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
data = {
"to_folder_id" : "FAF2lZtloor" ,
"item_id" : "Msd59349ff"
}
response = requests . post ( "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/folders/move" ,
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/folders/move" ) ,
Headers =
{
{ "Authorization" , "Bearer {token}" } ,
} ,
Content = new StringContent (
"{\"to_folder_id\": \"FAF2lZtloor\", \"item_id\": \"Msd59349ff\"}" ,
Encoding . UTF8 ,
"application/json"
) ,
} ;
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"
"strings"
)
func main ( ) {
payload := strings . NewReader ( `{
"to_folder_id": "FAF2lZtloor",
"item_id": "Msd59349ff"
}` )
url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/folders/move"
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/folders/move" ,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST" ,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true ,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array (
'Authorization: Bearer {token}' ,
'Content-Type: application/json' ,
) ,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode ( [
"to_folder_id" => "FAF2lZtloor" ,
"item_id" => "Msd59349ff"
] )
) ) ;
$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/folders/move' )
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/json'
request . body = << REQUEST_BODY
{
"to_folder_id": "FAF2lZtloor",
"item_id": "Msd59349ff"
}
REQUEST_BODY
response = http . request ( request )
puts response . read_body
Success response
If successful, the endpoint returns the status code 204 No content
without a response body.
Try it out