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Asset

getTemporaryUrl findFonts openColorSelector requestFontSelection upload Changelog

Design

addAudioTrack addElementAtCursor addElementAtPoint addNativeElement

addPage createRichtextRange editContent getCurrentPageContext getDefaultPageDimensions

getDesignMetadata getDesignToken initAppElement openDesign overlay.registerOnCanOpen requestExport selection.registerOnChange setCurrentPageBackground ui.startDragToCursor ui.startDragToPoint ui.startDrag

Error

Intents: data

prepareDataConnector

Intents: design

prepareDesignEditor

Platform

appProcess appProcess.broadcastMessage appProcess.current appProcess.current.getInfo appProcess.current.requestClose appProcess.current.setOnDispose appProcess.requestClose appProcess.registerOnMessage appProcess.registerOnStateChange Changelog features.isSupported features.registerOnSupportChange getPlatformInfo notification.addToast requestOpenExternalUrl

User

auth.getCanvaUserToken auth.initOauth Changelog

Changelog for @canva/platform

The latest changes for the Canva Apps SDK @canva/platform package.

2.2.1 - 2026-01-19

Added

Added a CHANGELOG.md to track changes.

2.2.0 - 2025-06-25

Added

Added the notification.addToast method from the Notification API which allows apps to display lightweight toast messages in the Canva editor.

2.1.0 - 2024-12-15

Added

Introduced a test harness to allow for unit testing of the package.

2.0.0 - 2024-09-19

Changed

Breaking: See Apps SDK Migration Guide for full list of changes.

1.1.0 - 2024-05-06

Added

Added appProcess under @canva/platform which was previously in beta (moved from preview to stable).

1.0.1 - 2023-12-12

Added

Introduced @canva/platform package which contains the requestOpenExternalUrl and getPlatformInfo methods.