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Asset

getTemporaryUrl findFonts openColorSelector requestFontSelection upload

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

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 features.isSupported features.registerOnSupportChange getPlatformInfo notification.addToast requestOpenExternalUrl

User

auth.getCanvaUserToken auth.initOauth Changelog

Changelog for @canva/user

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

2.1.2 - 2025-12-18

Added

Added a CHANGELOG.md to track changes.

Fixed

Corrected documentation for getCanvaUserToken method to reflect that the JWT contains brandId and aud claims, instead of teamId and appId.

2.1.1 - 2025-07-08

Other

Inline documentation improvements.

2.1.0 - 2024-12-15

Added

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

2.0.0 - 2024-09-23

Changed

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

1.0.0 - 2023-12-12

Added

Introduced the @canva/user package which contains methods for authenticating users in Canva Apps.