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API reference

Asset

getTemporaryUrl findFonts openColorSelector requestFontSelection upload Changelog

Design

addAudioTrack addElementAtCursor

addElementAtPoint

bulkCreate.launch createRichtextRange editContent

getCurrentPageContext getDesignMetadata

getDesignTemplateMetadata

getDesignToken initAppElement

overlay.registerOnCanOpen publish.launch requestExport selection.registerOnChange setCurrentPageBackground ui.startDragToCursor ui.startDragToPoint

Intents

Intents: Asset

prepareUrlExpander

Intents: Content

prepareContentPublisher

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

App middleware

initUserTokenVerifier

initDesignTokenVerifier

TokenVerificationError

App middleware: Express

tokenExtractors

user.verifyToken

design.verifyToken

Changelog for @canva/design@beta

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

2.8.1-beta.0 - 2026-05-11

Changed

Introduced a new property to DesignMetadata that lists all the dataset fields in the current document. These are fields that were tagged for bulk create or brand templates mapping, and are only available in FIXED designs. The list will come empty if no fields are available.

Added

Introduce trim and imageBox optional properties on VideoElement to beta, enabling apps to control video playback timing (start/end points in seconds) and crop the visible portion of a video.

2.7.6-beta.2 - 2026-02-01

Added

Beta version of getDesignMetadata has been evolved to include page type and page title for supported page types.

2.7.6-beta.1 - 2026-01-18

Added

Beta versions of addElementAtPoint, initAppElement, and addPage now support trim and imageBox on video elements.
New API publish.launch to launch the content publisher
New API bulkCreate.launch to open the Bulk Create experience with the Data Connector intent open.
Added a CHANGELOG.md to track changes.
New API getDesignTemplateMetadata in beta to return template metadata for a design that has used a template.

2.7.6-beta.0 - 2025-11-12

Initial changelog for the Preview Design SDK.