get-design

Use get-design to fetch an existing design's metadata and links: title, owner, edit and view URLs, thumbnail, timestamps, and page count. It doesn't return the design's text (use get-design-content) or per-page thumbnails (use get-design-pages).

"Who owns the onboarding deck, and when was it last updated?"

Pass the design_id, either a design ID or a full Canva design share URL. Resolve shortlinks with resolve-shortlink first.

IDs, URLs, and tokens below are placeholders; field names and structure are exactly as returned.

{
  "design": {
    "id": "DAF_EXAMPLE",
    "title": "Onboarding Deck",
    "owner": { "user_id": "USER_EXAMPLE", "team_id": "TEAM_EXAMPLE" },
    "thumbnail": {
      "width": 595,
      "height": 335,
      "url": "https://document-export.canva.com/EXAMPLE_THUMBNAIL"
    },
    "urls": {
      "edit_url": "https://www.canva.com/d/EXAMPLE_EDIT",
      "view_url": "https://www.canva.com/d/EXAMPLE_VIEW"
    },
    "created_at": 1784078449,
    "updated_at": 1784078453,
    "page_count": 5,
    "design_types": ["presentation"]
  }
}

Returns a design with its id, title, owner, thumbnail, urls, created_at, updated_at, page_count, and design_types. Give the user the edit_url or view_url to open the design.

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