Get asset upload job
Get the result of an asset upload job that was created using the Create asset upload job API(opens in a new tab or window).
You might need to make multiple requests to this endpoint until you get a success
or failed
status. For more information on the workflow for using asynchronous jobs, see API requests and responses.
HTTP method and URL path
https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /asset-uploads/{jobId}
This operation is rate limited to 180 requests per minute for each user of your integration.
Authentication and authorization
This endpoint requires a valid access token that acts on behalf of a user.
Scopes
The access token must have all the following scopes (permissions):
asset:read
Header parameters
Path parameters
jobId
string
The asset upload job ID.
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}
endpoint:
curl --request GET 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}'
const fetch = require("node-fetch");fetch("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}", {method: "GET",headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}",},}).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/asset-uploads/{jobId}")).header("Authorization", "Bearer {token}").method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody()).build();HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request,HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());System.out.println(response.body());}}
import requestsheaders = {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}"}response = requests.get("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}",headers=headers)print(response.json())
using System.Net.Http;var client = new HttpClient();var request = new HttpRequestMessage{Method = HttpMethod.Get,RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}"),Headers ={{ "Authorization", "Bearer {token}" },},};using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request)){response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();Console.WriteLine(body);};
package mainimport ("fmt""io""net/http")func main() {url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}"req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {token}")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/asset-uploads/{jobId}",CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Authorization: Bearer {token}',),));$response = curl_exec($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/asset-uploads/{jobId}')http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)http.use_ssl = truerequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {token}'response = http.request(request)puts response.read_body
Success response
If successful, the endpoint returns a 200
response with a JSON body with the following parameters:
job
AssetUploadJob
The status of the asset upload job.
id
string
The ID of the asset upload job.
status
string
Status of the asset upload job.
Available values:
failed
in_progress
success
error
AssetUploadError
If the upload fails, this object provides details about the error.
code
string
A short string indicating why the upload failed. This field can be used to handle errors programmatically.
Available values:
file_too_big
import_failed
fetch_failed
message
string
A human-readable description of what went wrong.
asset
Asset
The asset object, which contains metadata about the asset.
type
string
Type of an asset.
Available values:
image
video
id
string
The ID of the asset.
name
string
The name of the asset.
created_at
integer
When the asset was added to Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
updated_at
integer
When the asset was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
thumbnail
Thumbnail
A thumbnail image representing the object.
width
integer
The width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
height
integer
The height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
url
string
A URL for retrieving the thumbnail image. This URL expires after 15 minutes. This URL includes a query string that's required for retrieving the thumbnail.
import_status
ImportStatus
The import status of the asset.
state
string
State of the import job for an uploaded asset.
Available values:
failed
in_progress
success
error
ImportError
If the import fails, this object provides details about the error.
message
string
A human-readable description of what went wrong.
code
string
A short string indicating why the upload failed. This field can be used to handle errors programmatically.
Available values:
file_too_big
import_failed
Example responses
In progress job
{"job": {"id": "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8","status": "in_progress"}}
Successfully completed job
{"job": {"id": "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8","status": "success","asset": {"id": "Msd59349ff","name": "My Awesome Upload","tags": ["image","holiday","best day ever"],"created_at": 1377396000,"updated_at": 1692928800,"thumbnail": {"width": 595,"height": 335,"url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"}}}}
Failed job
{"job": {"id": "e08861ae-3b29-45db-8dc1-1fe0bf7f1cc8","status": "failed","error": {"code": "file_too_big","message": "Failed to import because the file is too big"}}}