Create design
Creates a new Canva design. To create a new design, you can either:
- Use a preset design type.
- Set height and width dimensions for a custom design.
Additionally, you can also provide the asset_id of an asset in the user's projects(opens in a new tab or window) to add to the new design. Currently, this only supports image assets. To list the assets in a folder in the user's projects, use the List folder items API.
Blank designs created with this API are automatically deleted if they're not edited within 7 days. These blank designs bypass the user's Canva trash and are permanently deleted.
HTTP method and URL path
https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /designsThis operation is rate limited to 20 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):
design:content:write
Header parameters
Content-TypestringIndicates the media type of the information sent in the request. This must be set to application/json.
For example: Content-Type: application/json
Body parameters
design_typeDesignTypeInputThe desired design type.
Provide the common design type.
typestringAvailable values: The only valid value is preset.
namestringThe name of the design type.
Available values:
doc: A Canva doc(opens in a new tab or window); a document for Canva's online text editor.whiteboard: A whiteboard(opens in a new tab or window); a design which gives you infinite space to collaborate.presentation: A presentation(opens in a new tab or window); lets you create and collaborate for presenting to an audience.
Provide the width and height to define a custom design type.
typestringAvailable values: The only valid value is custom.
widthintegerThe width of the design, in pixels.
Minimum: 40
Maximum: 8000
heightintegerThe height of the design, in pixels.
Minimum: 40
Maximum: 8000
asset_idstringThe ID of an asset to insert into the created design. Currently, this only supports image assets.
titlestringThe name of the design.
Minimum length: 1
Maximum length: 255
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/designs endpoint:
curl --request POST 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data '{"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}'
const fetch = require("node-fetch");fetch("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs", {method: "POST",headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}","Content-Type": "application/json",},body: JSON.stringify({"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}),}).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/designs")).header("Authorization", "Bearer {token}").header("Content-Type", "application/json").method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"design_type\": {\"type\": \"preset\", \"name\": \"doc\"}, \"asset_id\": \"Msd59349ff\", \"title\": \"My Holiday Presentation\"}")).build();HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request,HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());System.out.println(response.body());}}
import requestsheaders = {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}","Content-Type": "application/json"}data = {"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}response = requests.post("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs",headers=headers,json=data)print(response.json())
using System.Net.Http;var client = new HttpClient();var request = new HttpRequestMessage{Method = HttpMethod.Post,RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"),Headers ={{ "Authorization", "Bearer {token}" },},Content = new StringContent("{\"design_type\": {\"type\": \"preset\", \"name\": \"doc\"}, \"asset_id\": \"Msd59349ff\", \"title\": \"My Holiday Presentation\"}",Encoding.UTF8,"application/json"),};using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request)){response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();Console.WriteLine(body);};
package mainimport ("fmt""io""net/http""strings")func main() {payload := strings.NewReader(`{"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}`)url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {token}")req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")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/designs",CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Authorization: Bearer {token}','Content-Type: application/json',),CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["design_type" => ["type" => "preset","name" => "doc"],"asset_id" => "Msd59349ff","title" => "My Holiday Presentation"])));$response = curl_exec($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/designs')http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)http.use_ssl = truerequest = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {token}'request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'request.body = <<REQUEST_BODY{"design_type": {"type": "preset","name": "doc"},"asset_id": "Msd59349ff","title": "My Holiday Presentation"}REQUEST_BODYresponse = 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:
designDesignThe design object, which contains metadata about the design.
idstringThe design ID.
ownerTeamUserSummaryMetadata for the user, consisting of the User ID and Team ID.
user_idstringThe ID of the user.
team_idstringThe ID of the user's Canva Team.
urlsDesignLinksA temporary set of URLs for viewing or editing the design.
edit_urlstringA temporary editing URL for the design. This URL is only accessible to the user that made the API request, and is designed to support return navigation workflows.
This is not a permanent URL, it is only valid for 30 days.
view_urlstringA temporary viewing URL for the design. This URL is only accessible to the user that made the API request, and is designed to support return navigation workflows.
This is not a permanent URL, it is only valid for 30 days.
created_atintegerWhen the design was created in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
updated_atintegerWhen the design was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
titlestringThe design title.
thumbnailThumbnailA thumbnail image representing the object.
widthintegerThe width of the thumbnail image in pixels.
heightintegerThe height of the thumbnail image in pixels.
urlstringA 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.
page_countintegerThe total number of pages in the design. Some design types don't have pages (for example, Canva docs).
Example response
{"design": {"id": "DAFVztcvd9z","title": "My summer holiday","owner": {"user_id": "auDAbliZ2rQNNOsUl5OLu","team_id": "Oi2RJILTrKk0KRhRUZozX"},"thumbnail": {"width": 595,"height": 335,"url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"},"urls": {"edit_url": "https://www.canva.com/api/design/eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNzQyMDk5NDAzMDc5fQ..GKLx2hrJa3wSSDKQ.hk3HA59qJyxehR-ejzt2DThBW0cbRdMBz7Fb5uCpwD-4o485pCf4kcXt_ypUYX0qMHVeZ131YvfwGPIhbk-C245D8c12IIJSDbZUZTS7WiCOJZQ.sNz3mPSQxsETBvl_-upMYA/edit","view_url": "https://www.canva.com/api/design/eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNzQyMDk5NDAzMDc5fQ..GKLx2hrJa3wSSDKQ.hk3HA59qJyxehR-ejzt2DThBW0cbRdMBz7Fb5uCpwD-4o485pCf4kcXt_ypUYX0qMHVeZ131YvfwGPIhbk-C245D8c12IIJSDbZUZTS7WiCOJZQ.sNz3mPSQxsETBvl_-upMYA/view"},"created_at": 1377396000,"updated_at": 1692928800,"page_count": 5}}