Create design resize job
To use this API, your integration must act on behalf of a user that's on a Canva plan with premium features (such as Canva Pro).
Starts a new asynchronous job
to create a resized copy of a design. The new resized design is
added to the top level of the user's
projects(opens in a new tab or window) (root folder).
To resize a design into a new design, you can either:
- Use a preset design type.
- Set height and width dimensions for a custom design.
Note the following behaviors and restrictions when resizing designs:
- Designs can be resized to a maximum area of 25,000,000 pixels squared.
- Resizing designs using the Connect API always creates a new design. In-place resizing is currently not available in the Connect API, but can be done in the Canva UI.
- Resizing a multi-page design results in all pages of the design being resized. Resizing a section of a design is only available in the Canva UI.
- Canva docs(opens in a new tab or window) can't be resized, and other design types can't be resized to a Canva doc.
- Canva Code designs can't be resized, and other design types can't be resized to a Canva Code design.
For more information on the workflow for using asynchronous jobs, see API requests and responses. You can check the status and get the results of resize jobs created with this API using the Get design resize job API.
HTTP method and URL path
 This 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:read
- design:content:write
Capabilities
The user must have at least one of the following capabilities:
- resize
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_idstringThe design ID.
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
Example request
Examples for using the /v1/resizes endpoint:
curl --request POST 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/resizes' \--header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \--data '{"design_id": "DAGirp_1ZUA","design_type": {"type": "custom","width": 1000,"height": 1500}}'
const fetch = require("node-fetch");fetch("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/resizes", {method: "POST",headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer {token}","Content-Type": "application/json",},body: JSON.stringify({"design_id": "DAGirp_1ZUA","design_type": {"type": "custom","width": 1000,"height": 1500}}),}).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/resizes")).header("Authorization", "Bearer {token}").header("Content-Type", "application/json").method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"design_id\": \"DAGirp_1ZUA\", \"design_type\": {\"type\": \"custom\", \"width\": 1000, \"height\": 1500}}")).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_id": "DAGirp_1ZUA","design_type": {"type": "custom","width": 1000,"height": 1500}}response = requests.post("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/resizes",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/resizes"),Headers ={{ "Authorization", "Bearer {token}" },},Content = new StringContent("{\"design_id\": \"DAGirp_1ZUA\", \"design_type\": {\"type\": \"custom\", \"width\": 1000, \"height\": 1500}}",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_id": "DAGirp_1ZUA","design_type": {"type": "custom","width": 1000,"height": 1500}}`)url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/resizes"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/resizes",CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Authorization: Bearer {token}','Content-Type: application/json',),CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["design_id" => "DAGirp_1ZUA","design_type" => ["type" => "custom","width" => 1000,"height" => 1500]])));$response = curl_exec($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/resizes')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_id": "DAGirp_1ZUA","design_type": {"type": "custom","width": 1000,"height": 1500}}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:
jobDesignResizeJobDetails about the design resize job.
idstringThe design resize job ID.
statusstringStatus of the design resize job.
Available values:
- in_progress
- success
- failed
resultDesignResizeJobResultDesign has been created and saved to user's root (projects(opens in a new tab or window)) folder.
designDesignSummaryBasic details about the design, such as the design's ID, title, and URL.
idstringThe design ID.
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.
urlstringURL of the design.
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).
trial_informationTrialInformationTrials and trial information are a preview feature. There might be unannounced breaking changes to this feature which won't produce a new API version.
uses_remainingintegerThe number of uses remaining in the free trial.
upgrade_urlstringThe URL for a user to upgrade their Canva account.
errorDesignResizeErrorIf the design resize job fails, this object provides details about the error.
codestringAvailable values:
- thumbnail_generation_error
- design_resize_error
- create_design_error
- trial_quota_exceeded
messagestringA human-readable description of what went wrong.
Example responses
In progress job
{"job": {"id": "450a76e7-f96f-43ae-9c37-0e1ce492ac72","status": "in_progress"}}
Successfully completed job
{"job": {"id": "450a76e7-f96f-43ae-9c37-0e1ce492ac72","status": "success","result": {"design": {"id": "DAGirp_1ZUA","title": "My summer holiday","thumbnail": {"url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"},"urls": {"edit_url": "https://www.canva.com/design/DAGhRehVa2c/0L_1s4UXSpZhls8EtPaRKw/edit","view_url": "https://www.canva.com/design/DAGhRehVa2c/0L_1s4UXSpZhls8EtPaRKw/view"},"created_at": 1742856750,"updated_at": 1742856752,"page_count": 5},"trial_information": {"uses_remaining": 0,"upgrade_url": "https://www.canva.com/?tailoringUpsellDialog=GENERIC_C4W"}}}}
Failed job
{"job": {"id": "450a76e7-f96f-43ae-9c37-0e1ce492ac72","status": "failed","error": {"code": "design_resize_error","message": "Failed to resize the design"}}}