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
https://api.canva.com /rest /v1 /resizes
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-Type
string
Indicates 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_id
string
The design ID.
design_type
DesignTypeInput
The desired design type.
Provide the common design type.
type
string
Available values: The only valid value is preset
.
name
string
The 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.
type
string
Available values: The only valid value is custom
.
width
integer
The width of the design, in pixels.
Minimum: 40
Maximum: 8000
height
integer
The 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:
job
DesignResizeJob
Details about the design resize job.
id
string
The design resize job ID.
status
string
Status of the design resize job.
Available values:
in_progress
success
failed
result
DesignResizeJobResult
Design has been created and saved to user's root (projects(opens in a new tab or window)) folder.
design
DesignSummary
Basic details about the design, such as the design's ID, title, and URL.
id
string
The design ID.
urls
DesignLinks
A temporary set of URLs for viewing or editing the design.
edit_url
string
A 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_url
string
A 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_at
integer
When the design was created in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
updated_at
integer
When the design was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since the Unix Epoch).
title
string
The design title.
url
string
URL of the design.
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.
page_count
integer
The total number of pages in the design. Some design types don't have pages (for example, Canva docs).
error
DesignResizeError
If the design resize job fails, this object provides details about the error.
code
string
Available values:
thumbnail_generation_error
design_resize_error
create_design_error
message
string
A 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}}}}
Failed job
{"job": {"id": "450a76e7-f96f-43ae-9c37-0e1ce492ac72","status": "failed","error": {"code": "design_resize_error","message": "Failed to resize the design"}}}