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Overview

Pre-built tooling

Pre-built integrations

Access requirements

Setup guide

Useful links

API gotchas

Pre-built tooling

✅ Authorization
ToolsStatus
Pre-built authorization (OAuth)✅
Credentials auto-refresh✅
Auth parameters validation✅
Pre-built authorization UI✅
Custom authorization UI✅
Expired credentials detection✅
✅ Read & write data
ToolsStatus
Pre-built integrations✅
API unification✅
2-way sync✅
Webhooks from Tenklo on data modifications✅
Real-time webhooks from 3rd-party API🚫 (time to contribute: <48h)
Proxy requests✅
✅ Observability & data quality
ToolsStatus
HTTP request logging✅
End-to-end type safety✅
Data runtime validation✅
OpenTelemetry export✅
Slack alerts on errors✅
Integration status API✅
✅ Customization
ToolsStatus
Create or customize use-cases✅
Pre-configured pagination🚫 (time to contribute: <48h)
Pre-configured rate-limit handling🚫 (time to contribute: <48h)
Per-customer configurations✅

Others

Function nameDescriptionTypeSource code
create-asset-upload-jobStart an asset upload job from raw bytes.Action🔗 Github
create-comment-replyCreate a reply to an inline annotation comment.Action🔗 Github
create-commentCreate an inline annotation comment on a specific design elementAction🔗 Github
create-design-comment-replyCreate a reply in a design comment thread.Action🔗 Github
create-design-commentCreate a floating comment thread on a design.Action🔗 Github
create-design-export-jobCreate an export job for a design.Action🔗 Github
create-design-import-jobStart a binary design import jobAction🔗 Github
create-design-resize-jobStart a design resize job.Action🔗 Github
create-designCreate a design from a preset design type or custom dimensionsAction🔗 Github
create-folderCreate a folder.Action🔗 Github
create-url-asset-upload-jobStart an asset upload job from a source URL.Action🔗 Github
create-url-design-import-jobStart a design import job from a source URL.Action🔗 Github
delete-assetDelete an asset.Action🔗 Github
delete-folderDelete a folder.Action🔗 Github
get-asset-upload-jobRetrieve asset upload job status/result.Action🔗 Github
get-assetRetrieve asset metadata.Action🔗 Github
get-brand-templateRetrieve brand template metadata.Action🔗 Github
get-current-user-capabilitiesRetrieve current Canva user capabilities.Action🔗 Github
get-current-user-profileRetrieve current Canva user profile details.Action🔗 Github
get-current-userRetrieve the current Canva user.Action🔗 Github
get-design-comment-replyRetrieve one reply in a design comment thread.Action🔗 Github
get-design-comment-threadRetrieve a design comment thread.Action🔗 Github
get-design-export-formatsList export formats available for a design.Action🔗 Github
get-design-export-jobRetrieve export job status/result and download URLs.Action🔗 Github
get-design-import-jobRetrieve design import job status/result.Action🔗 Github
get-design-pagesList pages in a design.Action🔗 Github
get-designRetrieve design metadata.Action🔗 Github
get-folderRetrieve folder metadata.Action🔗 Github
get-url-asset-upload-jobRetrieve URL asset upload job status and result.Action🔗 Github
get-url-design-import-jobRetrieve URL design import job status/result.Action🔗 Github
list-brand-templatesList brand templates.Action🔗 Github
list-design-comment-repliesList replies in a design comment thread.Action🔗 Github
list-designsList design metadata with optional text search, type, and ownership filters.Action🔗 Github
move-folder-itemMove a folder item to another folder.Action🔗 Github
update-assetUpdate asset name and tags.Action🔗 Github
update-folderUpdate a folder name.Action🔗 Github
brand-templatesSync brand template metadataSync🔗 Github
design-pagesSync pages for configured Canva designs.Sync🔗 Github
designsSync design metadata.Sync🔗 Github
folder-itemsSync the contents of configured Canva folders.Sync🔗 Github

Access requirements

Pre-RequisitesStatusComment
Paid dev account❌Not required
Paid test account❌Not required
Partnership❌Not required
App review✅Required for public integrations
Security audit❌Not required

Setup guide

  1. Create a Canva Developer Account

  2. Create an Integration

    • Navigate to "Your integrations" page
    • Click "Create an integration"
    • Choose between Public or Private integration:
      • Public: Available to all Canva users (requires review)
      • Private: Only for your team on Canva Enterprise plan
    • Accept the Canva Developer Terms

  3. Configure Your Integration

    • Set a name for your integration
    • Save your Client ID and Client Secret
    • Configure required scopes (see Scopes section below)
    • Set up redirect URLs (up to 10 allowed)
    • For local development, use http://127.0.0.1:<port>

  4. Required Scopes

    • asset:read: View metadata for user's assets
    • asset:write: Upload, update, or delete assets
    • brandtemplate:content:read: Read brand template content
    • brandtemplate:meta:read: View brand template metadata
    • collaboration:event: Receive webhook notifications
    • comment:read: View design comments
    • comment:write: Create comments and replies
    • design:content:read: View design contents
    • design:content:write: Create designs
    • design:meta:read: View design metadata
    • design:permission:read: View design permissions
    • design:permission:write: Manage design permissions
    • folder:permission:read: View folder permissions
    • folder:permission:write: Manage folder permissions
    • folder:read: View folder metadata and contents
    • folder:write: Manage folders
    • profile:read: Read user profile information
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API gotchas

  • Local development requires using 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost for the redirect URL in the integration settings
  • For webhook notifications, you must enable the collaboration:event scope
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