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Canva Brand Template API

The brand_template API from Canva — 3 operation(s) for brand_template.

Canva Brand Template API is one of 30 APIs that Canva publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2024-06-18.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.canva.com/rest.

4 operations 3 paths 16 schemas 3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2024-06-18
Base URL
https://api.canva.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0
License
©2023 All Rights Reserved
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Canva Brand Template API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauthAuthCode) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 18 scopes.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

brand_template 4
GET
/v1/brand-templates
WARNING: Brand templates were migrated to use a new ID format in September 2025. If your integration stores brand template IDs, you'll need to migrate to use the new IDs. Old brand template IDs will…
listBrandTemplates 6 params → 200400403default
POST
/v1/brand-templates
This API is currently provided as a preview. Be aware of the following: - There might be unannounced breaking changes. - Any breaking changes to preview APIs won't produce a new [API version](https:/…
publishBrandTemplate body → 200400403404default
GET
/v1/brand-templates/{brandTemplateId}
WARNING: Brand templates were migrated to use a new ID format in September 2025. If your integration stores brand template IDs, you'll need to migrate to use the new IDs. Old brand template IDs will…
getBrandTemplate 1 param → 200403404default
GET
/v1/brand-templates/{brandTemplateId}/dataset
WARNING: Brand templates were migrated to use a new ID format in September 2025. If your integration stores brand template IDs, you'll need to migrate to use the new IDs. Old brand template IDs will…
getBrandTemplateDataset 1 param → 200403404default

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BrandTemplate (7 properties), Thumbnail (3 properties), Error (2 properties), ListBrandTemplatesResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GetBrandTemplateDatasetResponse
object
Successful response from a getBrandTemplateDataset request.
1 property
DataField
object
A named data field that can be autofilled.
OwnershipType
string
TextDataField
object
A text data field. You can autofill it with a text value.
1 property 1 required
Error
object
2 properties 2 required
DatasetFilter
string
ImageDataField
object
An image data field. You can autofill it with an image by providing its assetid. You can also autofill it with a video asset. Autofilling a video is currently…
1 property 1 required
ErrorCode
string
A short string indicating what failed. This field can be used to handle errors programmatically.
ListBrandTemplatesResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
ChartDataField
object
A chart data field. You can autofill it with tabular data. WARNING: Chart data fields are a [preview feature](https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/preview-apis).…
1 property 1 required
PublishBrandTemplateRequest
object
Request body for publishing a design as a brand template
1 property 1 required
Thumbnail
object
A thumbnail image representing the object.
3 properties 3 required
SortByType
string
PublishBrandTemplateResponse
object
Response from a successful publishBrandTemplate request. Contains the published brand template with all its metadata. Note that the thumbnail field might be nu…
1 property 1 required
GetBrandTemplateResponse
object
Successful response from a getBrandTemplate request.
1 property 1 required
BrandTemplate
object
An object representing a brand template with associated metadata.
7 properties 6 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canva-brand-template-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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