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Canva Brand Templates API

List and retrieve brand templates and their datasets

Canva Brand Templates API is one of 12 APIs that Canva publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Brand Templates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a changelog, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.canva.com/rest/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 7 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.canva.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Canva Brand Templates API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 11 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — Canva uses OAuth 2.0 with authorization code flow. Access tokens must be included in the Authorization header as a Bearer token.

Paths & Operations 3

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

Brand Templates 3

List and retrieve brand templates and their datasets

GET
/brand-templates
Canva List Brand Templates
listBrandTemplates 6 params → 200401403429
GET
/brand-templates/{brandTemplateId}
Canva Get a Brand Template
getBrandTemplate 1 param → 200401403404429
GET
/brand-templates/{brandTemplateId}/dataset
Canva Get a Brand Template Dataset
getBrandTemplateDataset 1 param → 200401403404429

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 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.

DatasetField
object
A data field in a brand template dataset
1 property 1 required
BrandTemplate
object
A Canva brand template (requires Enterprise)
7 properties 4 required
ListBrandTemplatesResponse
object
2 properties 1 required
BrandTemplateResponse
object
1 property 1 required
BrandTemplateDatasetResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Error
object
An error response
2 properties 2 required
Thumbnail
object
A thumbnail image for a resource (URL expires in 15 minutes)
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

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