Canva Designs API
Create, retrieve, and list designs
Canva Designs 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 Designs. 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 2 paths, and defines 11 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.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Canva Designs 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 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Create, retrieve, and list designs
Schemas 11
The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Design (8 properties), CustomDesignType (3 properties), CreateDesignRequest (3 properties), Thumbnail (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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