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Canva User API

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

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

Tagged areas include User. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 8 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.

3 operations 3 paths 8 schemas 3 GET

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 User 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 3

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

user 3
GET
/v1/users/me
Returns the User ID and Team ID of the user account associated with the provided access token.
usersMe → 200default
GET
/v1/users/me/capabilities
Lists the API capabilities for the user account associated with the provided access token. For more information, see [Capabilities](https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/capabilities/).
getUserCapabilities → 200default
GET
/v1/users/me/profile
Currently, this returns the display name of the user account associated with the provided access token. More user information is expected to be included in the future.
getUserProfile → 200404default

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TeamUserSummary (2 properties), Error (2 properties), GetUserCapabilitiesResponse (1 property), UserProfile (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorCode
string
A short string indicating what failed. This field can be used to handle errors programmatically.
GetUserCapabilitiesResponse
object
1 property
UserProfileResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Error
object
2 properties 2 required
UserProfile
object
Profile for the user, consisting of the display name and other attributes.
1 property
UsersMeResponse
object
1 property 1 required
Capability
string
Some APIs are annotated with required capabilities. These endpoints require the user to possess the required capabilities in order to be called successfully.
TeamUserSummary
object
Metadata for the user, consisting of the User ID and Team ID.
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canva-user-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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