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Canva Users API

Retrieve information about the authenticated user

Canva Users 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 Users. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 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.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 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 Users 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 1

Retrieve information about the authenticated user

GET
/users/me
Canva Get Current User
getUsersMe → 200401429

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (2 properties), TeamUser (2 properties), UsersMeResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TeamUser
object
The authenticated user and their team
2 properties 2 required
Error
object
An error response
2 properties 2 required
UsersMeResponse
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

canva-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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