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[Designs](/docs/connect/api-reference/designs/)

# Create design

Create a Canva design.

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Creates a new Canva design. To create a new design, you can either:

  * Use a preset design type.
  * Set height and width dimensions for a custom design.

Additionally, you can also provide the `asset_id` of an asset in the user's
[projects⁠(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/help/find-
designs-and-folders/) to add to the new design. Currently, this only supports
image assets. To list the assets in a folder in the user's projects, use the
[List folder items API](/docs/connect/api-reference/folders/list-folder-
items/).

Blank designs created with this API are automatically deleted if they're not
edited within 7 days. These blank designs bypass the user's Canva trash and
are permanently deleted.

## HTTP method and URL path

POST` https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs`

This operation is rate limited to 20 requests per minute for each user of your
integration.

## Authentication and authorization

This endpoint requires a valid access token that acts on behalf of a user.

### Scopes

The access token must have all the following
[scopes](/docs/connect/appendix/scopes/) (permissions):

  * `design:content:write`

## Header parameters

`Authorization``string`

Required

Provides credentials to authenticate the request, in the form of a `Bearer`
token.

For example: `Authorization: Bearer {token}`

`Content-Type``string`

Required

Indicates the media type of the information sent in the request. This must be
set to `application/json`.

For example: `Content-Type: application/json`

## Body parameters

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`design_type``DesignTypeInput`

Optional

The desired design type.

presetpreset

customcustom

Provide the common design type.

`type``string`

Required

**Available values:** The only valid value is `preset`.

`name``string`

Required

The name of the design type.

**Available values:**

  * `doc`: A [Canva doc⁠(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/docs/); a document for Canva's online text editor.
  * `whiteboard`: A [whiteboard⁠(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/online-whiteboard/); a design which gives you infinite space to collaborate.
  * `presentation`: A [presentation⁠(opens in a new tab or window)](https://www.canva.com/presentations/); lets you create and collaborate for presenting to an audience.

Provide the width and height to define a custom design type.

`type``string`

Required

**Available values:** The only valid value is `custom`.

`width``integer`

Required

The width of the design, in pixels.

**Minimum:** `40`

**Maximum:** `8000`

`height``integer`

Required

The height of the design, in pixels.

**Minimum:** `40`

**Maximum:** `8000`

`asset_id``string`

Optional

The ID of an asset to insert into the created design. Currently, this only
supports image assets.

`title``string`

Optional

The name of the design.

**Minimum length:** `1`

**Maximum length:** `255`

## Example request

Examples for using the `/v1/designs` endpoint:

cURLcURL

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    curl --request POST 'https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs' \
    
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {token}' \
    
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    
    --data '{
    
      "design_type": {
    
        "type": "preset",
    
        "name": "doc"
    
      },
    
      "asset_id": "Msd59349ff",
    
      "title": "My Holiday Presentation"
    
    }'

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    const fetch = require("node-fetch");
    
    
    
    
    fetch("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs", {
    
      method: "POST",
    
      headers: {
    
        "Authorization": "Bearer {token}",
    
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    
      },
    
      body: JSON.stringify({
    
        "design_type": {
    
          "type": "preset",
    
          "name": "doc"
    
        },
    
        "asset_id": "Msd59349ff",
    
        "title": "My Holiday Presentation"
    
      }),
    
    })
    
      .then(async (response) => {
    
        const data = await response.json();
    
        console.log(data);
    
      })
    
      .catch(err => console.error(err));

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    import java.io.IOException;
    
    import java.net.URI;
    
    import java.net.http.*;
    
    
    
    
    public class ApiExample {
    
        public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    
            HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    
                .uri(URI.create("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"))
    
                .header("Authorization", "Bearer {token}")
    
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    
                .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"design_type\": {\"type\": \"preset\", \"name\": \"doc\"}, \"asset_id\": \"Msd59349ff\", \"title\": \"My Holiday Presentation\"}"))
    
                .build();
    
    
    
    
            HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(
    
                request,
    
                HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()
    
            );
    
            System.out.println(response.body());
    
        }
    
    }

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    import requests
    
    
    
    
    headers = {
    
        "Authorization": "Bearer {token}",
    
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    
    }
    
    
    
    
    data = {
    
        "design_type": {
    
            "type": "preset",
    
            "name": "doc"
    
        },
    
        "asset_id": "Msd59349ff",
    
        "title": "My Holiday Presentation"
    
    }
    
    
    
    
    response = requests.post("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs",
    
        headers=headers,
    
        json=data
    
    )
    
    print(response.json())

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    using System.Net.Http;
    
    
    
    
    var client = new HttpClient();
    
    var request = new HttpRequestMessage
    
    {
    
      Method = HttpMethod.Post,
    
      RequestUri = new Uri("https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"),
    
      Headers =
    
      {
    
        { "Authorization", "Bearer {token}" },
    
      },
    
      Content = new StringContent(
    
        "{\"design_type\": {\"type\": \"preset\", \"name\": \"doc\"}, \"asset_id\": \"Msd59349ff\", \"title\": \"My Holiday Presentation\"}",
    
        Encoding.UTF8,
    
        "application/json"
    
      ),
    
    };
    
    
    
    
    using (var response = await client.SendAsync(request))
    
    {
    
      response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
    
      var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
    
      Console.WriteLine(body);
    
    };

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    package main
    
    
    
    
    import (
    
    	"fmt"
    
    	"io"
    
    	"net/http"
    
    	"strings"
    
    )
    
    
    
    
    func main() {
    
    	payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    
    	  "design_type": {
    
    	    "type": "preset",
    
    	    "name": "doc"
    
    	  },
    
    	  "asset_id": "Msd59349ff",
    
    	  "title": "My Holiday Presentation"
    
    	}`)
    
    
    
    
    	url := "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs"
    
    	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
    
    	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {token}")
    
    	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
    
    
    
    
    	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    
    	defer res.Body.Close()
    
    	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
    
    	fmt.Println(string(body))
    
    }

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    $curl = curl_init();
    
    curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
    
      CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs",
    
      CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    
      CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    
      CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    
        'Authorization: Bearer {token}',
    
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    
      ),
    
      CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    
        "design_type" => [
    
          "type" => "preset",
    
          "name" => "doc"
    
        ],
    
        "asset_id" => "Msd59349ff",
    
        "title" => "My Holiday Presentation"
    
      ])
    
    ));
    
    
    
    
    $response = curl_exec($curl);
    
    $err = curl_error($curl);
    
    curl_close($curl);
    
    
    
    
    if (empty($err)) {
    
      echo $response;
    
    } else {
    
      echo "Error: " . $err;
    
    }

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    require 'net/http'
    
    require 'uri'
    
    
    
    
    url = URI('https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/designs')
    
    http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
    
    http.use_ssl = true
    
    
    
    
    request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
    
    request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer {token}'
    
    request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
    
    request.body = <<REQUEST_BODY
    
    {
    
      "design_type": {
    
        "type": "preset",
    
        "name": "doc"
    
      },
    
      "asset_id": "Msd59349ff",
    
      "title": "My Holiday Presentation"
    
    }
    
    REQUEST_BODY
    
    
    
    
    response = http.request(request)
    
    puts response.read_body

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## Success response

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If successful, the endpoint returns a `200` response with a JSON body with the
following parameters:

`design``Design`

The design object, which contains metadata about the design.

Properties of **design**

`id``string`

The design ID.

`owner``TeamUserSummary`

Metadata for the user, consisting of the User ID and Team ID.

Properties of **owner**

`user_id``string`

The ID of the user.

`team_id``string`

The ID of the user's Canva Team.

`urls``DesignLinks`

A temporary set of URLs for viewing or editing the design.

Properties of **urls**

`edit_url``string`

A temporary editing URL for the design. This URL is only accessible to the
user that made the API request, and is designed to support [return
navigation](/docs/connect/return-navigation-guide/) workflows.

This is not a permanent URL, it is only valid for 30 days.

`view_url``string`

A temporary viewing URL for the design. This URL is only accessible to the
user that made the API request, and is designed to support [return
navigation](/docs/connect/return-navigation-guide/) workflows.

This is not a permanent URL, it is only valid for 30 days.

`created_at``integer`

When the design was created in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds since
the Unix Epoch).

`updated_at``integer`

When the design was last updated in Canva, as a Unix timestamp (in seconds
since the Unix Epoch).

`title``string`

Optional

The design title.

`thumbnail``Thumbnail`

Optional

A thumbnail image representing the object.

Properties of **thumbnail**

`width``integer`

The width of the thumbnail image in pixels.

`height``integer`

The height of the thumbnail image in pixels.

`url``string`

A URL for retrieving the thumbnail image. This URL expires after 15 minutes.
This URL includes a query string that's required for retrieving the thumbnail.

`page_count``integer`

Optional

The total number of pages in the design. Some design types don't have pages
(for example, Canva docs).

## Example response

    
    
    {
    
      "design": {
    
        "id": "DAFVztcvd9z",
    
        "title": "My summer holiday",
    
        "owner": {
    
          "user_id": "auDAbliZ2rQNNOsUl5OLu",
    
          "team_id": "Oi2RJILTrKk0KRhRUZozX"
    
        },
    
        "thumbnail": {
    
          "width": 595,
    
          "height": 335,
    
          "url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"
    
        },
    
        "urls": {
    
          "edit_url": "https://www.canva.com/api/design/eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNzQyMDk5NDAzMDc5fQ..GKLx2hrJa3wSSDKQ.hk3HA59qJyxehR-ejzt2DThBW0cbRdMBz7Fb5uCpwD-4o485pCf4kcXt_ypUYX0qMHVeZ131YvfwGPIhbk-C245D8c12IIJSDbZUZTS7WiCOJZQ.sNz3mPSQxsETBvl_-upMYA/edit",
    
          "view_url": "https://www.canva.com/api/design/eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2R0NNIiwiZXhwaXJ5IjoxNzQyMDk5NDAzMDc5fQ..GKLx2hrJa3wSSDKQ.hk3HA59qJyxehR-ejzt2DThBW0cbRdMBz7Fb5uCpwD-4o485pCf4kcXt_ypUYX0qMHVeZ131YvfwGPIhbk-C245D8c12IIJSDbZUZTS7WiCOJZQ.sNz3mPSQxsETBvl_-upMYA/view"
    
        },
    
        "created_at": 1377396000,
    
        "updated_at": 1692928800,
    
        "page_count": 5
    
      }
    
    }

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## Try it out

**This uses your live Canva data.**

This is not a sandbox/playground. This form performs API requests against your
account's actual live Canva data. Make sure that you understand what the
request is doing, as well as the requirements for each parameter detailed
above.

### Step 1: Enter your access token

To get started, generate an access token or provide your own below

Generate an access token

Access token

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