Canva Autofills API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Canva Connect Assets Autofills API
  description: The Canva Connect API enables developers to integrate Canva's design platform into their applications. It provides programmatic access to create and manage designs, upload and manage assets, organize content in folders, export designs in multiple formats, manage comments, work with brand templates, autofill designs, and resize designs.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Canva Developers
    url: https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/
    email: developers@canva.com
  license:
    name: Canva Developer Terms
    url: https://www.canva.com/policies/canva-developer-terms/
  termsOfService: https://www.canva.com/policies/terms-of-use/
servers:
- url: https://api.canva.com/rest/v1
  description: Canva Production API
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Autofills
  description: Create designs from brand templates using autofill data
paths:
  /autofills:
    post:
      operationId: createDesignAutofillJob
      summary: Canva Create a Design Autofill Job
      description: Creates an asynchronous job to generate a new design by autofilling a brand template with provided data. Supports text, image, and chart data fields.
      tags:
      - Autofills
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - design:content:write
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateAutofillJobRequest'
            examples:
              CreatedesignautofilljobRequestExample:
                summary: Default createDesignAutofillJob request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  brand_template_id: '500123'
                  title: Example Title
                  data: example_value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The autofill job
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillJobResponse'
              examples:
                Createdesignautofilljob200Example:
                  summary: Default createDesignAutofillJob 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    job:
                      id: abc123
                      status: in_progress
                      result:
                        type: create_design
                      error:
                        code: autofill_error
                        message: example_value
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /autofills/{jobId}:
    get:
      operationId: getDesignAutofillJob
      summary: Canva Get a Design Autofill Job
      description: Retrieves the status and results of a design autofill job. When successful, includes the generated design metadata.
      tags:
      - Autofills
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - design:content:read
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/JobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The autofill job status and results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillJobResponse'
              examples:
                Getdesignautofilljob200Example:
                  summary: Default getDesignAutofillJob 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    job:
                      id: abc123
                      status: in_progress
                      result:
                        type: create_design
                      error:
                        code: autofill_error
                        message: example_value
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    AutofillJob:
      type: object
      description: An autofill job for generating designs from brand templates
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The autofill job ID
          example: abc123
        status:
          type: string
          description: The current status of the autofill job
          enum:
          - in_progress
          - success
          - failed
          example: in_progress
        result:
          type: object
          description: The autofill result (present when status is success)
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              enum:
              - create_design
            design:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Design'
          required:
          - type
          - design
          example: example_value
        error:
          type: object
          description: Error details (present when status is failed)
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Error code
              enum:
              - autofill_error
              - thumbnail_generation_error
              - create_design_error
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message
          required:
          - code
          - message
          example: example_value
      required:
      - id
      - status
    DesignUrls:
      type: object
      description: Temporary URLs for accessing a design (expire after 30 days)
      properties:
        edit_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to edit the design (expires in 30 days)
          example: https://www.example.com
        view_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to view the design (expires in 30 days)
          example: https://www.example.com
      required:
      - edit_url
      - view_url
    Design:
      type: object
      description: A Canva design
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The design ID
          example: abc123
        title:
          type: string
          description: The design title
          example: Example Title
        owner:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Owner'
        urls:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesignUrls'
        created_at:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp in seconds when the design was created
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        updated_at:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp in seconds when the design was last updated
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        thumbnail:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Thumbnail'
        page_count:
          type: integer
          description: The number of pages in the design
          example: 10
      required:
      - id
      - title
      - owner
      - urls
      - created_at
      - updated_at
    CreateAutofillJobRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for creating a design autofill job
      properties:
        brand_template_id:
          type: string
          description: The brand template ID to autofill
          example: '500123'
        title:
          type: string
          description: Title for the generated design (1-255 characters). Defaults to the brand template title.
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 255
          example: Example Title
        data:
          type: object
          description: Data fields to populate, keyed by field name from the brand template dataset
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillDataValue'
          example: example_value
      required:
      - brand_template_id
      - data
    AutofillTextValue:
      type: object
      description: Text data for autofill
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - text
          example: text
        text:
          type: string
          description: The text content
          example: example_value
      required:
      - type
      - text
    Owner:
      type: object
      description: The owner of a resource
      properties:
        user_id:
          type: string
          description: The user ID of the owner
          example: '500123'
        team_id:
          type: string
          description: The team ID of the owner
          example: '500123'
      required:
      - user_id
      - team_id
    AutofillChartValue:
      type: object
      description: Chart data for autofill (preview feature)
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - chart
          example: chart
        chart_data:
          type: object
          description: Tabular data for the chart
          properties:
            rows:
              type: array
              description: Chart data rows (max 100)
              maxItems: 100
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  cells:
                    type: array
                    description: Cell values in the row (max 20)
                    maxItems: 20
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        type:
                          type: string
                          enum:
                          - string
                          - number
                          - boolean
                          - date
                        value:
                          type: string
                          description: The cell value
                      required:
                      - type
                      - value
                required:
                - cells
          required:
          - rows
          example: example_value
      required:
      - type
      - chart_data
    AutofillJobResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        job:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillJob'
      required:
      - job
    AutofillDataValue:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillTextValue'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillImageValue'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AutofillChartValue'
      description: A data value for autofilling a design field
    AutofillImageValue:
      type: object
      description: Image data for autofill
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - image
          example: image
        asset_id:
          type: string
          description: The asset ID of the image to use
          example: '500123'
      required:
      - type
      - asset_id
    Error:
      type: object
      description: An error response
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code
          example: example_value
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message
          example: example_value
      required:
      - code
      - message
    Thumbnail:
      type: object
      description: A thumbnail image for a resource (URL expires in 15 minutes)
      properties:
        width:
          type: integer
          description: Thumbnail width in pixels
          example: 10
        height:
          type: integer
          description: Thumbnail height in pixels
          example: 10
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Thumbnail URL (expires in 15 minutes)
          example: https://www.example.com
      required:
      - width
      - height
      - url
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - insufficient permissions or scopes
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too many requests - rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid parameters or request body
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found - the requested resource does not exist
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  parameters:
    JobId:
      name: jobId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The job ID
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Canva uses OAuth 2.0 with authorization code flow. Access tokens must be included in the Authorization header as a Bearer token.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://www.canva.com/api/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/oauth/token
          scopes:
            design:meta:read: Read design metadata
            design:content:read: Read design content
            design:content:write: Create and modify designs
            asset:read: Read asset metadata
            asset:write: Upload and delete assets
            folder:read: Read folder metadata and contents
            folder:write: Modify folder contents
            comment:read: Read comments on designs
            comment:write: Create and manage comments
            brandtemplate:meta:read: Read brand template metadata
            brandtemplate:content:read: Read brand template content and datasets
externalDocs:
  description: Canva Connect API Documentation
  url: https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/