Canva Brand Templates API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Canva Connect Assets Brand Templates 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: Brand Templates
  description: List and retrieve brand templates and their datasets
paths:
  /brand-templates:
    get:
      operationId: listBrandTemplates
      summary: Canva List Brand Templates
      description: Lists brand templates available to the authenticated user. Supports searching, filtering by ownership and dataset availability, sorting, and pagination. Requires Canva Enterprise membership.
      tags:
      - Brand Templates
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - brandtemplate:meta:read
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        description: Search term to filter brand templates
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example_value
      - name: ownership
        in: query
        description: Filter by ownership status
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - any
          - owned
          - shared
          default: any
        example: any
      - name: sort_by
        in: query
        description: Sort order for results
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - relevance
          - modified_descending
          - modified_ascending
          - title_descending
          - title_ascending
          default: relevance
        example: relevance
      - name: dataset
        in: query
        description: Filter by dataset availability
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - any
          - non_empty
          default: any
        example: any
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: Number of results per page
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 25
        example: 10
      - name: continuation
        in: query
        description: Continuation token for paginated results
        schema:
          type: string
        example: example_value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of brand templates
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListBrandTemplatesResponse'
              examples:
                Listbrandtemplates200Example:
                  summary: Default listBrandTemplates 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    items:
                    - id: abc123
                      title: Example Title
                      view_url: https://www.example.com
                      create_url: https://www.example.com
                      created_at: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                      updated_at: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                    continuation: example_value
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /brand-templates/{brandTemplateId}:
    get:
      operationId: getBrandTemplate
      summary: Canva Get a Brand Template
      description: Retrieves metadata for a specific brand template. Requires Canva Enterprise membership.
      tags:
      - Brand Templates
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - brandtemplate:meta:read
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BrandTemplateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The brand template metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BrandTemplateResponse'
              examples:
                Getbrandtemplate200Example:
                  summary: Default getBrandTemplate 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    brand_template:
                      id: abc123
                      title: Example Title
                      view_url: https://www.example.com
                      create_url: https://www.example.com
                      created_at: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
                      updated_at: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        '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
  /brand-templates/{brandTemplateId}/dataset:
    get:
      operationId: getBrandTemplateDataset
      summary: Canva Get a Brand Template Dataset
      description: Retrieves the autofill dataset for a brand template, listing the available data fields and their types (image, text, or chart). Requires Canva Enterprise membership.
      tags:
      - Brand Templates
      security:
      - oauth2:
        - brandtemplate:content:read
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BrandTemplateId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The brand template dataset
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BrandTemplateDatasetResponse'
              examples:
                Getbrandtemplatedataset200Example:
                  summary: Default getBrandTemplateDataset 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    dataset: example_value
        '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
components:
  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'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found - the requested resource does not exist
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    DatasetField:
      type: object
      description: A data field in a brand template dataset
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: The data field type
          enum:
          - image
          - text
          - chart
          example: image
      required:
      - type
    BrandTemplate:
      type: object
      description: A Canva brand template (requires Enterprise)
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The brand template ID
          example: abc123
        title:
          type: string
          description: The brand template title
          example: Example Title
        view_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to view the brand template
          example: https://www.example.com
        create_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to create a design from the brand template
          example: https://www.example.com
        created_at:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp in seconds when the template was created
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        updated_at:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp in seconds when the template was last updated
          example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
        thumbnail:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Thumbnail'
      required:
      - id
      - title
      - created_at
      - updated_at
    ListBrandTemplatesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BrandTemplate'
          example: []
        continuation:
          type: string
          description: Continuation token for the next page of results
          example: example_value
      required:
      - items
    BrandTemplateResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        brand_template:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BrandTemplate'
      required:
      - brand_template
    BrandTemplateDatasetResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        dataset:
          type: object
          description: Dataset fields available for autofill, keyed by field name
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetField'
          example: example_value
      required:
      - dataset
    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
  parameters:
    BrandTemplateId:
      name: brandTemplateId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The brand template 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/