Connect Canva with Hookshot™ and your stack

Canva offers a drag-and-drop design suite for creating social media graphics, presentations, and marketing materials with prebuilt templates and a vast element library

Tools and triggers

What Agents can do in Canva

Available tools and events after Canva is connected.

  • Access User Specific Brand Templates List

    Lists brand templates available to users on plans with brand-template access, such as Canva Pro, Canva Teams, or Canva Enterprise. Returns one page of template metadata, including IDs and titles. Follow the response's…

  • Create Asset Upload Job

    Uploads an asset file to the user's Canva content library. This endpoint initiates an asynchronous upload job for images or videos. Returns a job ID to track the upload progress. Once complete, the asset can be used in…

  • Create Design Import Job

    Imports an external file as a new Canva design. This endpoint converts documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and design files (PSD, AI) into editable Canva designs. The import runs asynchronously and returns a job…

  • Create Design Resize Job

    Creates a resized copy of an existing design (Canva Pro/Enterprise only). This endpoint creates a new design with different dimensions from an existing one. The resize operation runs asynchronously and preserves…

  • Create Folder

    Tool to create a folder in Canva. Use when you need to organize designs, assets, or create nested folder structures in a user's projects or uploads folder.

  • Create New Canva Design

    Creates a Canva design with a preset type, custom dimensions, an existing design, or a brand template. Copying designs and using brand templates are Canva preview features. Optionally insert an image asset when using a…

  • Create Reply to Comment Thread

    Tool to create a reply to a comment or suggestion thread on a Canva design. Use when you need to respond to existing comments or suggestions. Maximum 100 replies per thread allowed. This is a preview API. Public…

  • Create URL Asset Upload Job

    Tool to create an asynchronous Canva asset import job from a public URL. Use when you need to import an asset into Canva directly from a publicly accessible URL without S3 choreography.

  • Create URL Import Job

    Tool to start an asynchronous job to import an external file from a URL as a new design in Canva. Use when you need to import a design from a publicly accessible URL. This is an async operation; poll the job status…

  • Delete Asset by Id

    You can delete an asset by specifying its `assetId`. This operation mirrors the behavior in the Canva UI. Deleting an item moves it to the trash. Deleting an asset doesn't remove it from designs that already use it.

  • Exchange Oauth 2 0 Access or Refresh Token

    The OAuth 2.0 endpoint issues time-limited (4-hour) access tokens of up to 4KB for user authorization via codes or refresh tokens. It requires client ID/secret for authentication.

  • Fetch Asset Upload Job Status

    Polls for asset upload job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_ASSET_UPLOAD_JOB to check the upload progress. Repeatedly call this endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received to get the final…

  • Fetch Canva Connect Signing Public Keys

    The API for verifying Canva webhooks, 'connect/keys,' is in preview, meaning unstable, not for public integrations, and provides a rotating JWK for signature verification to prevent replay attacks. Cache keys for…

  • Fetch Current User Details

    Returns the User ID and Team ID associated with the provided access token. Use CANVA_RETRIEVE_USER_PROFILE_DATA to retrieve the user's display name.

  • Fetch Design Metadata and Access Information

    Gets the metadata for a design. This includes owner information, URLs for editing and viewing, and thumbnail information.

  • Get Design Comment Thread Replies

    Retrieves a page of replies for a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Returns up to limit replies (default 50, maximum 100); follow the continuation token to retrieve the rest. This is a preview API. Public…

  • Get Design Export Formats

    Lists available file formats for exporting a design. Use this to check which export formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, PPTX, GIF, MP4, HTML bundle, standalone HTML, and CSV) are supported for a specific design.

  • Get Design Export Job Result

    Polls for design export job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_CANVA_DESIGN_EXPORT_JOB to check the export progress. Call this endpoint repeatedly until the job is complete to receive download links for the…

  • Get Designs Designid Comments Threadid

    Retrieves metadata for a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to get details about a specific thread including content, author, timestamps, and status. This is a preview API. Public integrations…

  • Get Specific Design Comment Reply

    Retrieves a specific reply to a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to view details of a particular reply. This is a preview API. Public integrations that use it cannot pass Canva's review…

  • Get URL Asset Upload Job Status

    Tool to retrieve the status and result of a URL-based asset upload job. Use this after creating a URL asset upload job to check progress and retrieve the uploaded asset ID when successful.

  • Get URL Import Job Status

    Polls for URL import job completion status. Use this after creating a URL import job to check the import progress. Repeatedly call this endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received to get the final…

  • Get User Capabilities

    Lists the API capabilities for the user account associated with the provided access token. Use when you need to check what features are available based on the user's Canva plan.

  • Initiate Canva Design Autofill Job

    Creates an asynchronous autofill job from a brand template or existing design, or updates an existing design in place. Canva Enterprise users are eligible; paid-plan users can use a limited development trial. Poll the…

Setup

Connect Canva in Hookshot™

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What a Protege can do after it starts.

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Team

Shared credential for production and unattended runs.

Personal

Tied to one user—only when the workflow needs their account.

Chat

Team-scoped for supported chat surfaces.

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