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CONNECT APP

Build with Canva

Canva makes it easy to create professional designs and to share or print them.

Communication

  • OAuth

MCP

Give your agent Canva tools

Every Canva action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Canva account for each tool call — you store no tokens.

// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "canva",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Create Design:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "canva-create-design",
  arguments: {
    designType: "Design Type",
    title: "Title",
  },
})

API PROXY

Call the Canva API directly

For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Canva API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.

const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
  url: "https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/users/me/profile",
})

// Any allowed Canva endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.

SDK

Run Canva actions from your backend

Connect a user's Canva account once, then run Create Design on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "canva-create-design",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    canva: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    designType: "Design Type",
    title: "Title",
  },
})

EVENTS

Canva triggers

Event sources your backend can deploy for users and receive through a webhook.

No Canva triggers are available yet.

MULTI-APP

Use Canva with other popular apps

Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair Canva with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.

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REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the Canva connector in the Pipedream registry.

App slug
canva
Authentication
OAuth
Categories
Communication
Actions
5
Triggers
0
API proxy
Available

OAuth scopes

These are the scopes Pipedream's managed Canva OAuth client requests when one of your users connects an account. Supply your own OAuth client to request a different set.

  • profile:read
  • asset:read
  • asset:write
  • brandtemplate:content:read
  • brandtemplate:meta:read
  • design:content:read
  • design:content:write
  • design:meta:read