CONNECT APP
Build with Canva
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",
},
})# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
"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",
}
async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
await session.initialize()
tools = await session.list_tools()
# e.g. run Create Design:
result = await session.call_tool("canva-create-design", {
"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.# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/users/me/profile
curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkuY2FudmEuY29tL3Jlc3QvdjEvdXNlcnMvbWUvcHJvZmlsZQ?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-H "x-pd-environment: production"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",
},
})from pipedream import Pipedream
pd = Pipedream(
client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
project_id="{project_id}",
project_environment="production",
)
result = pd.actions.run(
id="canva-create-design",
external_user_id="{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
configured_props={
"canva": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
"designType": "Design Type",
"title": "Title",
},
)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "canva-create-design",
"configured_props": {
"canva": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"designType": "Design Type",
"title": "Title"
}
}'TOOLS
Canva actions
On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.
-
Create Design
actionCreates a new Canva design. See the documentationWritev0.0.8 -
Create Design Import Job
actionStarts a new job to import an external file as a new design in Canva. See the documentationWritev0.1.3 -
Export Design
actionStarts a new job to export a file from Canva. See the documentationWritev0.1.2 -
List Designs
actionList all designs in Canva. See the documentationRead-onlyv0.0.2 -
Upload Asset
actionUploads an asset to Canva. See the documentationWritev0.1.3
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.
- 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