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Create Design Import Job

Starts a new job to import an external file as a new design in Canva. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Canva account once, then configure and run Create Design Import Job from your backend or agent.

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-import-job",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    canva: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    title: "Title",
    filePath: "File Path or URL",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Design Import Job inputs
Property Type Description
title Title string
The name of the design
Required
filePath File Path or URL string
The file to process. Provide either a file URL or a path to a file in the /tmp directory (for example, /tmp/myFile.txt)
Required
waitForCompletion Wait for Completion boolean
Set to true to poll the API in 3-second intervals until the job is completed
Optional
syncDir SyncDir dir
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
canva-create-design-import-job
Version
0.1.3
App
Canva
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes