# Canva integrations: designs, exports and assets

> Create a design, create an export job and upload an asset in Canva, and start a workflow when Canva sends “Design shared”.

**Canonical page:** https://tray.ai/connectors/canva-integrations/
**Categories:** Design and creative
**Connects through:** HTTP Connector

## Overview

Canva is an online design tool for making presentations, social posts, documents, and other graphics, with shared brand templates and asset libraries for teams. Tray.ai connects to Canva through the HTTP Connector, so your workflows can call the Canva API alongside the rest of your stack. API access comes through Canva's partner program or API plan, so you need approved credentials first.

## Use cases

### Designs

Read and create designs in Canva from any Tray.ai workflow. The Canva API covers calls such as list designs and create a design.

- List designs
- Create a design
- Get a design

### Exports

Read and create exports in Canva from any Tray.ai workflow. The Canva API covers calls such as create an export job and get an export job.

- Create an export job
- Get an export job

### Assets

Read, create, update, and delete assets in Canva from any Tray.ai workflow. The Canva API covers calls such as upload an asset and get an asset.

- Upload an asset
- Get an asset
- Update an asset

### Folders

Read, create, update, and delete folders in Canva from any Tray.ai workflow. The Canva API covers calls such as create a folder and get a folder.

- Create a folder
- Get a folder
- List folder items

### Brand templates

Read and manage brand templates in Canva from any Tray.ai workflow. The Canva API covers calls such as list brand templates and get a brand template.

- List brand templates
- Get a brand template
- Autofill a design

### Comments

Read and create comments in Canva from any Tray.ai workflow. The Canva API covers calls such as create a comment thread and get a thread.

- Create a comment thread
- Get a thread
- List replies

## Challenges Tray.ai solves

### Keeping Canva credentials out of logs

A raw API call usually means pasting a key or token into the request, where it ends up in step inputs, logs, and screenshots.

**How Tray.ai helps:** Store Canva credentials once as a Tray.ai authentication and reference them from the HTTP Connector. Tray.ai masks authentication values in logs, so the secret never shows up in a step's input or output.

### Going from the Canva API docs to a working call

Translating an example request from API docs into a workflow step means copying the method, URL, headers, and body by hand.

**How Tray.ai helps:** Paste a cURL example from the Canva API docs into the HTTP Connector and Tray.ai fills in the method, URL, headers, and body for you.

### Handling files and non-JSON responses

Not every API answers in JSON. Some return XML, files, or binary data, or expect a multipart upload.

**How Tray.ai helps:** The HTTP Connector parses JSON and XML responses, returns files you can pass to the next step, and sends multipart form data for uploads.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Tray.ai connect to Canva?

Yes. Tray.ai connects to Canva through the HTTP Connector, which calls the Canva API directly. Any call the Canva API documents can run as a step in a Tray.ai workflow. API access comes through Canva's partner program or API plan, so you need approved credentials first.

### How does Tray.ai authenticate with Canva?

The Canva API uses OAuth 2.0. You save it once as a Tray.ai authentication, and the HTTP Connector adds it to every request.

### Can I get a dedicated Canva connector?

Canva runs through the HTTP Connector rather than a dedicated connector. If your team wants one, the Tray.ai connector SDK can build a dedicated Canva connector from the Canva API.

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