Action: Import Design

Canva Operation

The Import Design action in Canva lets you bring in existing designs or files from other platforms to edit or repurpose.

Example User Story

I want to update last month’s presentation with new data, so I use Import Design in Canva to quickly bring in the old slides and make my edits.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
designURL	String	Yes
folderID	String	No

Related Connections

Canva

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "import-design",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Import Design",
    "description": "Import a design into Canva from an external source."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "designURL",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "URL of the design to import."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "folderID",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "ID of the folder where the design will be saved."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "designID",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["data", "id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "ID of the imported design."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "status",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["data", "status"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Status of the import operation."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/v1/designs/import",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"design_url\": \"{{designURL}}\", \"folder_id\": \"{{folderID}}\"}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "designURL",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "URL of the design to import.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "folderID",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "ID of the folder where the design will be saved.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}