Action: Autofill Design From Brand Template

Canva Operation

The Autofill Design From Brand Template action in Canva automatically applies your brand’s colors, fonts, and logos to a new design based on a saved template.

Example User Story

I want to create a new flyer for our event without starting from scratch, so I use Autofill Design From Brand Template in Canva to instantly apply our brand’s colors, fonts, and logo to a pre-made template.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
templateId	String	Yes
designData	Map	Yes
designId	String	No
designUrl	String	No

Related Connections

Canva

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "autofill-design-from-brand-template",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Autofill Design From Brand Template",
    "description": "Automatically populate a design using a predefined brand template in Canva."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "templateId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the brand template to use."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "designData",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "A map of key-value pairs to populate the template fields."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "designId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["response", "designId"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the newly created design."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "designUrl",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["response", "designUrl"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The URL to access the newly created design."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/templates/{{templateId}}/autofill",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"data\": {{designData}}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "designData",
              "type": "Map",
              "description": "Data to populate the template.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}