Action: Upload Asset

Canva Operation

The Upload Asset action in Canva allows you to add your own images, videos, or files to use in your designs.

Example User Story

I want to quickly add my company logo to a social media post, so I use the Upload Asset action in Canva to import the logo file and place it seamlessly into my design.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
file	File	Yes
folderId	String	No
accessToken	String	Yes

Related Connections

Canva

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "upload-asset",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Upload Asset",
    "description": "Uploads an asset (image, video, etc.) to Canva."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "file",
      "type": "File",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The file to upload."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "folderId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the folder where the asset will be uploaded."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "assetId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the uploaded asset."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "assetUrl",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["url"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The URL of the uploaded asset."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/v1/uploads",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "--boundary\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"{{file.name}}\"\nContent-Type: {{file.type}}\n\n{{file.content}}\n--boundary--",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "file",
              "type": "File",
              "description": "The file to upload.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "accessToken",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The access token for Canva API.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "queryParams": {
          "folder_id": "{{folderId}}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}