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Overview

To authenticate with Canva, you need one key piece of information:
  1. API Key - Your Canva API Key
This guide will walk you through finding or creating those credentials within Canva.

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Prerequisites:

  • You must be a team administrator or owner of Canva for Teams or Canva for Education.

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Step 1: Finding Canva API Key

  1. Log in to your Canva account.
  2. Click the gear icon to go to your Account settings.
  3. In the side menu, under your team’s settings, click SSO & provisioning.
  4. Under SCIM, select Enable SCIM user provisioning.
  5. Copy the access token.

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Step 2: Connect Your Canva Account

To authenticate using your API credentials, navigate to the Canva authentication form. Enter your credentials as follows:
  • API Key: Your API key
Click “Connect” to complete the authentication.