---
title: "Open a media file as a Canva design"
method: POST
path: "/v1/assets/{asset_id}/canva-design"
tags: ["assets"]
---

# Open a media file as a Canva design

`POST /v1/assets/{asset_id}/canva-design`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.patricia.app` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.patricia.app/v1/assets/{asset_id}/canva-design`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create an editable Canva design from the current version of a supported media image. Answers 404 when the file is not visible to this caller.

## Path parameters

- `asset_id` string, uuid, required: The asset's id.

## Query parameters

- `access_acknowledgement` string, uuid, nullable: A UUID for one deliberate private-file opening. Reuse across requests for the same opening.

## Headers

- `X-Tenant-Id` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- AssetCanvaDesign: The Canva design created from one Patricia media file.
  - `edit_url` string, required: The HTTPS Canva editor URL for the new design.
  - `design_id` string, required: Canva's identifier for the new design.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden. Inspect response body `code` for the specific reason (for example: PERMISSION_DENIED, EMAIL_NOT_VERIFIED, TENANT_ACCESS_REQUIRED, ROLE_UNRESOLVED). PRIVATE_ASSET_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT_REQUIRED: confirm a deliberate opening.
- `404`: Not found
- `409`: Conflict
- `422`: Validation error
- `503`: Canva, file storage, or the private access audit is unavailable.

---

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