Prepare a Canva home for incoming Box collaborators
A new Box invite can prompt the creation of a Canva folder for the work ahead.
Trigger
New Pending Collaboration Invite
Triggers when a new pending collaboration invite is created. This trigger monitors the user's pending collaborations and fires when new pending collaboration invites are detected.
Action
Create user or sub folder
This api creates a folder in a canva user's projects at the top level or within another folder, returning the new folder's id and additional details upon success.
Why this helps
New collaborators may be invited into Box before anyone prepares the creative workspace they need.
- Prepare a creative workspace as collaboration begins.
- Reduce manual project setup during onboarding.
- Give incoming work a clear organizational starting point.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Canva once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a new automation in Automations and name it for project onboarding.
- 3Describe in one plain-language instruction when a new pending Box invite should lead Notis to create a Canva folder and how to name it using available context.
- 4Choose the Box New Pending Collaboration Invite trigger, choose a run report destination, and test with one real invite.
Questions about this workflow
Does this grant the invitee Canva access?
No. Creating a folder does not invite people or change access. Share the folder through the appropriate Canva process.
What if the invite does not include a clear project name?
Tell Notis to use a safe fallback name or skip folder creation and report that the project context was missing.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Canva. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Canva actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create canva design with optional asset
Create a new canva design using a preset or custom dimensions, and add an asset with `asset id` from a user's project using relevant apis.
Collaboration Details Changed
Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.
Create comment reply in design
This preview api allows replying to comments within a design on canva, with a limit of 100 replies per comment. users should note potential unannounced changes, and that preview apis are not eligible for public integrations.
Comment Changed
Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.
Create design comment in preview api
This api is in preview and may change without notice; integrations using it won't pass review. it allows creating comments on a design, with a limit of 1000 comments per design.
New File Comment Added
Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.
Create user or sub folder
This api creates a folder in a canva user's projects at the top level or within another folder, returning the new folder's id and additional details upon success.
File Metadata Changed
Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.
Delete asset by id
You can delete an asset by specifying its `assetid`. this operation mirrors the behavior in the canva ui. deleting an item moves it to the trash. deleting an asset doesn't remove it from designs that already use it.
File Shared Link Changed
Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.
Exchange oauth 2 0 access or refresh token
The oauth 2.0 endpoint issues time-limited (4-hour) access tokens of up to 4kb for user authorization via codes or refresh tokens. it requires client id/secret for authentication.
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
Fetch asset upload job status
Summarize asset upload outcome by repeatedly calling the endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received after using the create asset upload job api.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Box and Canva, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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