Keep every Canva design brief ready to act on
Send a design request to Notis and get a readable brief in Drive, ready for your next review.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
Design requests can get buried in chat, leaving context scattered when it is time to review or hand work off.
- Keep the request and its context together in one document.
- Make design work easier to find and hand off.
- Reduce the chance that a request disappears in chat.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canva and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to turn each incoming Canva design request into a concise brief and save it as a Google Drive document.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test it with one real design request.
Questions about this workflow
How does this workflow start?
A webhook starts it when an HTTP request is sent to Notis. Canva has no listed trigger events, so the request must be sent to the Notis webhook.
Can it create a Google Doc?
The action creates a file from text and supports formats that can be converted to Google Workspace types. Describe the intended document format in your instruction.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canva to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canva triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Canva and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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