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Review Canva design metadata from YouTube activity

Get the right Canva editing and viewing links into your workflow as channel activity arrives.

Trigger

New YouTube Activity

Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.

Action

Fetch design metadata and access information

Gets the metadata for a design. this includes owner information, urls for editing and viewing, and thumbnail information.

Why this helps

Teams waste time hunting for the correct design when a campaign needs a fast update.

  • Surface editing and viewing links quickly
  • Reduce design search time
  • Keep campaign review connected to channel activity

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect YouTube and Canva once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation named for design review.
  • 3Tell Notis to retrieve the metadata and access links for the Canva design associated with each new YouTube activity.
  • 4Pick New YouTube Activity as the trigger and choose where reports should be delivered.
  • 5Test with one real activity and confirm the returned design links.

Questions about this workflow

What does Canva metadata include?

It can include owner information, edit and view URLs, and thumbnail information returned by Canva.

Does this change the design?

No. It only retrieves design metadata and access information.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Youtube to Canva. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Youtube triggers

Canva actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Access user specific brand templates list

This year, brand template ids will change; integrations storing them must update within 6 months. also, api use requires canva enterprise membership.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

New YouTube Activity

Triggers when a new activity is detected on a YouTube channel.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

New Item in YouTube Playlist

Triggers when a new item is added to a YouTube playlist.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

New Playlist in YouTube Channel

Triggers when a new playlist is added to a YouTube channel.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

New YouTube Channel Subscription

Triggers when a new channel is subscribed.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Youtube and Canva, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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