<Warning>

This API is currently provided as a preview. Be aware of the following:

• There might be unannounced breaking changes.
• Any breaking changes to preview APIs won't produce a new API version.
• Public integrations that use preview APIs will not pass the review process, and can't be made available to all Canva users.

</Warning>

AVAILABILITY: To use this API, your integration must act on behalf of a user that's on a Canva plan with access to brand templates (such as Canva Pro, Canva Teams, or Canva Enterprise). Additionally, the user must have one of the following roles: Team admin, Brand designer, Organization admin, or Organization designer.

Publishes a design as a brand template. Brand templates are design templates that can be shared across a team for consistent content creation.

This API supports two workflows:

• Initial publish: If the design is not linked to an existing brand template, a new brand template is created.
• Republish: If the design is a draft of an existing brand template (created by editing an existing template), the existing template is updated with the changes.

The API returns the published brand template immediately.

<Note> The `thumbnail` field might be `null` immediately after publishing, as thumbnails are generated asynchronously. You can use the [Get brand template API](https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/api-reference/brand-templates/get-brand-template/) to retrieve the thumbnail once it's ready. The brand template's `view_url` and `create_url` are available immediately. </Note>

{
  "design_id": "DABCdesign123"
}

{
  "brand_template": {
    "id": "DEMzWSwy3BI",
    "title": "Advertisement Template",
    "view_url": "https://www.canva.com/design/DAE35hE8FA4/view",
    "create_url": "https://www.canva.com/design/DAE35hE8FA4/remix",
    "thumbnail": {
      "width": 595,
      "height": 335,
      "url": "https://document-export.canva.com/Vczz9/zF9vzVtdADc/2/thumbnail/0001.png?<query-string>"
    },
    "created_at": 1704110400,
    "updated_at": 1719835200
  }
}