canva-load-scale

name	canva-load-scale
description	Implement Canva Connect API load testing, auto-scaling, and capacity planning. Use when running performance tests, planning capacity around Canva rate limits, or scaling Canva integrations for production workloads. Trigger with phrases like "canva load test", "canva scale", "canva performance test", "canva capacity", "canva k6", "canva benchmark".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(k6:*), Bash(kubectl:*)
version	1.5.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","design","canva"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Canva Load & Scale

Overview

Load test and scale Canva Connect API integrations. Since Canva enforces per-user rate limits, scaling means distributing load across users, not increasing per-user throughput.

Canva Rate Limit Constraints

Operation	Per-User Limit	Implication
Create design	20/min	Max 1,200 designs/hr per user
List designs	100/min	Generous for reads
Create export	75/5min (500/24hr)	Max 500 exports/day per user
Integration export	750/5min (5,000/24hr)	Shared across all users
Upload asset	30/min	Max 1,800/hr per user
Autofill	60/min	Max 3,600/hr per user

Key insight: The integration-wide export limit of 5,000/day across ALL users is the most constraining for high-volume scenarios.

k6 Load Test

// canva-load-test.js
import http from 'k6/http';
import { check, sleep } from 'k6';
import { Rate, Trend } from 'k6/metrics';

const errorRate = new Rate('canva_error_rate');
const exportDuration = new Trend('canva_export_duration');

export const options = {
  scenarios: {
    design_operations: {
      executor: 'ramping-vus',
      startVUs: 1,
      : [
        { : , :  },    
        { : , :  },    
        { : , :  },   
        { : , :  },   
        { : , :  },    
      ],
    },
  },
  : {
    : [],       
    : [],          
    : [],   
  },
};

  = ;
  = __ENV.;
 headers = {
  : ,
  : ,
};

   () {
  
   listRes = http.(, { headers });
  (listRes, { :  r. ===  });
  errorRate.(listRes. !== );

   (listRes. === ) {
     retryAfter = (listRes.[] || );
    (retryAfter);
    ;
  }

  
   createRes = http.(, .({
    : { : , : , :  },
    : ,
  }), { headers });

  (createRes, { :  r. ===  });
  errorRate.(createRes. !== );

   (createRes. === ) {
     designId = createRes.();

    
     exportStart = .();
     exportRes = http.(, .({
      : designId,
      : { :  },
    }), { headers });

     (exportRes. === ) {
       jobId = exportRes.();

      
       status = ;
       (status === ) {
        ();
         pollRes = http.(, { headers });
        status = pollRes.();
      }

      exportDuration.(.() - exportStart);
    }
  }

  (); 
}