aid: canto
name: Canto
description: Canto is a digital asset management (DAM) platform offering a fully documented REST API for organizing, tagging, distributing, and sharing brand assets including images, videos, and documents across teams and channels. The API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and provides endpoints for asset search, metadata management, folder and album operations, automated workflows, and asset distribution.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Digital Asset Management
  - DAM
  - Brand Assets
  - Images
  - Videos
  - Documents
  - Media Library
  - Asset Distribution
apis:
  - name: Canto REST API
    description: The Canto REST API enables developers to connect Canto media libraries with other applications. It supports asset search, metadata management, folder and album operations, automated workflows, and asset distribution. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with support for both authorization code and client credentials grant types.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://www.canto.com/api/
    baseURL: https://api.canto.com/
    tags:
      - Digital Asset Management
      - Asset Search
      - Metadata
      - Folders
      - Albums
      - OAuth 2.0
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.canto.com/api/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://canto1.portal.swaggerhub.com/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/canto-pim-openapi.json
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.canto.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.canto.com/api/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/canto
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canto
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.canto.com/blog/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.canto.com/pricing/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://www.saashub.com/canto-status
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/canto
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/canto-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/canto-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/canto-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com