---
title: "addContainer Method"
canonical: https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.printarea.addcontainer.htm
archived: true
applies_to:
  - product: "Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
  - product: "Design Editor"
    versions: ["6.15.0", "6.x (may differ)"]
---

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# addContainer Method

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 6.15.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
### Callable
 
- addContainer(containerDefiniton:  [IChannelContainerDefinition](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.ichannelcontainerdefinition.htm.md) ) :  Promise < [Container](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.container.htm.md) >

- Adds a channel container to the print area.
  
 - example
     - ```
    // Initialize a product with the "card.psd" template.
    const productDefinition = {
        surfaces: ["card"]
    };
    
    // Load the editor.
    CustomersCanvas.IframeApi.loadEditor(iframe, productDefinition)
    
        // If the editor has been successfully loaded.
        .then(function (editor) {
            // When we get the product.
            editor.getProduct().then(function (product) {
                // Add a container to the print area.
                product.currentSurface.printAreas[0].addContainer({
                    name: "foil",
                    type: "texture",
                    texture: "texture.jpg",
                    // Expects a translated string for the FOIL key in translations.json.
                    translationKey: "ObjectInspector.FOIL"
                });
            });
        });
    ```

#### Parameters

    - ##### containerDefiniton: [IChannelContainerDefinition](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/customerscanvas.iframeapi.objectmodel.ichannelcontainerdefinition.htm.md) 
  
        A container to add.

#### Returns Promise < Container >
 
    An instance of the added container.