generator/create

How to create a presentation

Use this endpoint to create a new presentation from a .pptx template file and JSON data.

generator/create

POST https://gen.powerpointgeneratorapi.com/v1.0/generator/create

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Content-Type*	String	multipart/form-data
Authorization*	String	Bearer authentication token

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
files*	Object	.pptx file
jsonData*	String	JSON data

200: OK

400: Bad Request

401: Unauthorized

Example request

cURL

curl --location --request POST 'https://gen.powerpointgeneratorapi.com/v1.0/generator/create' \
-H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer {add_your_token_here}' \
-F 'files=@my_dummy_presentation.pptx' \
-F 'jsonData={"presentation":{"template":"my_dummy_presentation.pptx","export_version":"Pptx2010","resultFileName":"quick_start_example","slides":[{"type":"slide","slide_index":0,"shapes":[{"name":"Title 1","content":"Your generated PowerPoint presentation"},{"name":"Subtitle 2","content":"Create,fill and manage PowerPoint documents through simple API requests."}]}]}}'

Python

import requests

payload={'jsonData': '{"template":"my_dummy_presentation.pptx","export_version":"Pptx2010","resultFileName":"quick_start_example","slides":[{"type":"slide","slide_index":0,"shapes":[{"name":"Title 1","content":"Your generated PowerPoint presentation"},{"name":"Subtitle 2","content":"Create, fill and manage PowerPoint documents through simple API requests."}]}]}'}

files=[
  ('files', ('my_dummy_presentation.pptx', open('./my_dummy_presentation.pptx','rb'), 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation'))
]

response = requests.post(
    'https://gen.powerpointgeneratorapi.com/v1.0/generator/create',
    data=payload,
    files=files,
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {add_your_token_here}',
    },
    timeout=360
)

with open("./generated.pptx", "wb") as file:
    file.write(response.content)

JavaScript

const formData = new FormData();

  formData.append("jsonData", JSON.stringify('{"presentation":{"template":"url of title_slide_template.pptx","export_version":"Pptx2010","resultFileName":"quick_start_example","slides":[{"type":"slide","slide_index":0,"shapes":[{"name":"Title 1","content":"YourgeneratedPowerPointpresentation"},{"name":"Subtitle 2","content":"Create,fillandmanagePowerPointdocumentsthroughsimpleAPIrequests."}]}]}}'));

  const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
  request.open(
    "POST",
    "https://gen.powerpointgeneratorapi.com/v1.0/generator/create",
    true
  );
  request.setRequestHeader(
    "Authorization",
    "Bearer {add_your_token_here}"
  );

  request.responseType = "blob";

  request.onload = function () {
    if (request.readyState === request.DONE && request.status === 200) {
      var blob = new Blob([request.response], {
      type: "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation",
      });
      var link = document.createElement("a");
      link.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob);
      link.download = "generated.pptx";
      link.click();      
    }
  };

  request.send(formData);

Postman

1. Enter your Bearer Token in the Authorization tab.

1. In the Body tab add the following parameters: file: upload your .pptx template file jsonData: Paste your JSON data

1. Click Send and Download save as `.pptx`