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Integrations / Google Slides

Google Slides

Read, create and edit Google Slides presentations.

5 actions OAuth 2 1 read4 write Calls slides.googleapis.com

Connect

TypeScript

const conn = await setu.connections.initiate({ userId: "user_1", toolkit: "googleslides" });
console.log(conn.connectUrl); // show this to your user
await conn.waitUntilActive();

Permissions requested

Scope	Why it is requested
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email`	See which Google account you connected
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations`	See, edit and create your Google Slides presentations

Actions

Add slidewritegoogleslides.add_slideAdd a new slide with a predefined layout to the end of a presentation and return its ID.

Needs scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations

Input	Type		Description
`presentation_id`	string	Required	Presentation ID
`layout`	string	Required	Predefined slide layout

TypeScript

await setu.execute({
  userId: "user_1",
  action: "googleslides.add_slide",
  input: {
    "presentation_id": "<presentation_id>",
    "layout": "<layout>"
  },
});

Create presentationwritegoogleslides.create_presentationCreate a new blank Google Slides presentation with a title.

Needs scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations

Input	Type		Description
`title`	string	Required	Presentation title

TypeScript

await setu.execute({
  userId: "user_1",
  action: "googleslides.create_presentation",
  input: {
    "title": "<title>"
  },
});

Get presentationreadgoogleslides.get_presentationGet a presentation's title, slide IDs and the IDs of the shapes on each slide (needed for insert_text).

Needs scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations

Input	Type		Description
`presentation_id`	string	Required	The long ID in the presentation address

TypeScript

await setu.execute({
  userId: "user_1",
  action: "googleslides.get_presentation",
  input: {
    "presentation_id": "<presentation_id>"
  },
});

Insert text into shapewritegoogleslides.insert_textInsert text into an existing shape or text box (get its ID from get_presentation) at a character index.

Needs scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations

Input	Type		Description
`presentation_id`	string	Required	Presentation ID
`object_id`	string	Required	ID of the shape or text box
`text`	string	Required	Text to insert
`insertion_index`	integer	Optional	Character index to insert at (default 0, the start)

TypeScript

await setu.execute({
  userId: "user_1",
  action: "googleslides.insert_text",
  input: {
    "presentation_id": "<presentation_id>",
    "object_id": "<object_id>",
    "text": "<text>"
  },
});

Replace text everywherewritegoogleslides.replace_all_textFind text across all slides and replace it, for example to fill {{placeholders}} in a template deck. Returns how many were changed.

Needs scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations

Input	Type		Description
`presentation_id`	string	Required	Presentation ID
`find`	string	Required	Text to find
`replace_with`	string	Required	Replacement text
`match_case`	boolean	Optional	Case-sensitive match (default false)

TypeScript

await setu.execute({
  userId: "user_1",
  action: "googleslides.replace_all_text",
  input: {
    "presentation_id": "<presentation_id>",
    "find": "<find>",
    "replace_with": "<replace_with>"
  },
});