Create a New Text Portion

Introduction

Aspose.Slides Cloud API allows you to read, add, modify and delete text portions from special slides (Master, Layout, Notes) in PowerPoint presentations. Use the following method to create a new text portion within a paragraph.

CreateSpecialSlidePortion

API Information

API	Type	Description	Resource
/slides/{name}/slides/{slideIndex}/{slideType}/shapes/{shapeIndex}/paragraphs/{paragraphIndex}/portions	POST	Adds a new text portion to a paragraph in a shape located on a special slide in a presentation saved in a storage.	CreateSpecialSlidePortion

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
name	string	path	true	The name of a presentation file.
slideIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a regular slide.
slideType	`SpecialSlideType`	path	true	The type of a special slide.
shapeIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a shape.
paragraphIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a paragraph.
dto	`Portion`	body	true	The data transfer object with parameters for a new text portion.
position	integer	query	false	The position of the new text portion in the list. By default, the text portion is added to the end of the list.
password	string	header	false	The password to open the presentation.
folder	string	query	false	The path to the folder containing the presentation.
storage	string	query	false	The name of the storage contaning the folder.
subShape	string	query	false	The path to a child shape (e.g. “3”, “3/shapes/2”).

Examples

The document MyPresentation.pptx saved in the default storage contains two text boxes on the Layout of the first slide. The second text box contains three paragraphs. Add text to the third paragraph with the following options:

text: " The second text portion."
set font to italic
set font color to #FF0000 (red)

Layout slide

cURL Solution

Request

Get an Access Token

curl POST "https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token" \
     -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=MyClientId&client_secret=MyClientSecret" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Add the New Text Portion

curl -X POST "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/1/LayoutSlide/shapes/2/paragraphs/3/portions" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer MyAccessToken" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d @TextPortion.json

TextPortion.json content:

{
  "Text": " The second text portion.",
  "FontItalic": "True",
  "FontColor": "#FF0000"
}

Response

Response Example

{
  "text": " The second text portion.",
  "fontItalic": "True",
  "fontColor": "#FFFF0000",
  "highlightColor": "#0",
  "fontHeight": "NaN",
  "fillFormat": {
    "type": "Solid",
    "color": "#FFFF0000"
  },
  "selfUri": {
    "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/layoutSlides/1/shapes/2/paragraphs/3/portions/2",
    "relation": "self",
    "shapeIndex": 2
  }
}

SDK Solutions

using System;

using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk;
using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk.Model;

class Application
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        string fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 1;
        SpecialSlideType slideType = SpecialSlideType.LayoutSlide;
        int shapeIndex = 2;
        int paragraphIndex = 1;

        Portion textPortion = new Portion
        {
            Text = " The second text portion.",
            FontItalic = Portion.FontItalicEnum.True,
            FontColor = "#FF0000"
        };

        Portion newPortion = slidesApi.CreateSpecialSlidePortion(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, textPortion);

        Console.WriteLine("Italic font: " + newPortion.FontItalic); // True
        Console.WriteLine("Font color: " + newPortion.FontColor);   // #FFFF0000
    }
}

Java

import com.aspose.slides.ApiException;
import com.aspose.slides.api.SlidesApi;
import com.aspose.slides.model.Portion;
import com.aspose.slides.model.SpecialSlideType;

public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        String fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 1;
        SpecialSlideType slideType = SpecialSlideType.LAYOUTSLIDE;
        int shapeIndex = 2;
        int paragraphIndex = 1;

        Portion textPortion = new Portion();
        textPortion.setText(" The second text portion.");
        textPortion.setFontItalic(Portion.FontItalicEnum.TRUE);
        textPortion.setFontColor("#FF0000");

        Portion newPortion = slidesApi.createSpecialSlidePortion(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, textPortion, null, null, null, null, null);

        System.out.println("Italic font: " + newPortion.getFontItalic()); // True
        System.out.println("Font color: " + newPortion.getFontColor());   // #FFFF0000
    }
}

PHP

use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\Configuration;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\SlidesApi;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Model\SpecialSlideType;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Model\Portion;

$configuration = new Configuration();
$configuration->setAppSid("MyClientId");
$configuration->setAppKey("MyClientSecret");

$slidesApi = new SlidesApi(null, $configuration);

$fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
$slideIndex = 1;
$slideType = SpecialSlideType::LAYOUT_SLIDE;
$shapeIndex = 2;
$paragraphIndex = 1;

$textPortion = new Portion();
$textPortion->setText(" The second text portion.");
$textPortion->setFontItalic(Portion::FONT_ITALIC_TRUE);
$textPortion->setFontColor("#FF0000");

$newPortion = $slidesApi->createSpecialSlidePortion($fileName, $slideIndex, $slideType, $shapeIndex, $paragraphIndex, $textPortion);

echo "Italic font: ", $newPortion->getFontItalic(), "\n"; // True
echo "Font color: ", $newPortion->getFontColor();         // #FFFF0000

Ruby

require "aspose_slides_cloud"

include AsposeSlidesCloud

configuration = Configuration.new
configuration.app_sid = "MyClientId"
configuration.app_key = "MyClientSecret"

slides_api = SlidesApi.new(configuration)

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
slide_type = SpecialSlideType::LAYOUT_SLIDE
shape_index = 2
paragraph_index = 1

text_portion = Portion.new
text_portion.text = " The second text portion."
text_portion.font_italic = "True"
text_portion.font_color = "#FF0000"

new_portion = slides_api.create_special_slide_portion(file_name, slide_index, slide_type, shape_index, paragraph_index, text_portion)

puts "Italic font: #{new_portion.font_italic}" # True
puts "Font color: #{new_portion.font_color}"   # #FFFF0000

Python

from asposeslidescloud.apis import SlidesApi
from asposeslidescloud.models import SpecialSlideType
from asposeslidescloud.models import Portion

slides_api = SlidesApi(None, "MyClientId", "MyClientSecret")

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
slide_type = SpecialSlideType.LAYOUTSLIDE
shape_index = 2
paragraph_index = 1

text_portion = Portion()
text_portion.text = " The second text portion."
text_portion.font_italic = "True"
text_portion.font_color = "#FF0000"

new_portion = slides_api.create_special_slide_portion(file_name, slide_index, slide_type, shape_index, paragraph_index, text_portion)

print("Italic font:", new_portion.font_italic)  # True
print("Font color:", new_portion.font_color)    # #FFFF0000

Node.js

const cloudSdk = require("asposeslidescloud");

const slidesApi = new cloudSdk.SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
slideIndex = 1;
slideType = cloudSdk.SpecialSlideType.LayoutSlide;
shapeIndex = 2;
paragraphIndex = 1;

textPortion = new cloudSdk.Portion();
textPortion.text = " The second text portion.";
textPortion.fontItalic = cloudSdk.Portion.FontItalicEnum.True;
textPortion.fontColor = "#FF0000";

slidesApi.createSpecialSlidePortion(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, textPortion).then(newPortion => {
    console.log("Italic font:", newPortion.body.fontItalic); // True
    console.log("Font color:", newPortion.body.fontColor);   // #FFFF0000
});

C++

#include "asposeslidescloud/api/SlidesApi.h"

using namespace asposeslidescloud::api;

int main()
{
    std::shared_ptr<SlidesApi> slidesApi = std::make_shared<SlidesApi>(L"MyClientId", L"MyClientSecret");

    const wchar_t* fileName = L"MyPresentation.pptx";
    int slideIndex = 1;
    const wchar_t* slideType = L"LayoutSlide";
    int shapeIndex = 2;
    int paragraphIndex = 1;

    std::shared_ptr<Portion> textPortion = std::make_shared<Portion>();
    textPortion->setText(L" The second text portion.");
    textPortion->setFontItalic(L"True");
    textPortion->setFontColor(L"#FF0000");

    std::shared_ptr<Portion> newPortion = slidesApi->createSpecialSlidePortion(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, textPortion).get();

    std::wcout << L"Italic font: " << newPortion->getFontItalic() << L"\n"; // True
    std::wcout << L"Font color: " << newPortion->getFontColor();            // #FFFF0000
}

Perl

use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::Object::Portion;

my $configuration = AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration->new();
$configuration->{app_sid} = "MyClientId";
$configuration->{app_key} = "MyClientSecret";

my $slides_api = AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi->new(config => $configuration);

my $file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx";
my $slide_index = 1;
my $slide_type = "LayoutSlide";
my $shape_index = 2;
my $paragraph_index = 1;

my $text_portion = AsposeSlidesCloud::Object::Portion->new();
$text_portion->{text} = " The second text portion.";
$text_portion->{font_italic} = "True";
$text_portion->{font_color} = "#FF0000";

my $new_portion = $slides_api->create_special_slide_portion(
    name => $file_name, slide_index => $slide_index, slide_type => $slide_type, shape_index => $shape_index, paragraph_index => $paragraph_index, dto => $text_portion);

print("Italic font: ", $new_portion->{font_italic}, "\n"); # True
print("Font color: ", $new_portion->{font_color});         # #FFFF0000

Swift

import (
	"fmt"

	asposeslidescloud "github.com/aspose-slides-cloud/aspose-slides-cloud-go/v24"
)

func main() {
	configuration := asposeslidescloud.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.AppSid = "MyClientId"
	configuration.AppKey = "MyClientSecret"

	slidesApi := asposeslidescloud.NewAPIClient(configuration).SlidesApi

	fileName := "MyPresentation.pptx"
	var slideIndex int32 = 1
	slideType := string(asposeslidescloud.SpecialSlideType_LayoutSlide)
	var shapeIndex int32 = 2
	var paragraphIndex int32 = 1

	textPortion := asposeslidescloud.NewPortion()
	textPortion.Text = " The second text portion."
	textPortion.FontItalic = "True"
	textPortion.FontColor = "#FF0000"

	newPortion, _, _ := slidesApi.CreateSpecialSlidePortion(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, textPortion, nil, "", "", "", "")

	fmt.Println("Italic font:", newPortion.GetFontItalic()) // True
	fmt.Println("Font color:", newPortion.GetFontColor())   // #FFFF0000
}

The result:

Layout slide

SDKs

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