Split a Presentation from a Local File and Save Parts to Storage

Introduction

The article shows you how to split a PowerPoint presentation stored in a local file and save the splitted parts to a storage.

API Information

API	Type	Description	Resource
/slides/split/{format}	PUT	Splits a presentation file stored in a local file and saves the result in a storage.	SplitAndSaveOnline

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
document	file	formData	true	The presentation file.
format	string	path	true	The format for output files. See the table for available formats. The default value is `jpeg`.
destFolder	string	query	false	The storage folder where the output files will be uploaded. If it is not specified, the files will be uploaded to the folder where the presentation is saved.
width	integer	query	false	The width of each slide in the output files. Does not affect the HTML format.
height	integer	query	false	The height of each slide in the output files. Does not affect the HTML format.
from	integer	query	false	The 1-based starting slide number for the splitting. If it is not specified, the splitting starts from the first slide of the presentation.
to	integer	query	false	The 1-based last slide number for the splitting. If it is not specified, the splitting ends at the last slide of the presentation.
password	string	header	false	The password to open the presentation.
storage	string	query	false	The name of the storage where the presentation is saved. If it is not specified, the default storage is assumed.
fontsFolder	string	query	false	The path to the storage folder containing custom fonts that can be used in the presentation.

Splitting a Range of Slides

Split the first three slides from MyPresentation.pptx file and save them as 480x270 bitmap images to MyImages folder in MyStorage storage.

cURL Solution

Request

Get an Access Token

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

Split the Presentation

curl -X PUT "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/split/Bmp?destFolder=MyImages&width=480&height=270&from=1&to=3&storage=MyStorage" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <access_token>" \
     -F "file=@MyPresentation.pptx"

Response

{
    "slides": [
        {
            "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp",
            "relation": "self",
            "linkType": "image/bmp",
            "title": "Slide 1"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_2.bmp",
            "relation": "self",
            "linkType": "image/bmp",
            "title": "Slide 2"
        },
        {
            "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_3.bmp",
            "relation": "self",
            "linkType": "image/bmp",
            "title": "Slide 3"
        }
    ],
    "selfUri": {
        "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/sourcePresentation",
        "relation": "self"
    }
}

SDK Solutions

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-dotnet

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

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

        // Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
        using var presentationStream = File.OpenRead("MyPresentation.pptx");
        var response = api.SplitAndSaveOnline(presentationStream, SlideExportFormat.Bmp, "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3);

        // Print information about the result.
        foreach (var slide in response.Slides)
        {
            // Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
            Console.WriteLine(slide.Href);
        }
    }
}

Java

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-java

import com.aspose.slides.ApiException;
import com.aspose.slides.api.SlidesApi;
import com.aspose.slides.model.SlideExportFormat;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

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

        // Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
        byte[] presentationData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("MyPresentation.pptx"));
        SplitDocumentResult response = slidesApi.splitAndSaveOnline(presentationData, SlideExportFormat.BMP, "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3, null, "MyStorage", null, null);

        // Print information about the result.
        for (ResourceUri slide : response.getSlides())
        {
            // Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
            System.out.println(slide.getHref());
        }
    }
}

PHP

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-php

use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\Configuration;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\SlidesApi;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Model\SlideExportFormat;

$configuration = new Configuration();
$configuration->setAppSid("my_client_id");
$configuration->setAppKey("my_client_secret");

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

// Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
$presentationStream = fopen("MyPresentation.pptx", "r");
$response = $slidesApi->splitAndSaveOnline($presentationStream, SlideExportFormat::BMP, "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3, null, "MyStorage");

// Print information about the result.
foreach ($response->getSlides() as $slide)
{
    // Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
    echo $slide->getHref(), "\n";
}

Ruby

# For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-ruby

require "aspose_slides_cloud"

include AsposeSlidesCloud

configuration = Configuration.new
configuration.app_sid = "my_client_id"
configuration.app_key = "my_client_secret"

slides_api = SlidesApi.new(configuration)

# Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
presentation_data = File.binread("MyPresentation.pptx")
response = slides_api.split_and_save_online(presentation_data, SlideExportFormat::BMP, "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3, nil, "MyStorage")

# Print information about the result.
for slide in response.slides
    # Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
    puts slide.href
end

Python

# For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-python

import asposeslidescloud

from asposeslidescloud.apis.slides_api import SlidesApi
from asposeslidescloud.models.slide_export_format import SlideExportFormat

slides_api = SlidesApi(None, "my_client_id", "my_client_secret")

# Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
with open("MyPresentation.pptx", "rb") as presentation_stream:
    response = slides_api.split_and_save_online(presentation_stream, SlideExportFormat.BMP, "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3, None, "MyStorage")

# Print information about the result.
for slide in response.slides:
    # Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
    print(slide.href)

Node.js

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-nodejs

const cloud = require("asposeslidescloud");
const fs = require("fs");

const slidesApi = new cloud.SlidesApi("my_client_id", "my_client_secret");

// Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
const presentationStream = fs.createReadStream("MyPresentation.pptx");
slidesApi.splitAndSaveOnline(presentationStream, "bmp", "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3, null, "MyStorage").then(response => {
    // Print information about the result.
    response.body.slides.forEach(slide => {
        // Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
        console.log(slide.href);
    });
});

Android

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-android

import com.aspose.slides.ApiException;
import com.aspose.slides.api.SlidesApi;
import com.aspose.slides.model.SlideExportFormat;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

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

        // Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
        byte[] presentationData = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("MyPresentation.pptx"));
        SplitDocumentResult response = slidesApi.splitAndSaveOnline(presentationData, SlideExportFormat.BMP, "MyImages", 480, 270, 1, 3, null, "MyStorage", null, null);

        // Print information about the result.
        for (ResourceUri slide : response.getSlides())
        {
            // Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
            System.out.println(slide.getHref());
        }
    }
}

C++

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-cpp

#include "asposeslidescloud/api/SlidesApi.h"

using namespace utility;
using namespace utility::conversions;
using namespace asposeslidescloud::api;

int main()
{
    auto slidesApi = std::make_shared<SlidesApi>(to_string_t("my_client_id"), to_string_t("my_client_secret"));

    // Prepare a request content for the splitting.
    auto presentationStream = std::make_shared<std::ifstream>("MyPresentation.pptx", std::ios::binary);
    auto requestContent = std::make_shared<HttpContent>();
    requestContent->setData(presentationStream);

    // Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
    auto responseContent = slidesApi->splitAndSaveOnline(
        requestContent, to_string_t("bmp"), to_string_t("MyImages"), 480, 270, 1, 3, string_t(), to_string_t("MyStorage")).get();

    // Print information about the result.
    for (auto slide : responseContent->getSlides())
    {
        // Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
        std::cout << to_utf8string(slide->getHref()) << std::endl;
    }

    return 0;
}

Perl

# For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-Slides-cloud/aspose-Slides-cloud-perl

use File::Slurp;

use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;

my $config = AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration->new();
$config->{app_sid} = "my_client_id";
$config->{app_key} = "my_client_secret";

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

# Split the first three slides and save them to 480x270 bitmaps in the storage.
my $presentation_data = read_file("MyPresentation.pptx", { binmode => ":raw" });
my %split_params = ("document" => $presentation_data, "format" => "bmp", "dest_folder" => "MyImages", "width" => 480, "height" => 270, "from" => 1, "to" => 3, "storage" => "MyStorage");
my $response = $slides_api->split_and_save_online(%split_params);

# Print information about the result.
for $slide (@{$response->{slides}}) {
    # Output: https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/storage/file/MyImages/sourcePresentation_1.bmp, etc.
    print $slide->{href}, "\n";
}

Swift

SDKs

Using an SDK (API client) is the quickest way for a developer to speed up development. An SDK takes care of a lot of low-level details of making requests and handling responses and lets you focus on writing code specific to your particular project. Check out our GitHub repository for a complete list of Aspose.Slides Cloud SDKs along with working examples, to get you started in no time. Please check Available SDKs article to learn how to add an SDK to your project.

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