Update Paragraphs

Introduction

Aspose.Slides Cloud API allows you to read, add, modify and delete text paragraphs from shapes located on special slides (Master, Layout, Notes) in PowerPoint presentations. Use the following method to update paragraphs in presentation shapes.

UpdateSpecialSlideParagraph

API Information

API	Type	Description	Resource
/slides/{name}/slides/{slideIndex}/{slideType}/shapes/{shapeIndex}/paragraphs/{paragraphIndex}	PUT	Updates a paragraph in a shape located on a special slide in a presentation saved in a storage.	UpdateSpecialSlideParagraph

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	`Paragraph`	body	true	The data transfer object with parameters for the paragraph.
password	string	header	false	The password to open the presentation.
folder	string	query	false	The path to the folder containing the presentation file.
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 Master of the first slide. The second text box contains three paragraphs. Align the third paragraph to the left.

Master 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"

Update the Paragraph

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

Paragraph.json content:

{
  "Alignment": "Left"
}

Response

Response Example

{
  "alignment": "Left",
  "portionList": [
    {
      "text": "This is the third paragraph.",
      "highlightColor": "#0",
      "fontHeight": "NaN",
      "smartTagClean": false,
      "selfUri": {
        "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/masterSlides/1/shapes/2/paragraphs/3/portions/1",
        "relation": "self",
        "shapeIndex": 2
      }
    }
  ],
  "defaultPortionFormat": {
    "fontItalic": "True",
    "highlightColor": "#0",
    "fontHeight": "NaN",
    "smartTagClean": false
  },
  "selfUri": {
    "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/masterSlides/1/shapes/2/paragraphs/3",
    "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.MasterSlide;
        int shapeIndex = 2;
        int paragraphIndex = 3;

        Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph
        {
            Alignment = Paragraph.AlignmentEnum.Left
        };

        Paragraph updatedParagraph = slidesApi.UpdateSpecialSlideParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, paragraph);

        Console.WriteLine("Alignment: " + updatedParagraph.Alignment); // Left
    }
}

Java

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

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.MASTERSLIDE;
        int shapeIndex = 2;
        int paragraphIndex = 3;

        Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
        paragraph.setAlignment(Paragraph.AlignmentEnum.LEFT);

        Paragraph updatedParagraph = slidesApi.updateSpecialSlideParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, paragraph, null, null, null, null);

        System.out.println("Alignment: " + updatedParagraph.getAlignment()); // Left
    }
}

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\Paragraph;

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

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

$fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
$slideIndex = 1;
$slideType = SpecialSlideType::MASTER_SLIDE;
$shapeIndex = 2;
$paragraphIndex = 3;

$paragraph = new Paragraph();
$paragraph->setAlignment(Paragraph::ALIGNMENT_LEFT);

$updatedParagraph = $slidesApi->updateSpecialSlideParagraph($fileName, $slideIndex, $slideType, $shapeIndex, $paragraphIndex, $paragraph);

echo "Alignment: ", $updatedParagraph->getAlignment(); // Left

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::MASTER_SLIDE
shape_index = 2
paragraph_index = 3

paragraph = Paragraph.new
paragraph.alignment = "Left"

updated_paragraph = slides_api.update_special_slide_paragraph(file_name, slide_index, slide_type, shape_index, paragraph_index, paragraph)

puts "Alignment: #{updated_paragraph.alignment}" # Left

Python

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

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

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
slide_type = SpecialSlideType.MASTERSLIDE
shape_index = 2
paragraph_index = 3

paragraph = Paragraph()
paragraph.alignment = "Left"

updated_paragraph = slides_api.update_special_slide_paragraph(file_name, slide_index, slide_type, shape_index, paragraph_index, paragraph)

print(f"Alignment: {updated_paragraph.alignment}")  # Left

Node.js

const cloudSdk = require("asposeslidescloud");

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

fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
slideIndex = 1;
slideType = cloudSdk.SpecialSlideType.MasterSlide;
shapeIndex = 2;
paragraphIndex = 3;

paragraph = new cloudSdk.Paragraph();
paragraph.alignment = cloudSdk.Paragraph.AlignmentEnum.Left;

slidesApi.updateSpecialSlideParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, paragraph).then(updatedParagraph => {
    console.log("Alignment:", updatedParagraph.body.alignment); // Left
});

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"MasterSlide";
    int shapeIndex = 2;
    int paragraphIndex = 3;

    std::shared_ptr<Paragraph> paragraph = std::make_shared<Paragraph>();
    paragraph->setAlignment(L"Left");

    std::shared_ptr<Paragraph> updatedParagraph = slidesApi->updateSpecialSlideParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, paragraph).get();

    std::wcout << L"Alignment: " << updatedParagraph->getAlignment(); // Left
}

Perl

use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::Object::Paragraph;

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 = "MasterSlide";
my $shape_index = 2;
my $paragraph_index = 3;

$paragraph = AsposeSlidesCloud::Object::Paragraph->new();
$paragraph->{alignment} = "Left";

$updated_paragraph = $slides_api->update_special_slide_paragraph(
    name => $file_name, slide_index => $slide_index, slide_type => $slide_type, shape_index => $shape_index, paragraph_index => $paragraph_index, dto => $paragraph);

print("Alignment: ", $updated_paragraph->{alignment}); # Left

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_MasterSlide)
	var shapeIndex int32 = 2
	var paragraphIndex int32 = 3

	paragraph := asposeslidescloud.NewParagraph()
	paragraph.Alignment = "Left"

	updatedParagraph, _, _ := slidesApi.UpdateSpecialSlideParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, shapeIndex, paragraphIndex, paragraph, "", "", "", "")

	fmt.Println("Alignment:", updatedParagraph.GetAlignment()) // Left
}

The result:

Master Slide

SDKs

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