Google Slides Tools

The Google Slides provider lets a workflow read a presentation, create a new presentation, and apply batch update requests against the Google Slides API. Use these tools when a workflow needs to generate, inspect, or programmatically modify slide decks. Authentication is a Google OAuth access token.

Overview

Operations

Configuration

google_slides_get_presentation

Read content and metadata from a Google Slides presentation. Calls GET https://slides.googleapis.com/v1/presentations/{presentationId}.

google_slides_create_presentation

Create a new Google Slides presentation. Calls POST https://slides.googleapis.com/v1/presentations.

google_slides_batch_update

Apply a batch of update requests to a Google Slides presentation. Calls POST https://slides.googleapis.com/v1/presentations/{presentationId}:batchUpdate.

Outputs

google_slides_get_presentation

• data (json) — The Google Slides presentation object.
• metadata (json) — Presentation identifiers. Contains presentationId (string) — the presentation ID.

google_slides_create_presentation

• data (json) — The created Google Slides presentation object.
• metadata (json) — Presentation identifiers. Contains presentationId (string) — the presentation ID.

google_slides_batch_update

• data (json) — The batch update response, including replies.
• metadata (json) — Presentation identifiers. Contains presentationId (string) — the presentation ID.

YAML Example

google_slides_1:
  type: google_slides
  name: "Google Slides"
  inputs:
    operation: "google_slides_get_presentation"
    presentationId: "1AbcDEFghIJKlmnOPqrStuVwxyz1234567890"
    accessToken: "{{GOOGLE_SLIDES_ACCESS_TOKEN}}"
  connections:
    outgoing:
      - target: next-block-id

Create a presentation, then add a slide with a batch update that references the returned ID:

create_deck:
  type: google_slides
  name: "Create Deck"
  inputs:
    operation: "google_slides_create_presentation"
    title: "Quarterly Review"
    accessToken: "{{GOOGLE_SLIDES_ACCESS_TOKEN}}"
  connections:
    outgoing:
      - target: add_slide

add_slide:
  type: google_slides
  name: "Add Slide"
  inputs:
    operation: "google_slides_batch_update"
    presentationId: "{{create_deck.metadata.presentationId}}"
    requests: '[{ "createSlide": {} }]'
    accessToken: "{{GOOGLE_SLIDES_ACCESS_TOKEN}}"

Tips

• Auth setup: All three operations require a Google OAuth access token with Slides API scope (e.g. https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations). The token is sent as Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}} and is marked as a secret/password field — keep it in an environment variable like {{GOOGLE_SLIDES_ACCESS_TOKEN}}, never inline.
• Chaining: google_slides_create_presentation returns the new ID at {{blockName.metadata.presentationId}}. Feed that into google_slides_batch_update or google_slides_get_presentation rather than hard-coding an ID.
• Batch update format: The requests parameter must be a JSON array of Slides API Request objects (one per edit). To create slides, insert text, replace images, etc., consult the Google Slides presentations.batchUpdate request reference. The batch response surfaces per-request results under data.replies.