pptx-builder-from-yaml

CLI to generate powerpoint slides from simple yaml file[s]

• pptx-builder-from-yaml
  • Dependencies to run the CLI
  • How to install?
  • How does a yaml file look like for generating pptx?
  • How to use the CLI?
    • How to generate pptx[s]?
    • How to validate a yaml and then generate the PPTX?
  • FAQs
    • How can I add same footer to all pptx[s] built using the CLI?
    • How to get different backgrounds for the generated pptx files using the CLI?
  • How to setup development environment?
  • How to run tests?

Dependencies to run the CLI

• >= python3.4
• python modules
  • click==7.0.0
  • python-pptx==0.6.16
  • PyYAML==3.13

How to install?

https://pypi.org/project/pptx-builder-from-yaml/

pip install pptx-builder-from-yaml

How does a yaml file look like for generating pptx?

Here is a sample yaml file - Dummy.yml

How to use the CLI?

$ pptx-builder --help
Usage: pptx-builder [OPTIONS] YAML_PATHS...

  A powerpoint builder

  https://github.com/sukujgrg/pptx-builder-from-yaml

Options:
  -pt, --pptx-template-path PATH  [required]
  -ms, --master-slide-idx INTEGER
                                  [default: 0]
  -sl, --slide-layout-idx INTEGER
                                  [default: 6]
  -fs, --font-size INTEGER        [default: 32]
  -fn, --font-name TEXT           [default: Calibri]
  -ns, --dst-dir TEXT             [default: ./generated-pptx]
  -ta, --slide-txt-alignment [left|middle|right]
                                  [default: left]
  --validate                      Run yaml validation against schema
  --version                       Show the version and exit.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

How to generate pptx[s]?

pptx-builder slide_yamls/ -pt pptx-templates/default.pptx

Notes:

• slide_yamls/ is the directory that holds yaml files for slides. The yaml[s] must follow the schema defined in the code. Here is an example yaml file. slide_yamls are positional arguments and can accept files and directories. If a positional argument is a directory, it will try to build individual pptx with each yaml files in the same directory.
• --pptx-template-path | -pt is expecting either a directory or a pptx file. If it is a directory, pptx-builder will chose one among all the pptx files found in the same directory. The pptx template file should be without any change to master slide index or in slide layout index. If there are any changes to master slide index or slide layout, you need to pass corresponding int type to -ms and -sl options. A sample pptx template file can seen here pptx-templates.
• The default --new-slide-path is tmp directory and hence it depends on the operating system you run the pptx-builder on.

How to validate a yaml and then generate the PPTX?

pptx-builder slide_yamls/dummy.yml -dm master_slides/default.pptx --validate

FAQs

How can I add same footer to all pptx[s] built using the CLI?

Add footer to pptx template file to pass with --pptx-template-path option

How to get different backgrounds for the generated pptx files using the CLI?

Create different pptx template files with different backgrounds and pass it on to --pptx-template-path option. See this video on creating pptx template file.

How to setup development environment?

git clone https://github.com/sukujgrg/pptx-builder-from-yaml.git

cd pptx-builder-from-yaml

pipenv install --dev

pipenv shell

pipenv graph

How to run tests?

cd pptx-builder-from-yaml/

tox .