Create Table with Google Slides API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Table with the Google Slides API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Table action
1. Connect your Google Slides account
2. Select a Presentation
3. Select a Slide ID
4. Configure Rows
5. Configure Columns
6. Configure Height
7. Configure Width
8. Optional- Configure Translate X
9. Optional- Configure Translate Y
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Table on Google Slides

Description:Create a new table in a slide. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/workspace/slides/api/reference/rest/v1/presentations/request#CreateTableRequest)

Version:0.0.1

Key:google_slides-create-table

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Code#

import googleSlides from "../../google_slides.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_slides-create-table",
  name: "Create Table",
  description: "Create a new table in a slide. [See the documentation](https://developers.google.com/workspace/slides/api/reference/rest/v1/presentations/request#CreateTableRequest)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    googleSlides,
    presentationId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSlides,
        "presentationId",
      ],
    },
    slideId: {
      propDefinition: [
        googleSlides,
        "slideId",
        (c) => ({
          presentationId: c.presentationId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    rows: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Rows",
      description: "The number of rows in the table",
    },
    columns: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Columns",
      description: "The number of columns in the table",
    },
    height: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Height",
      description: "The height of the shape in points (1/72 of an inch)",
    },
    width: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Width",
      description: "The width of the shape in points (1/72 of an inch)",
    },
    translateX: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Translate X",
      description: "The translation of the table on the x-axis",
      optional: true,
    },
    translateY: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Translate Y",
      description: "The translation of the table on the y-axis",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const response = await this.googleSlides.createTable(this.presentationId, {
      elementProperties: {
        pageObjectId: this.slideId,
        size: {
          height: {
            magnitude: this.height,
            unit: "PT",
          },
          width: {
            magnitude: this.width,
            unit: "PT",
          },
        },
        transform: {
          scaleX: 1,
          scaleY: 1,
          translateX: this.translateX,
          translateY: this.translateY,
          unit: "PT",
        },
      },
      rows: this.rows,
      columns: this.columns,
    });

    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created table in the slide");
    return response.data;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Slides	`googleSlides`	`app`	This component uses the Google Slides app.
Presentation	`presentationId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Slide ID	`slideId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Rows	`rows`	`integer`	The number of rows in the table
Columns	`columns`	`integer`	The number of columns in the table
Height	`height`	`integer`	The height of the shape in points (1/72 of an inch)
Width	`width`	`integer`	The width of the shape in points (1/72 of an inch)
Translate X	`translateX`	`integer`	The translation of the table on the x-axis
Translate Y	`translateY`	`integer`	The translation of the table on the y-axis

Authentication#

Google Slides uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Slides account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Slides and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Slides API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailprofilehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drivehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file