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Format Table Cell

Set the background fill or content alignment of table cells in a Google Slides presentation. Applies to a single cell, or to a block of cells via Row Span and Column Span. Omit the cell location to format the whole table. Use Get Presentation to find the table's object ID. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • OAuth
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Google Slides account once, then configure and run Format Table Cell from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "google_slides-format-table-cell",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    google_slides: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    presentationId: "Presentation ID",
    objectId: "Page Element ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Format Table Cell inputs
Property Type Description
presentationId Presentation ID string
The ID of the presentation. This is the long string in the URL: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/{PRESENTATION_ID}/edit. A full presentation URL is also accepted. Use Find Presentation to resolve a name to its ID.
Required
objectId Page Element ID string
The object ID of the table to format. Use Get Presentation and read slides[].pageElements[].objectId for an element with a table field.
Required
rowIndex Row Index integer
0-based row of the first cell to format. Omit (with Column Index) to format every cell in the table.
Optional
columnIndex Column Index integer
0-based column of the first cell to format. Omit (with Row Index) to format every cell in the table.
Optional
rowSpan Row Span integer
Number of rows to cover, starting at Row Index. Defaults to 1.
Optional
columnSpan Column Span integer
Number of columns to cover, starting at Column Index. Defaults to 1.
Optional
backgroundColor Background Color string
Cell fill as a hex code (e.g. #EEEEEE) or a theme color name (e.g. ACCENT1).
Optional
backgroundOpacity Background Opacity integer
Opacity of the cell fill as a whole percentage, from 0 (fully transparent) to 100 (fully opaque). Can be set on its own to change an existing fill's opacity without restating its color.
Optional
contentAlignment Content Alignment string
Vertical alignment of the text within the element. One of TOP, MIDDLE or BOTTOM - e.g. MIDDLE to centre the text vertically.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
google_slides-format-table-cell
Version
0.0.2
App
Google Slides
Authentication
OAuth
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes