This page describes how to add images to an existing Google Slides presentation. When adding an image, you provide the Google Slides API with a publicly accessible URL to the image.
About images
Images in the Slides API are a type of page element. As with any page
element, you specify the visual size and position of the image using the size
and transform
properties of the PageElement
.
For more details on how to correctly size and position your image, see Size &
position shapes
.
To add an image, use the CreateImageRequest
method. Images must be less than 50 MB in size, cannot exceed 25 megapixels, and
must be in one of PNG, JPEG, or GIF formats.
Example
This example uses the Slides API to add an image to a presentation.
Apps Script
slides/api/Snippets.gs
/** * Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from imageUrl. * @param {string} presentationId * @param {string} pageId * @returns {*} */ function createImage ( presentationId , pageId ) { let requests = []; const imageId = 'MyImage_01' ; const imageUrl = 'https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/' + 'googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png' ; const emu4M = { magnitude : 4000000 , unit : 'EMU' }; requests . push ({ createImage : { objectId : imageId , url : imageUrl , elementProperties : { pageObjectId : pageId , size : { height : emu4M , width : emu4M }, transform : { scaleX : 1 , scaleY : 1 , translateX : 100000 , translateY : 100000 , unit : 'EMU' } } } }); // Execute the request. try { const response = Slides . Presentations . batchUpdate ({ requests : requests }, presentationId ); const createImageResponse = response . replies ; console . log ( 'Created image with ID: %s' , createImageResponse [ 0 ]. createImage . objectId ); return createImageResponse ; } catch ( err ) { // TODO (Developer) - Handle exception console . log ( 'Failed with error: %s' , err . error ); } };
Go
slides/snippets/presentations.go
// Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from imageURL. imageId := "MyImageId_01" emu4M := slides . Dimension { Magnitude : 4000000 , Unit : "EMU" } requests := [] * slides . Request {{ CreateImage: &slides.CreateImageRequest{ ObjectId: imageId, Url: imageURL, ElementProperties: &slides.PageElementProperties{ PageObjectId: slideId, Size: &slides.Size{ Height: &emu4M, Width: &emu4M, }, Transform: &slides.AffineTransform{ ScaleX: 1.0, ScaleY: 1.0, TranslateX: 100000.0, TranslateY: 100000.0, Unit: "EMU", }, }, }, } } // Execute the request. body := & slides . BatchUpdatePresentationRequest { Requests : requests , } response , err := slidesService . Presentations . BatchUpdate ( presentationId , body ). Do () if err != nil { log . Fatalf ( "Unable to create image. %v" , err ) } else { fmt . Printf ( "Created image with ID: %s" , response . Replies [ 0 ]. CreateImage . ObjectId ) }
Java
slides/snippets/src/main/java/CreateImage.java
import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonError ; import com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException ; import com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer ; import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport ; import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.Slides ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.SlidesScopes ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.AffineTransform ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.BatchUpdatePresentationRequest ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.BatchUpdatePresentationResponse ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.CreateImageRequest ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.CreateImageResponse ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.Dimension ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.PageElementProperties ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.Request ; import com.google.api.services.slides.v1.model.Size ; import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter ; import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials ; import java.io.IOException ; import java.util.ArrayList ; import java.util.Collections ; import java.util.List ; /* Class to demonstrate the use of Slides Create Image API */ public class CreateImage { /** * Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content * downloaded from imageUrl. * * @param presentationId - id of the presentation. * @param slideId - id of the shape. * @param imageUrl - Url of the image. * @return image id * @throws IOException - if credentials file not found. */ public static BatchUpdatePresentationResponse createImage ( String presentationId , String slideId , String imageUrl ) throws IOException { /* Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment. TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity for guides on implementing OAuth2 for your application. */ GoogleCredentials credentials = GoogleCredentials . getApplicationDefault () . createScoped ( Collections . singleton ( SlidesScopes . PRESENTATIONS )); HttpRequestInitializer requestInitializer = new HttpCredentialsAdapter ( credentials ); // Create the slides API client Slides service = new Slides . Builder ( new NetHttpTransport (), GsonFactory . getDefaultInstance (), requestInitializer ) . setApplicationName ( "Slides samples" ) . build (); // Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from imageUrl. List<Request> requests = new ArrayList <> (); String imageId = "MyImageId_01" ; Dimension emu4M = new Dimension (). setMagnitude ( 4000000.0 ). setUnit ( "EMU" ); requests . add ( new Request () . setCreateImage ( new CreateImageRequest () . setObjectId ( imageId ) . setUrl ( imageUrl ) . setElementProperties ( new PageElementProperties () . setPageObjectId ( slideId ) . setSize ( new Size () . setHeight ( emu4M ) . setWidth ( emu4M )) . setTransform ( new AffineTransform () . setScaleX ( 1.0 ) . setScaleY ( 1.0 ) . setTranslateX ( 100000.0 ) . setTranslateY ( 100000.0 ) . setUnit ( "EMU" ))))); BatchUpdatePresentationResponse response = null ; try { // Execute the request. BatchUpdatePresentationRequest body = new BatchUpdatePresentationRequest (). setRequests ( requests ); response = service . presentations (). batchUpdate ( presentationId , body ). execute (); CreateImageResponse createImageResponse = response . getReplies (). get ( 0 ). getCreateImage (); // Prints the created image id. System . out . println ( "Created image with ID: " + createImageResponse . getObjectId ()); } catch ( GoogleJsonResponseException e ) { // TODO(developer) - handle error appropriately GoogleJsonError error = e . getDetails (); if ( error . getCode () == 404 ) { System . out . printf ( "Presentation not found with id '%s'.\n" , presentationId ); } else { throw e ; } } return response ; } }
JavaScript
slides/snippets/slides_create_image.js
function createImage ( presentationId , pageId , IMAGE_URL , callback ) { const imageUrl = IMAGE_URL ; // Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from imageUrl. const requests = []; const imageId = 'MyImage_02' ; const emu4M = { magnitude : 4000000 , unit : 'EMU' , }; requests . push ({ createImage : { objectId : imageId , url : imageUrl , elementProperties : { pageObjectId : pageId , size : { height : emu4M , width : emu4M , }, transform : { scaleX : 1 , scaleY : 1 , translateX : 100000 , translateY : 100000 , unit : 'EMU' , }, }, }, }); // Execute the request. try { gapi . client . slides . presentations . batchUpdate ({ presentationId : presentationId , requests : requests , }). then (( response ) = > { const createImageResponse = response . result . replies ; console . log ( `Created image with ID: ${ createImageResponse [ 0 ]. createImage . objectId } ` ); if ( callback ) callback ( createImageResponse ); }); } catch ( err ) { document . getElementById ( 'content' ). innerText = err . message ; return ; } }
Node.js
slides/snippets/slides_create_image.js
/** * Adds an image to a presentation. * @param {string} presentationId The presentation ID. * @param {string} pageId The presentation page ID. */ async function createImage ( presentationId , pageId ) { const { GoogleAuth } = require ( 'google-auth-library' ); const { google } = require ( 'googleapis' ); const auth = new GoogleAuth ({ scopes : 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations' , }); const service = google . slides ({ version : 'v1' , auth }); const imageUrl = 'https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png' ; // Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from imageUrl. const imageId = 'MyImage_01' ; const emu4M = { magnitude : 4000000 , unit : 'EMU' , }; const requests = [ { createImage : { objectId : imageId , url : imageUrl , elementProperties : { pageObjectId : pageId , size : { height : emu4M , width : emu4M , }, transform : { scaleX : 1 , scaleY : 1 , translateX : 100000 , translateY : 100000 , unit : 'EMU' , }, }, }, }, ]; // Execute the request. try { const response = await service . presentations . batchUpdate ({ presentationId , resource : { requests }, }); const createImageResponse = response . data . replies ; console . log ( `Created image with ID: ${ createImageResponse [ 0 ]. createImage . objectId } ` , ); return createImageResponse ; } catch ( err ) { // TODO (developer) - Handle exception throw err ; } }
PHP
slides/snippets/src/SlidesCreateImage.php
< ?php use Google\Client; use Google\Service\Drive; use Google\Service\Slides; use Google\Service\Slides\Request; function createImage($presentationId, $pageId) { /* Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment. TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity for guides on implementing OAuth2 for your application. */ $client = new Google\Client(); $client->useApplicationDefaultCredentials(); $client->addScope(Google\Service\Drive::DRIVE); $slidesService = new Google_Service_Slides($client); try { $imageUrl = 'https://www.google.com/images/branding/googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png'; // Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from imageUrl. $imageId = 'MyImage_01asdfsadfasdf'; $emu4M = array('magnitude' => 4000000, 'unit' => 'EMU'); $requests[] = new Google_Service_Slides_Request(array( 'createImage' => array( 'objectId' => $imageId, 'url' => $imageUrl, 'elementProperties' => array( 'pageObjectId' => $pageId, 'size' => array( 'height' => $emu4M, 'width' => $emu4M ), 'transform' => array( 'scaleX' => 1, 'scaleY' => 1, 'translateX' => 100000, 'translateY' => 100000, 'unit' => 'EMU' ) ) ) )); // Execute the request. $batchUpdateRequest = new Google_Service_Slides_BatchUpdatePresentationRequest(array( 'requests' => $requests )); $response = $slidesService->presentations->batchUpdate($presentationId, $batchUpdateRequest); $createImageResponse = $response->getReplies()[0]->getCreateImage(); printf("Created image with ID: %s\n", $createImageResponse->getObjectId()); return $response; } catch (Exception $e) { echo 'Message: ' . $e->getMessage(); } }
Python
slides/snippets/slides_create_image.py
import google.auth from googleapiclient.discovery import build from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError def create_image ( presentation_id , page_id ): """ Creates images the user has access to. Load pre-authorized user credentials from the environment. TODO(developer) - See https://developers.google.com/identity for guides on implementing OAuth2 for the application. """ creds , _ = google . auth . default () # pylint: disable=maybe-no-member try : service = build ( "slides" , "v1" , credentials = creds ) # pylint: disable = invalid-name IMAGE_URL = ( "https://www.google.com/images/branding/" "googlelogo/2x/googlelogo_color_272x92dp.png" ) # pylint: disable=invalid-name requests = [] image_id = "MyImage_11" emu4M = { "magnitude" : 4000000 , "unit" : "EMU" } requests . append ( { "createImage" : { "objectId" : image_id , "url" : IMAGE_URL , "elementProperties" : { "pageObjectId" : page_id , "size" : { "height" : emu4M , "width" : emu4M }, "transform" : { "scaleX" : 1 , "scaleY" : 1 , "translateX" : 100000 , "translateY" : 100000 , "unit" : "EMU" , }, }, } } ) # Execute the request. body = { "requests" : requests } response = ( service . presentations () . batchUpdate ( presentationId = presentation_id , body = body ) . execute () ) create_image_response = response . get ( "replies" )[ 0 ] . get ( "createImage" ) print ( f "Created image with ID: { ( create_image_response . get ( 'objectId' )) } " ) return response except HttpError as error : print ( f "An error occurred: { error } " ) print ( "Images not created" ) return error if __name__ == "__main__" : # Put the presentation_id, Page_id of slides whose list needs # to be submitted. create_image ( "12SQU9Ik-ShXecJoMtT-LlNwEPiFR7AadnxV2KiBXCnE" , "My2ndpage" )
Ruby
slides/snippets/lib/file_snippets.rb
# Create a new image, using the supplied object ID, with content downloaded from image_url. requests = [] image_id = 'MyImage_01' emu4M = { magnitude : '4000000' , unit : 'EMU' } requests << { create_image : { object_id_prop : image_id , url : IMAGE_URL , element_properties : { page_object_id : page_id , size : { height : emu4M , width : emu4M }, transform : { scale_x : '1' , scale_y : '1' , translate_x : '100000' , translate_y : '100000' , unit : 'EMU' } } } } # Execute the request. req = Google :: Apis :: SlidesV1 :: BatchUpdatePresentationRequest . new ( requests : requests ) response = slides_service . batch_update_presentation ( presentation_id , req ) create_image_response = response . replies [ 0 ]. create_image puts "Created image with ID: #{ create_image_response . object_id } "
