Aspose.Slides for Python via Java

Aspose.Slides for Python via Java is a library for creating, reading, editing and converting PowerPoint and OpenDocument presentations in Python applications, without Microsoft PowerPoint; it runs the Aspose.Slides Java engine in your Python process through JPype.

It loads and saves PPT, PPTX, PPS, POT and ODP, including macro-enabled and template variants, and exports to PDF, XPS, HTML, SVG, TIFF, Markdown and images.

Your first presentation

Install Python and a JDK, set JAVA_HOME, and create and activate a virtual environment as described in Installation. Then install JPype and Aspose.Slides from PyPI:

python -m pip install JPype1 aspose-slides-java

Save this code as hello.py. It starts the Java Virtual Machine, adds a cloud shape with text to the first slide of a new presentation, and saves the presentation:

import jpype
import asposeslides

if not jpype.isJVMStarted():
    jpype.startJVM()

from asposeslides.api import Presentation, SaveFormat, ShapeType

# Create a presentation with one blank slide.
presentation = Presentation()
try:
    # Get the first slide.
    slide = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0)

    # Add a cloud shape and set its text.
    auto_shape = slide.getShapes().addAutoShape(ShapeType.Cloud, 20, 20, 200, 80)
    auto_shape.getTextFrame().setText("Hello, Aspose!")

    # Save the presentation as a PPTX file.
    presentation.save("new_presentation.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx)
finally:
    presentation.dispose()

Run it in the same virtual environment:

python hello.py

The script saves new_presentation.pptx with one slide holding a cloud shape with the text “Hello, Aspose!”. Without a license, the saved file also carries an evaluation watermark — see Licensing. For more ways to create and fill a presentation, see Create Presentations.