Create Presentation

Purpose

To create a new presentation in Zoho Show.

Quick Reference

Property	Value
Method	POST
Request URL	https://{api.office-integrator_domain}/show/officeapi/v1/presentation
Content-Type	multipart/form-data

Parameters

Request Parameters

Parameter	Value	Mandatory / Optional	Description
apikey	423s*****	Mandatory	Uniquely identifies the web application in which the Show editor is integrated.
callback_settings	{ "save_format": "zslides", "save_url": <Your Save URL>, "http_method_type": "post", "retries": <Integer>, "timeout": <Integer>, "save_url_params": { .... } }	Mandatory	Using this param, you will be able to specify the following; save_format -> Specify the output format in which the edited presentation needs to be saved. save_url -> Provide your server location to which the latest content needs to be pushed back when the 'Save' is performed. The below key values are optional; http_method_type -> Specify the http method in which the save request has to be triggered. retries -> Specify the number of retries required when the 'Save' fails. timeout -> Specify the timeout for the given saveurl. save_url_params -> To customize the output parameters in which the document details will be pushed from our end.
editor_settings	{ "language": "en" }	Optional	Set Editor preferences like interface language for new presentations.
permissions	{ "document.export": true, "document.print": true, "document.edit": true }	Optional	Define presentation permissions for user. Option to allow or revoke presentation "Export", "Print" and "Edit" access.
document_info	{ "document_name": "New", "document_id": "1349" }	Optional	Set a unique id and specify display name of the new presentation.
user_info	{ "user_id": "9173", "display_name": "Ken" }	Optional	Identify a user in the presentation with "user_id" and "display_name".

Editor Customization Parameters

editor_settings

Parameter	Type	Possible Values	Default Value
language	string	en / de / es / fr / ja / nl, and more...	en

permissions

Parameter	Type	Possible Values	Default Value
document.export	boolean	true / false	true
document.print	boolean	true / false	true
document.edit	boolean	true / false	false

callback_settings

Parameter	Type	Mandatory / Optional	Possible Values	Default Value
save_format	string	Mandatory	zslides / pptx / pps / ppsx / odp / sxi and more...	zslides
save_url	string	Mandatory	URL - Maximum length -> 65535	URL
save_url_params	JSON	Optional	Maximum key count - 10 Allowed characters for <additional_user_key> - Alphabets, Numbers, Hyphen, Underscore and Dot. Maximum Length - 100 characters Maximum length of <value> - 2500 characters
http_method_type	string	Optional	post / put	post
retries	integer	Optional	0 to 3	0
timeout	integer	Optional	1 to 120000 milliseconds	120000

document_info

Parameter	Type	Possible Values	Default Value
document_id	string	Alphabets, Numbers, Hyphen, Underscore and Dot.	Example: ab-3
document_name	string	New Presentation	Untitled

user_info

Parameter	Type	Possible Values	Default Value
user_id	integer	03588563264
display_name	string	Ken / James / Adam	Guest

save_url Usage

Zoho Office Integrator allows partners and businesses to save the presentation content back to their specified storage server through the "save_url" method.

A save_url is a publicly accessible Webhook or a Web URL to which Zoho will push the updated presentation content from Show editor to the partner's server.

In order to use the save_url method, partners should fulfill the below requirements:

Partner's remote servers need to expose one of their ports — port 443 (HTTPS) or port 80 (HTTP) — from their location, for Zoho Show to push the data back.
The save_url value specified in the HTTPS/HTTP POST request should be a proper domain name and publicly accessible over the web. Example: https://zylker.com/save.php

save_url_params Usage

By default, when the 'Save' is performed, we will be pushing back the information with the following key names:

Key Name	Type	Description
content	File	File content will be pushed back in the form of bytes.
filename	String	Presentation name
format	String	Specifies the format in which the presentation has been exported.

If you wish to customize the above key names, you can make use of the 'save_url_params' key inside 'callback_settings' parameter.

Once the save_url_params key is configured, only the key values defined inside will be pushed back to your server. The default key names (like filename and format) will not be included. To include them, you need to define your own keys for format, filename and session_id by using the system variables $format, $filename and $session_id respectively.

If save_url_params is passed as an empty JSON or the system variable $content is not configured, the file bytes will be pushed back with the multipart name 'content' by default.

Syntax:

"save_url_params": {
<custom_content_key>: $content,
<custom_format_key>: $format,
<custom_filename_key>: $filename,
<custom_sessionId_key>: $session_id,
  <additional_user_key>: <value>,
  <additional_user_key>: <value>,
  ....
  <additional_user_key>: <value>
},

Example:

"save_url_params": {
file: $content,
extension: $format,
presentation_name: $filename,
session_id: $session_id,
<additional_user_key>: <value>,
<additional_user_key>: <value>
},

In the above example, the file bytes will be pushed back in the multipart name 'file', file format in the key name 'extension', presentation filename in the key name 'presentation_name' and the file session id in the key name 'session_id'.

Notes and Limits

Editor customization parameters and their values are case-sensitive.
For a full list of error handling cases in Create Presentation, refer to Error Codes.

Sample Request

Copiedcurl -X POST \
  https://api.office-integrator.com/show/officeapi/v1/presentation \
  -H 'content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW' \
  -F apikey=423s***** \
  -F 'editor_settings={'\''language'\'':'\''en'\''}' \
  -F 'permissions={'\''document.export'\'':true,'\''document.print'\'':true,'\''document.edit'\'':true}' \
  -F 'callback_settings={'\''save_format'\'':'\''zslides'\'','\''save_url'\'':'\''https://domain.com/save.php/'\''}' \
  -F 'document_info={'\''document_name'\'':'\''New'\'', '\''document_id'\'':1349}' \
  -F 'user_info={'\''user_id'\'':'\''9173'\'','\''display_name'\'':'\''Ken'\''}'

Sample Response

Copied{ 
"document_url": "https://api.office-integrator.com/show/officeapi/presentation/d26aa7b8029bf4f8d34c7dd0013939234a6e15dac88646f02a69582375b8da130efffac249d086aae4667dcbcfb7ac1d/open",
"document_id": "1349", 
"save_url": "https://api.office-integrator.com/show/officeapi/presentation/d26aa7b8029bf4f8d34c7dd0013939234a6e15dac88646f02a69582375b8da130efffac249d086aae4667dcbcfb7ac1d/save", 
"session_id": "d26aa7b8029bf4f8d34c7dd0013939234a6e15dac88646f02a69582375b8da130efffac249d086aae4667dcbcfb7ac1d", 
"session_delete_url": "https://api.office-integrator.com/show/officeapi/v1/session/d26aa7b8029bf4f8d34c7dd0013939234a6e15dac88646f02a69582375b8da130efffac249d086aae4667dcbcfb7ac1d", 
"document_delete_url": "https://api.office-integrator.com/show/officeapi/v1/presentation/1349",
 }