Blink Google Slides

Blink Google Slides

Access the user's Google Slides presentations. Provider key: google_slides.

List presentations (via Drive)

blink connector exec google_slides /files GET \
  '{"q": "mimeType=\"application/vnd.google-apps.presentation\"", "fields": "files(id,name,createdTime,modifiedTime)", "pageSize": 20}'

Get a presentation

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations/PRESENTATION_ID GET

Create a presentation

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations POST '{
  "title": "My New Presentation"
}'

Add a slide

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations/PRESENTATION_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{
    "insertSlide": {
      "insertionIndex": 1,
      "slideLayoutReference": {"predefinedLayout": "TITLE_AND_BODY"}
    }
  }]
}'

Add text to a slide element

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations/PRESENTATION_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{
    "insertText": {
      "objectId": "ELEMENT_ID",
      "insertionIndex": 0,
      "text": "My slide content"
    }
  }]
}'

Get page thumbnail

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations/PRESENTATION_ID/pages/SLIDE_ID/thumbnail GET

Export as PDF

blink connector exec google_slides /files/PRESENTATION_ID/export GET \
  '{"mimeType": "application/pdf"}'

Embed a Google Sheets chart in a slide

Unlike Google Docs, the Slides API DOES support createSheetsChart:

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations/PRESENTATION_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{
    "createSheetsChart": {
      "spreadsheetId": "SPREADSHEET_ID",
      "chartId": CHART_NUMERIC_ID,
      "linkingMode": "LINKED",
      "elementProperties": {
        "pageObjectId": "SLIDE_OBJECT_ID",
        "size": {"width": {"magnitude": 5000000, "unit": "EMU"}, "height": {"magnitude": 3000000, "unit": "EMU"}},
        "transform": {"scaleX": 1, "scaleY": 1, "translateX": 500000, "translateY": 500000, "unit": "EMU"}
      }
    }
  }]
}'

Get the chart's numeric ID from Sheets: blink connector exec google_sheets /spreadsheets/SPREADSHEET_ID GET '{"fields":"sheets.charts"}'

Refresh an embedded Sheets chart

blink connector exec google_slides /presentations/PRESENTATION_ID:batchUpdate POST '{
  "requests": [{"refreshSheetsChart": {"objectId": "CHART_OBJECT_ID"}}]
}'

NOTE: Google Docs does NOT support createSheetsChart

Only Google Slides has createSheetsChart. The Google Docs REST API has no equivalent — use insertInlineImage with a chart image URL as a workaround in Docs.

Common use cases

• "Create a slide deck for the Q1 review" → create presentation + add slides
• "What presentations do I have?" → list files via Drive API
• "Show me slide 3 of my roadmap deck" → get presentation, read slide content
• "Add a new slide with our key metrics" → batchUpdate with insertSlide + insertText
• "Export my pitch deck as PDF" → export via Drive API
• "Embed my Sheets chart in a slide" → createSheetsChart via batchUpdate