# Fetch Slides

> Fetch presentation slides from a URL and convert them to PDF. Supports direct PDF URLs, PPTX URLs, OneDrive sharing links, and RevealJS HTML presentations. For RevealJS, also extracts slide text content and links to a markdown file. USE FOR: download slides, fetch slides from URL, convert PPTX to PDF, get RevealJS slides, OneDrive slides.

- Skill: `pamelafox/fetch-slides` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add pamelafox/fetch-slides`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/pamelafox/fetch-slides/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: pamelafox (https://skillmd.com/u/pamelafox)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/pamelafox/fetch-slides

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# Fetch slides from a URL

Run the [fetch_slides.py](./fetch_slides.py) script to download and convert slides:

```bash
uv run .agents/skills/fetch-slides/fetch_slides.py <url> <output_dir>
```

## Arguments

- `url` (required): URL of the slides. Supported formats:
  - Direct PDF URL (e.g., https://example.com/slides.pdf)
  - PPTX URL (auto-detected via Content-Type header)
  - OneDrive sharing link (e.g., `https://onedrive.live.com/:p:/g/personal/...` or `https://1drv.ms/...`)
  - RevealJS HTML presentation URL (e.g., `https://example.com/slides/`)
- `output_dir` (required): Directory to save output files. Created if it doesn't exist.

## Outputs

- **slides.pdf** — Always produced. The presentation as a PDF file.
- **slides_content.md** — Only for RevealJS presentations. Contains extracted text content and links from each slide, with section headings marked.

## Prerequisites

- **For PPTX conversion**: LibreOffice must be installed
  - macOS: `brew install --cask libreoffice`
  - Ubuntu: `apt-get install libreoffice`
- **For RevealJS presentations**: Playwright browsers must be installed
  - `uv run playwright install chromium`

## How it works

1. The script makes an HTTP HEAD request to detect the content type
2. Based on the content type:
   - **PDF**: Downloads directly
   - **PPTX**: Downloads the file, then converts to PDF using LibreOffice (headless mode)
   - **OneDrive**: Converts the sharing URL to a direct download URL (appends `?download=1`), then handles as PDF or PPTX
   - **RevealJS HTML**: Uses Playwright to open the presentation with `?print-pdf` appended, renders to PDF. Also parses the HTML to extract slide text content and links.