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# Perl REST API to Process Presentation in Cloud
This repository contains Aspose.Slides Cloud SDK for Perl source code. This SDK allows you to [process & manipulate PPT, PPTX, ODP, OTP](https://products.aspose.cloud/slides/perl) using Aspose.slides Cloud REST APIs in your Perl applications.

You may want to check out Aspose free [Powerpoint to PDF](https://products.aspose.app/slides/conversion), [Powerpoint to Word](https://products.aspose.app/slides/conversion/ppt-to-word), [Powerpoint to JPG](https://products.aspose.app/slides/conversion/ppt-to-jpg), [Powerpoint to PNG](https://products.aspose.app/slides/conversion/ppt-to-png), [PDF to Powerpoint](https://products.aspose.app/slides/import/pdf-to-powerpoint), [JPG to Powerpoint](https://products.aspose.app/slides/import/jpg-to-ppt), and [PNG to Powerpoint](https://products.aspose.app/slides/import/png-to-ppt) converters because they are live implementations of popular conversion processes.

## Presentation Processing Features

- Fetch presentation images in any of the supported file formats.
- Copy the layout side or clone the master slide from the source presentation.
- Process slides shapes, slides notes, placeholders, colors & font theme info.
- Programmatically create a presentation from HTML & export it to various formats.
- Merge multiple presentations or split the single presentation into multiple ones.
- Extract and replace text from a specific slide or an entire presentation.

## Read & Write Presentation Formats

**Microsoft PowerPoint:** PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, PPTM, PPSM, POTX, POTM
**OpenOffice:** ODP, OTP, FODP
**Other**: PDF, PDF/A

## Save Presentation As

**Fixed Layout:** XPS
**Images:** JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, SVG
**Web:** HTML/HTML5
**Other:** MPEG4, SWF (export whole presentations)

## Enhancements in Version 24.12

* Added **CompressImage** method. **DeletePictureCroppedAreas** method is deprecated and will be removed after 25.2 release.
* The **Paragraphs** property of **Shape** class is now a list of **Paragraph** objects instead of ResourceURIs.
* Added **TileScaleX**, **TileScaleY**, **TileOffsetX**, **TileOffsetY**, **TileAlignment** and **TileFlip** properties to **PictureFill** class.
* Added **DrawingGuides** property to **CommonSlideViewProperty** class.
* Added **DeleteEmbeddedBinaryObjects** boolean property to **ExportOptions** class.
* Added **IncludeOleData** boolean property to **PdfExportOptions** class.
* Added **GridSpacing** property to **ViewProperties** class.

## Enhancements in Version 24.9

* Added **Upload** and **Download** methods to async API. They are identical to **UploadFile** and **DownloadFile** methods of the regular API, but file size is not restricted for them.

## Enhancements in Version 24.8

* Added **StartSplit** and **StartUploadAndSplit** methods to async API.
* Added **ReplacePresentationRegex** and **ReplacePresentationRegexOnline** methods.
* Added **HighlightPresentationText** and **HighlightPresentationRegex** methods.
* Added **OperationError** class; changed **Operation**.**Error** property type from string to **OperationError**.
* Removed **wholeWordsOnly** parameter from **ReplaceShapeRegex** method.

## Enhancements in Version 24.7

* Added **TemplatesPath** property to **Html5ExportOptions** class. It enables using custom templates in conversion to Html5 format.
* Added **GetHtml5Templates** method to retrieve the list of default Html5 templates.
* Added **Xml** to the list of available export formats.
* Added **wholeWordsOnly** parameter to **ReplacePresentationText** and  **ReplacePresentationTextOnline** methods.
* Added **GradientStyle** property to **ExportOptions** class.
* Added **ResterizeUnsupportedFontStyles** property to **PdfExportOptions** class.
* Added **Zip64Mode** property to **PptxExportOptions** class.
* Added **Transparency** property to **Table** and **TableCell** class.
* Removed obsolete **DownloadPortionsAsMathML**, **SavePortionsAsMathML** methods. Use **DownloadMathPortion** and **SaveMathPortion** methods to convert portions to math formats.

## Enhancements in Version 24.6

* Added **HideInk** and **InterpretMaskOpAsOpacity** properties to **PdfExportOptions** class.
* Removed **Enqueued** from the list of allowed values for **Operation.Status** property.

## Enhancements in Version 24.5

* Added **options** parameter to **ImportFromPdf** method. You can specify **options.DetectTables** property to control import behavior.
* Added **Title** property to **Axis** class for charts.
* Added **X**, **Y**, **Width**, **Height**, **Overlay**, **FillFormat**, **EffectFormat** and **LineFormat** properties to **ChartTitle** class.
* Added **HasTitle** property to **Chart** class; removed **HasTitle** property from **ChartTitle** class.

## Enhancements in Version 24.4

* Added **DownloadMathPortion** and **SaveMathPortion** methods to convert math portions to math markup formats (MathML or LaTeX). See [documentation](https://docs.aspose.cloud/slides/export-a-math-formula/) for more info. **DownloadPortionAsMathML** and **SavePortionAsMathML** methods are deprecated and will be removed after 24.6.
* Added **Marker** property to **DataPoint** class.

## Enhancements in Version 24.3

* Added Markdown (**Md**) to the list of allowed export formats.
* Added **DeletePictureCroppedAreas** method to delete cropped areas of pictures.
* Added **SlidesLayoutOptions** property to **PdfExportOptions**, **HtmlExportOptions**, **TiffExportOptions** and **ImageExportOptions** classes. You can use it to specify handout or notes/comments layouting options.
* Added **AnimateTextType** enum property to **Effect** class.
* Added **NotesCommentsLayouting** property to **Html5ExportOptions** class.
* Added **BwConversionMode** property to **TiffExportOptions** class.
* Added **EmbedImages** boolean property to **Html5ExportOptions** class.
* Added **ShowMediaControls** boolean property to **SlideShowProperties** class.
* Added **IsDecorative** boolean property to **ShapeBase** class.


## Enhancements in Version 24.2

* Added **GetCommentAuthors** method to get list of comment authors.

## Enhancements in Version 24.1

* Added **GetAvailableFonts** method to get list of installed system & custom fonts.

## Licensing
All Aspose.Slides Cloud SDKs are licensed under MIT License.

## How to use the SDK?
The complete source code is available in this repository folder. You can either directly use it in your project via source code or get [CPAN module](https://metacpan.org/release/AsposeSlidesCloud-SlidesApi) (recommended).

## Prerequisites
To use Aspose Slides Cloud SDK for Perl you need to register an account with [Aspose Cloud](https://www.aspose.cloud/) and lookup/create App Key and SID at [Cloud Dashboard](https://dashboard.aspose.cloud/#/apps). There is free quota available. For more details, see [Aspose Cloud Pricing](https://purchase.aspose.cloud/pricing).

### Installation

```sh
cpan ASPOSE/AsposeSlidesCloud-SlidesApi-22.06.tar.gz
```

### Sample usage

The example code below converts a PowerPoint document to PDF format using aspose_slides_cloud library:
```perl
	use File::Slurp;

	use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
	use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;

	my $config = AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration->new();
	$config->{app_sid} = "MyClientId";
	$config->{app_key} = "MyClientSecret";
	my $api = AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi->new(config => $config);
	my $file = read_file("MyPresentation.pptx", { binmode => ':raw' });
	my %params = ('format' => 'pdf', 'document' => $file);
	my $result = $api->convert(%params);
	my $pdf = "MyPresentation.pdf";
	open my $fh, '>>', $pdf;
	binmode $fh;
	print $fh $result;
	close $fh;
```

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