Shell script using https://documentalchemy.com API to convert a PowerPoint file into a PDF.

powerpoint-to-pdf

#!/bin/bash
# powerpoint-to-pdf <PPT-FILE> [<PDF-FILE>]
# Uses <https://documentalchemy.com/> to convert a PowerPoint document to PDF.

# SET YOUR DOCUMENT ALCHEMY API KEY HERE (OR PASS AS AN ENV VAR).
# SIGN UP AT <https://documentalchemy.com/> TO GET YOUR FREE API KEY.
DA_API_KEY=${DA_API_KEY:-"EDs2UQEprGn9aD4vg6HCPhFvgQFDahQgRzzIfocJ"}

# PRINT USAGE MESSAGE
show_help() {
  echo ""
  echo "Use: powerpoint-to-pdf <PPT-FILE> [<PDF-FILE>]"
  echo ""
  echo "Set DA_API_KEY to your DocumentAlchemy API key value."
  echo "(Currently \"$DA_API_KEY\".)"
  echo ""
  echo "For example:"
  echo "  powerpoint-to-pdf.sh myDeck.pptx myDeck.pdf"
  echo "or"
  echo "  DA_API_KEY=myApiKey powerpoint-to-pdf.sh myDeck.pptx myDeck.pdf"
  echo ""
}

# SANITY CHECK FOR COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS AND --help.
if [ "$#" -eq "0" ]; then
  show_help
  exit 1;
elif [[ $1 =~ ^--?(h(elp)?)|\?$ ]]; then
  show_help
  exit 0;
fi

# PARSE COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS
SOURCE_FILE=$1
DEST_FILE=${2:-$SOURCE_FILE.pdf}

# EXECUTE REQUEST
if [ -s "$SOURCE_FILE" ]; then
  curl -X POST --form "document=@$SOURCE_FILE" -H "Authorization: da.key=$DA_API_KEY" https://documentalchemy.com/api/v1/document/-/rendition/pdf -o "$DEST_FILE"
else
  echo "File \"$SOURCE_FILE\" not found."
  exit 2
fi

See https://documentalchemy.com/demo/powerpoint-to-pdf and https://documentalchemy.com/api-doc#!/DocumentAlchemy/post_document_rendition_format for details.