Slides introspection

Use the structured Slides commands when an edit needs stable object IDs or exact text ranges. gog slides raw remains the lossless API escape hatch.

#Presentation metadata

slides info combines Drive file metadata with Slides-native metadata:

gog slides info <presentationId> --json

The presentation object includes slide count, page size in points, locale, masters and their theme colors, and layouts.

#Slide structure

The default read-slide output includes shape text, table-cell text, image content/source URLs, and speaker notes. Add --detail --json for normalized elements:

gog slides read-slide <presentationId> <slideId> --detail --json

Detailed elements are flattened in visual hierarchy order. Group children carry parentObjectId. geometry is the element's axis-aligned bounding box in points after its group and element transforms are applied. Text runs retain the Slides API's UTF-16 startIndex/endIndex, style, links, paragraph style, and bullet metadata. Foreground/background colors are also normalized as #RRGGBB or theme:NAME; API-omitted inherited style fields remain omitted.

Rendered image contentUrl values are short-lived and requester-scoped. sourceUrl is included when the presentation retains the original insertion URL.

#Locate editable text

slides locate searches shapes and table cells without changing the deck:

gog slides locate <presentationId> "Quarterly revenue" --all --json
gog slides locate <presentationId> "Approved" --page <slideId> --match-case

Each match includes the slide and element object IDs plus exact UTF-16 range. Table matches also include zero-based row and column indexes. By default only the first match is returned; use --all or --occurrence N to select results, and --fail-empty for automation that requires a match.