# PPTX Text Extractor — PowerPoint, Google Drive, Notes (`gochujang/pptx-text-extractor`) Actor

Extract text, speaker notes, and slide structure from PowerPoint (.pptx) files at any URL — including Google Drive and Dropbox links. Batch up to 50 files. Perfect for LLM/RAG pipelines. No API key. $0.02/file + $0.001/slide.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/gochujang/pptx-text-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [Hojun Lee](https://apify.com/gochujang) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## PPTX Text Extractor — PowerPoint to Text, Google Drive, Speaker Notes

> Extract **text, speaker notes, and slide structure** from any PowerPoint (.pptx) file — including **Google Drive share links** and **Dropbox URLs**. Batch up to 50 files per run. **$0.02 per file + $0.001/slide.**

### ⚡ Run in 30 seconds

Paste any PowerPoint URL and click **Start**:

```
## Direct PPTX URL
https://example.com/presentation.pptx

## Google Drive share link (auto-resolved)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BxiMVs0XRA5nFMdKvBdBZjgmUUqptlbs74OgVE2upms/view

## Dropbox share link (auto-resolved)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/abc123/slides.pptx?dl=0
```

***

### Why this exists

PowerPoint is the dominant format for business presentations, research decks, and executive briefings — yet the content is locked inside a binary format that LLMs and search engines can't read directly.

This actor extracts every slide's content in clean text format, preserving slide titles, body text, tables, and speaker notes. Feed the output directly into RAG pipelines, vector stores, or LLM prompts.

***

### What you get

#### Summary row (one per file)

```json
{
  "_type": "summary",
  "url": "https://example.com/slides.pptx",
  "ok": true,
  "slide_count": 24,
  "title": "Q4 2026 Business Review",
  "author": "Jane Smith",
  "total_word_count": 3840,
  "total_char_count": 22100,
  "created": "2026-10-01T09:00:00+00:00"
}
```

#### Per-slide row (one per slide)

```json
{
  "_type": "slide",
  "url": "https://example.com/slides.pptx",
  "slide": 3,
  "title": "Revenue Breakdown",
  "text": "Revenue Breakdown\nQ4 2026 vs Q3 2026\nProduct A | $4.2M | +12%\nProduct B | $1.8M | -3%",
  "word_count": 18,
  "char_count": 89,
  "notes": "Highlight the product A growth — driven by EMEA expansion.",
  "shape_count": 5
}
```

***

### Use cases

1. **RAG pipelines** — Index presentation content in a vector database for semantic search
2. **LLM summarization** — Feed slide text directly to Claude/GPT for meeting prep summaries
3. **Content auditing** — Batch-extract text from a library of company presentations
4. **Search indexing** — Make presentation decks searchable in internal knowledge bases
5. **Translation** — Extract text, translate, then reconstruct (with another tool)
6. **Compliance review** — Scan slides for sensitive content, keywords, or policy violations

***

### Input

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `urls` | array | — | List of .pptx URLs (direct links, Google Drive, Dropbox). Max 50 |
| `includeNotes` | boolean | `true` | Extract speaker notes from each slide |
| `includeSlideRows` | boolean | `true` | Output per-slide rows (plus summary). Set `false` for summary-only |
| `maxFiles` | integer | `50` | Max files per run (cap at 50) |

***

### Quick start

#### Single file

```json
{
  "urls": ["https://example.com/q4-review.pptx"]
}
```

#### Batch — summary only (no per-slide rows)

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com/deck1.pptx",
    "https://example.com/deck2.pptx"
  ],
  "includeSlideRows": false
}
```

#### Google Drive deck without speaker notes

```json
{
  "urls": ["https://drive.google.com/file/d/1abc.../view"],
  "includeNotes": false
}
```

***

### Supported URL formats

| Source | Example |
|---|---|
| Direct .pptx URL | `https://example.com/file.pptx` |
| Google Drive | `https://drive.google.com/file/d/{id}/view` |
| Google Drive (open) | `https://drive.google.com/open?id={id}` |
| Dropbox | `https://www.dropbox.com/s/{key}/file.pptx?dl=0` |

***

### Pricing

**Pay-Per-Event**: `$0.02 per file + $0.001 per slide`

| Files | Avg slides | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 file | 20 slides | $0.04 |
| 10 files | 20 slides each | $0.40 |
| 50 files | 20 slides each | $2.00 |

***

### Related actors (same author)

- [PDF Text Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/pdf-text-extractor) — PDF → text, tables, Markdown
- [DOCX Text Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/docx-text-extractor) — Word documents
- [Excel Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/excel-extractor) — Excel spreadsheets
- [Image OCR Extractor](https://apify.com/gochujang/image-ocr-extractor) — Images to text

***

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# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of .pptx file URLs to extract. Supports direct links, Google Drive share links (drive.google.com/file/d/...), and Dropbox links. Max 50 files per run.

## `includeNotes` (type: `boolean`):

Extract speaker notes from each slide in addition to slide text.

## `includeSlideRows` (type: `boolean`):

Output one dataset row per slide (in addition to the summary row). Set to false to get only summary rows (one per file).

## `maxFiles` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of PPTX files to process per run. Max 50.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/docs/3-1-1.pptx"
  ],
  "includeNotes": true,
  "includeSlideRows": true,
  "maxFiles": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/docs/3-1-1.pptx"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("gochujang/pptx-text-extractor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": ["https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/docs/3-1-1.pptx"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("gochujang/pptx-text-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/general/docs/3-1-1.pptx"
  ]
}' |
apify call gochujang/pptx-text-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,gochujang/pptx-text-extractor"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yyQccVH2Ovc6Q1u1v/builds/c421PpzpG3ZQa9sP9/openapi.json