pyconverters-pypowerpoint 1.8.55

Convert PPTX to text using python-pptx

pyconverters_pypowerpoint

Convert PPTX presentations to Markdown using python-pptx.

Features

• Converts PowerPoint slides to Markdown text (headings, lists, paragraphs, tables)
• Optionally segments the output by slide (one Sentence span per page)
• Optionally extracts embedded images as base64 data URIs, either as Markdown links or as AltText objects attached to the document
• Registers as a pyconverters plugin under the entry point pypowerpoint

Requirements

• Python ≥ 3.12

Installation

pip install pyconverters_pypowerpoint

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
one_segment_per_powerpoint_page	bool	False	Add one Sentence span per slide in the output document
include_image_base64_as_links	bool	False	Embed images as  links in the Markdown text
include_image_base64_as_altTexts	bool	False	Attach images as AltText objects on the document (with mime-type property)

Developing

Pre-requisites

Install uv:

pip install uv

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/oterrier/pyconverters_pypowerpoint
cd pyconverters_pypowerpoint

Install the package with test dependencies:

uv sync --extra test

Running the test suite

uv run pytest

Linting

uv run ruff check .
uv run ruff format --check .

Building the documentation

uv run --extra docs sphinx-build docs docs/_build

The built documentation is available at docs/_build/index.html.

SBOM & vulnerability check

Install the SBOM dependencies:

uv sync --extra sbom

Generate a CycloneDX SBOM from the current environment:

uv run cyclonedx-py environment -o sbom.cdx.json --output-format json

Audit dependencies for known vulnerabilities:

uv run pip-audit --format json --output audit-report.json

To fail on any known vulnerability (useful in CI):

uv run pip-audit --strict