README.md

didi_hackathon_pptx_creator

Simple script to create a Powerpoint slideshow with images.

Usage:

The script can be executed from the command line.

python pptx_create.py [-h] [-v] [-o OUTPUT_FILE_NAME] first_dir second_dir

Arguments:

Create a PowerPoint presentation with two images per slide.

positional arguments:
  first_dir             Directory containing the first set of images
  second_dir            Directory containing the second set of images

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         Enable verbose mode
  -o OUTPUT_FILE_NAME, --output_file_name OUTPUT_FILE_NAME
                        Name of the output PowerPoint presentation

Requirements: python-pptx and pillow. Can be installed with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Example

This repo contains a folder test with two subfolders first_dir and second_dir with two sets of seven images.

By running the command

python pptx_create.py -v  test/first_dir test/second_dir

or on windows

python.exe pptx_create.py -v  tes\first_dir test\second_dir

You'll get the output.pptx also saved in this repo.

The images are scaled as such, that they fill the whole slide space while maintaining aspect ratio.