Partially update a single slide layout

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2027-01-31.

Description#

Partially updates a slide layout given its ID.

This is a long running operation. Responses include a Location header, which indicates where to poll for results. For more details on long-running job polling, see Operations endpoint.

Options#

Path	PATCH Operations Supported
`/name`	`replace`
`/index`	`replace`
`/lock`	`replace`

PATCH /prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/slideLayouts/{slideLayoutId}

Required OAuth Scopes

file:write

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
presentationId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the presentation
slideLayoutId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the slide layout
body	body	JSONPatchDocument	true	Patch document representing the changes to be made to the slide layout

Body parameter example#

[
  {
    "op": "replace",
    "path": "/name",
    "value": "Slide Layout Name"
  }
]

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X PATCH https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/slideLayouts/{slideLayoutId} \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http PATCH https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/slideLayouts/{slideLayoutId} \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Content-Type:application/json \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=PATCH "https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/slideLayouts/{slideLayoutId}" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.patch('https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/presentations/{presentationId}/slideLayouts/{slideLayoutId}', headers = headers)

print(r.headers['Location'])