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Why does the search image in my code doesn't work?

This is my code:
import pyautogui
images = ['colordonkergrijsDCphrasev2.png'] #the image I want it to find
while True:
for image in images: #search for the image in images
pos = pyautogui.locateOnScreen(image, region=(740,870, 50, 20)) #search on the screen for the image
if pos is not None: # this checks that the image was found
pyautogui.click(pos) # click the position of the image
I want that my code clicks on a special region when he is seeing that image.
But my code doesn't do that, my code clicks every time also when the image isn't there. The image I'm using is very similar as the background. But I added confidence = 1 and it still doesn't work
Does someone know how to fix it?
I use Python 3.9.4 64-bit.
I already read the docs but there isn't anything in there what can help me.
If you want to docs here it is: https://pyautogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/screenshot.html

Programming a picture maker template in Python possible?

I'm looking for a library that enables to "create pictures" (or even videos) with the following functions:
Accepting picture inputs
Resizing said inputs to fit given template / scheme
Positioning the pictures in pre-set up layers or coordinates
A rather schematic approach to look at this:
whereas the red spots are supposed to represent e.g. text, picture (or if possible video) elements.
The end goal would be to give the .py script multiple input pictures and the .py creating a finished version like mentioned above.
Solutions I tried were looking into Python PIL, but I wasn't able to find what I was looking for.

Yes, it is possible to do this with Python.
The library you are looking for is OpenCV([https://opencv.org][1]/).
Some basic OpenCV python tutorials (https://docs.opencv.org/master/d9/df8/tutorial_root.html).
1) You can use imread() function to read images from files.
2) You can use resize() function to resize the images.
3) You can create a empty master numpy array matching the size and depth(color depth) of the black rectangle in the figure you have shown, resize your image and copy the contents into the empty array starting from the position you want.
Below is a sample code which does something close to what you might need, you can modify this to suit your actual needs. (Since your requirements are not clear I have written the code like this so that it can at least guide you.)
import numpy as np
import cv2
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# You can store most of these values in another file and load them.
# You can modify this to set the dimensions of the background image.
BG_IMAGE_WIDTH = 100
BG_IMAGE_HEIGHT = 100
BG_IMAGE_COLOR_DEPTH = 3
# This will act as the black bounding box you have shown in your figure.
# You can also load another image instead of creating empty background image.
empty_background_image = np.zeros(
(BG_IMAGE_HEIGHT, BG_IMAGE_WIDTH, BG_IMAGE_COLOR_DEPTH),
dtype=np.int
)
# Loading an image.
# This will be copied later into one of those red boxes you have shown.
IMAGE_PATH = "./image1.jpg"
foreground_image = cv2.imread(IMAGE_PATH)
# Setting the resize target and top left position with respect to bg image.
X_POS = 4
Y_POS = 10
RESIZE_TARGET_WIDTH = 30
RESIZE_TARGET_HEIGHT = 30
# Resizing
foreground_image= cv2.resize(
src=foreground_image,
dsize=(RESIZE_TARGET_WIDTH, RESIZE_TARGET_HEIGHT),
)
# Copying this into background image
empty_background_image[
Y_POS: Y_POS + RESIZE_TARGET_HEIGHT,
X_POS: X_POS + RESIZE_TARGET_WIDTH
] = foreground_image
plt.imshow(empty_background_image)
plt.show()

How to extract ALL IMAGES and text from all pptx file slides using python?

I'm able to read images from pptx file but not all images. I'm unable to extract the images presented in a slide with title or other text. Here is my code and please help me.
from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.enum.shapes import MSO_SHAPE_TYPE
import glob
import os
import codecs
from PIL import Image
import pytesseract
pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = '/usr/local/Cellar/tesseract/4.1.1/bin/tesseract'
from pytesseract import image_to_string
n=0
def write_image(shape):
global n
image = shape.image
# get image
image_bytes = image.blob
# assinging file name, e.g. 'image.jpg'
image_filename = fname[:-5]+'{:03d}.{}'.format(n, image.ext)
n += 1
print(image_filename)
os.chdir("directory_path/readpptx/images")
with open(image_filename, 'wb') as f:
f.write(image_bytes)
os.chdir("directory_path/readpptx")
def visitor(shape):
if shape.shape_type == MSO_SHAPE_TYPE.PICTURE:
write_image(shape)
def iter_picture_shapes(prs1):
for slide in prs1.slides:
for shape in slide.shapes:
visitor(shape)
file = open("directory_path/MyFile.txt","a+")
for each_file in glob.glob("directory_path/*.pptx"):
fname = os.path.basename(each_file)
file.write("-------------------"+fname+"----------------------\n")
prs = Presentation(each_file)
print("---------------"+fname+"-------------------")
for slide in prs.slides:
for shape in slide.shapes:
if hasattr(shape, "text"):
print(shape.text)
file.write(shape.text+"\n")
iter_picture_shapes(prs)
file.close()
Above code is able to extract images from pptx slides which have no text or title but not able to extract images in slides with text or title.

Try also iterating over slide masters and slide layouts. If there are "background" images that's where they will be. The same for shape in slide.shapes: mechanism works on slide masters and slide layouts; they are a variant of the polymorphic Slide object with the same shape-access semantics.
I don't think your problem is strictly related to the presence of a title or text on the slide. Perhaps those particular slides use a layout that includes some background images. If you open the slide and clicking on the image does not select it (give it bounding box) that indicates it is a background image and resides on the slide layout or possibly the slide master. This is how logos are commonly implemented to show up on every slide.
You may also want to consider iterating over the Notes slide for each slide when it has one, if there is text and/or images in there you are interested in. It is uncommon to find images in the slide notes but PowerPoint supports it.
Another approach is the traverse the underlying .pptx package (as a Zip archive) and extract the images that way.

Saving area within a shape (rectangle) as image from multiple powerpoint slides

I'm attempting to grab an image of diagrams constructed within a rectangle on a power point slide deck. I found python-pptx and am able to identify the shapes on each slide. Is there any way to expand this to take a snapshot of the area within the rectangle shape and export it as an image?
# Auto grab the photos created in Powerpoint
from pptx import Presentation
prs = Presentation('ex.pptx')
for slide in prs.slides:
print(slide)
for shape in slide.shapes:
print(shape)
# Identify shape on each slide, find area within, and save as .png

I think you're going to be best off looking at a COM32 type of solution, either writing something in VBA or possibly using the win32com library in Python if you really want a Python solution.
Either way this is going to fire up a "live" PowerPoint application instance and basically run it by remote control. That sort of thing isn't a great idea server-side, but if it's just for personal productivity it might work fine.
python-pptx can't do this sort of thing and probably never will. The rendering engine needs to get involved in this type of work and python-pptx is strictly a .pptx file editor/generator.

With Aspose.Slides for Python, you can easily save presentation shapes to images. The following code example shows you how to save all charts from a presentation to PNG images:
import aspose.slides as slides
import aspose.slides.charts as charts
import aspose.pydrawing as draw
with slides.Presentation("example.pptx") as presentation:
for slide_index, slide in enumerate(presentation.slides):
for shape_index, shape in enumerate(slide.shapes):
# Looking for charts, for example.
if isinstance(shape, charts.Chart):
# Get a chart image.
with shape.get_thumbnail() as chart_image:
# Save the chart image to PNG.
image_path = "chart_image_{}_{}.png".format(slide_index, shape_index)
chart_image.save(image_path, draw.imaging.ImageFormat.png)
Aspose.Slides for Python is a paid product, but you can get a temporary license or use it in a trial mode to evaluate all features for managing presentations. Alternatively, you can use Aspose.Slides Cloud SDK for Python. This package provides a REST-based API for managing presentations as well. The code example below shows you how to do the same using Aspose.Slides Cloud:
import asposeslidescloud
import aspose.pydrawing as draw
from asposeslidescloud.apis.slides_api import SlidesApi
from asposeslidescloud.models import *
slides_api = SlidesApi(None, "my_client_id", "my_client_secret")
file_name = "example.pptx"
# Upload the presentation to the default storage.
with open(file_name, "rb") as file_stream:
slides_api.upload_file(file_name, file_stream)
# Get the number of slides.
slides_info = slides_api.get_slides(file_name)
slide_count = len(slides_info.slide_list)
for slide_index in range(1, slide_count + 1):
# Get the number of shapes on the current slide.
shapes_info = slides_api.get_shapes(file_name, slide_index)
shape_count = len(shapes_info.shapes_links)
for shape_index in range(1, shape_count + 1):
shape = slides_api.get_shape(file_name, slide_index, shape_index)
# Looking for charts, for example.
if shape.type == "Chart":
# Get the chart as a PNG image.
image_path = slides_api.download_shape(file_name, slide_index, shape_index, ShapeExportFormat.PNG)
print("A chart image was saved to " + image_path)
This is also a paid product, but you can make 150 free API calls per month for any purposes.
I work as a Support Developer at Aspose and can answer your questions of these libraries on Aspose.Slides forum.

Unable to delete PowerPoint Slides using Python-pptx

I am trying to delete PowerPoint slides containing a specific keywords using Python-pptx. If the keyword is present anywhere in the slide then that slide will be deleted. My code is given below:
from pptx import Presentation
String = 'Macro'
ppt = Presentation('D:\\Shaon\\pptss\\Regional.pptx')
for slide in ppt.slides:
for shape in slide.shapes:
if shape.has_text_frame:
shape.text = String
slide.delete(slide)
ppt.save('BODd.pptx')
After execution I am getting a memory error. No clue how to resolve this issue. How can I delete ppt slides using some specific keywords?

You can delete a slide with a specific index value with the following code using the pptx library:
from pptx import Presentation
# create slides ------
presentation = Presentation('new.pptx')
xml_slides = presentation.slides._sldIdLst
slides = list(xml_slides)
xml_slides.remove(slides[index])
So to delete the first slide, index would be 0.

It is possible to delete the whole slides using the following code. So just use this before generating the slides to have a clean and empty PowerPoint file. By changing the index, you can also delete the specific slides.
import os
import pptx.util
from pptx import Presentation
cwd = os.getcwd()
prs = Presentation(cwd + '\\ppt.pptx')
for i in range(len(prs.slides)-1, -1, -1):
rId = prs.slides._sldIdLst[i].rId
prs.part.drop_rel(rId)
del prs.slides._sldIdLst[i]

I was trying to delete all slides but the cover from one pptx file to reuse the layouts and the best solution I got was to loop Ferhat´s answer.
It worked :)
# Ferhat´s showed us how to list the slides:
xml_slides = prs.slides._sldIdLst
slides = list(xml_slides)
# Then I loop for all except the first (index 0):
for index in range(1,len(slides)):
xml_slides.remove(slides[index])