Create a Slide Deck from a Topic Prompt

Follow the topic-based slide deck recipe in C# using outputType: "slide_deck".

// Requires .NET 7+ for raw string literals.
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

var token = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN") ?? "YOUR_API_TOKEN";
var endpoint = "https://api.autocontentapi.com/content/Create";

var payloadJson = """
{
  "outputType": "slide_deck",
  "topic": "Best practices for onboarding remote employees",
  "text": "Target startup HR teams with a concise 8-slide plan and one checklist slide.",
  "duration": "default",
  "slideDeckFormat": "presenter"
}
""";

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, endpoint)
{
    Content = new StringContent(payloadJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
};
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", token);

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
var body = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    Console.Error.WriteLine("Request failed: " + (int)response.StatusCode + " " + response.ReasonPhrase);
    Console.Error.WriteLine(body);
    Environment.Exit(1);
}

Console.WriteLine("Slide deck request accepted:");
Console.WriteLine(body);

Set YOUR_API_TOKEN (or AUTOCONTENT_TOKEN) before running.

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