Identify Different Auto Shapes such as TextBox, Rectangle, Oval, etc in Python

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how to identify different auto shapes(such as textbox, rectangle, oval etc)? I know type gives you the type as “AutoShape” for all of them but I want a function to distinguish all of them separately.

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@a0pro0b,
Thank you for posting the question. I was unable to distinguish auto shapes in PowerPoint presentations using Aspose.Slides.

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@a0pro0b,
Please try using the AutoShape.ShapeType property.
Please also note that text boxes are Rectangle objects in PowerPoint documents.

https://reference.aspose.com/slides/python-net/aspose.slides/shapetype/

Code example:

with slides.Presentation() as pres:
    shape1 = pres.slides[0].shapes.add_auto_shape(slides.ShapeType.RECTANGLE, 100, 150, 150, 75)
    shape2 = pres.slides[0].shapes.add_auto_shape(slides.ShapeType.TRIANGLE, 200, 150, 150, 75)
    shape3 = pres.slides[0].shapes.add_auto_shape(slides.ShapeType.ELLIPSE, 300, 150, 150, 75)

    for shape in pres.slides[0].shapes:
        if shape.shape_type == slides.ShapeType.RECTANGLE:
            print(f"Shape type for {shape.unique_id} is RECTANGLE")
        if shape.shape_type == slides.ShapeType.TRIANGLE:
            print(f"Shape type for {shape.unique_id} is TRIANGLE")
        if shape.shape_type == slides.ShapeType.ELLIPSE:
            print(f"Shape type for {shape.unique_id} is ELLIPSE")