Check generation status

curl --request GET \
  --url https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "generation_id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "error": "<string>",
  "completed_at": "<string>",
  "generation_type": "presentation_generation",
  "presentation_id": "<string>",
  "formats": {}
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Presentations

Check Generation Status

Poll this endpoint to check the status of any async operation (presentation generation, slide creation, export, or transcript generation).

Status values:

pending - Queued, not yet started
in_progress - Currently processing
completed - Finished successfully; results available in response
failed - Error occurred; check error field for details

Recommended polling: Every 2-5 seconds. Most generations complete within 30-120 seconds.

GET

api

generations

{generation_id}

Check generation status

curl --request GET \
  --url https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "generation_id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "error": "<string>",
  "completed_at": "<string>",
  "generation_type": "presentation_generation",
  "presentation_id": "<string>",
  "formats": {}
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Poll this endpoint to check the status of any async operation (presentation generation, slide creation, export, or transcript generation).

Status Values

Status	Description
`pending`	Queued, not yet started
`in_progress`	Currently processing
`completed`	Finished successfully; results available
`failed`	Error occurred; check `error` field

Recommended polling: Every 5 seconds. Most operations complete within 1-3 minutes depending on slide count.

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`generation_id`	string	The generation ID you’re polling
`status`	string	Current status
`error`	string	Error message (when `failed`)
`created_at`	string	ISO 8601 timestamp
`completed_at`	string	When generation finished
`presentation_id`	string	ID of the presentation
`formats`	object	Export results (when `completed`)

Format Results

When status is completed, the formats object contains results for each requested format:

{
  "generation_id": "abc123-...",
  "status": "completed",
  "presentation_id": "xyz789-...",
  "formats": {
    "link": {
      "status": "completed",
      "url": "https://app.getalai.com/view/..."
    },
    "pdf": {
      "status": "completed",
      "url": "https://storage.../presentation.pdf"
    },
    "ppt": {
      "status": "completed",
      "url": "https://storage.../presentation.pptx"
    }
  }
}

Each format has:

status: completed, failed, or skipped
url: Signed download URL (valid for 24 hours)
error: Error message if failed

Example

curl "https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/abc123-def456-..." \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Polling Example (Python)

import time
import requests

def wait_for_generation(generation_id, api_key, max_wait=300):
    url = f"https://slides-api.getalai.com/api/v1/generations/{generation_id}"
    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}

    start = time.time()
    while time.time() - start < max_wait:
        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
        data = response.json()

        if data["status"] == "completed":
            return data
        elif data["status"] == "failed":
            raise Exception(data.get("error", "Generation failed"))

        time.sleep(3)  # Poll every 3 seconds

    raise TimeoutError("Generation timed out")

# Usage
result = wait_for_generation("abc123-...", "YOUR_API_KEY")
print(result["formats"]["link"]["url"])

Download URLs in the formats object are signed and valid for 24 hours. Store the presentation_id if you need to export again later.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Your Alai API key. Get one from your account settings at app.getalai.com

Path Parameters

generation_id

string

required

Response

Successful Response

PresentationGenerationStatus
SlideCreationStatus
ExportStatus
TranscriptStatus

generation_id

string

required

status

enum<string>

required

Current state: pending → in_progress → completed/failed

Available options:

pending,

in_progress,

completed,

failed

created_at

string

required

error

string | null

Human-readable error message when status is 'failed'

completed_at

string | null

ISO 8601 timestamp when generation finished

generation_type

string

default:presentation_generation

Allowed value: "presentation_generation"

presentation_id

string | null

Available once generation starts. Use this ID for subsequent operations.

formats

Formats · object | null

Export results keyed by format ('link', 'pdf', 'ppt'). Only present when completed.

Show child attributes

Generate Presentation Export Presentation

​Status Values

​Response Fields

​Format Results

​Example

​Polling Example (Python)

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Response

Status Values

Response Fields

Format Results

Example

Polling Example (Python)