To use the SlideShare API, developers must first create a SlideShare account and apply for an API key. If approved, SlideShare will provide an API key and shared secret to authenticate API calls. All API requests must include the API key, timestamp, and hash of the shared secret and timestamp for validation.

1. Slideshare Free API – Version 1.0
Initial configuration
In order to use the SlideShare API, you will need to first create an account on SlideShare.
Once you do, visit the following url (http://www.slideshare.net/developers/applyforapi) and
fill out a form. At this time, you will need to indicate a point of contact (name and email
address). If your account is approved, we will provide you with
1) An API Key (needed use of the API)
2) A shared secret (a string used to sign your API calls)
API validation using the SlideShare API
All requests made using the SlideShare API must have the following parameters
1) api_key: set this value to the API Key that SlideShare has provided for you.
2) ts: set this value to the current time in Unix TimeStamp format, to the nearest
second (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) .
3) hash: set this value to the SHA1 hash of the string created by concatenation of the
shared secret and the times