msword: local files Manager(s)

Simple mapping view to docx (Word Doc) elements

To install: pip install msword

• Installation
• Quick Start
• LocalDocxTextStore
• LocalDocxStore
• Package Architecture
  • Main Classes
  • Helper Functions
  • Mapping Wrappers
• Mermaid Graphs
• License

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Quick Start

For users who just want to extract text from a collection of local MS Word documents, the simplest approach is to use the LocalDocxTextStore. The following example demonstrates how to create a text store from a folder containing MS Word files and access the text content of a document:

from msword import LocalDocxTextStore
from msword.tests.util import test_data_dir  # Directory with test data

# Create a text store that extracts and returns text from MS Word documents.
docs_text_content = LocalDocxTextStore(test_data_dir)

# List the available document keys (filtered to valid MS Word files).
print(sorted(docs_text_content))

# Access the text of a specific document.
print(docs_text_content['simple.docx'])

For users needing the full docx.Document objects for more advanced processing (e.g., modifying document structure, styling, etc.), use the LocalDocxStore:

from msword import LocalDocxStore
from msword.tests.util import test_data_dir
import docx

store = LocalDocxStore(test_data_dir)
doc = store['with_doc_extension.doc']
assert isinstance(doc, docx.document.Document)
print(doc.paragraphs[0].text)

LocalDocxTextStore

Local files store returning, as values, text extracted from the documents. Use this when you just want the text contents of the document. If you want more, you'll need to user LocalDocxStore with the appropriate content extractor (i.e. the obj_of_data function in a dol.wrap_kvs wrapper).

Note: Filters for valid msword extensions (.doc and .docx). To NOT filter for valid extensions, use AllLocalFilesDocxTextStore instead.

>>> from msword import LocalDocxTextStore, test_data_dir
>>> import docx
>>> s = LocalDocxTextStore(test_data_dir)
>>> assert {'with_doc_extension.doc', 'simple.docx'}.issubset(s)
>>> v = s['simple.docx']
>>> assert isinstance(v, str)
>>> print(v)
Just a bit of text to show that is works. Another sentence.
This is after a newline.
<BLANKLINE>
This is after two newlines.

LocalDocxStore

Local files store returning, as values, docx objects. Note: Filters for valid msword extensions (.doc and .docx). To Note filter for valid extensions, use AllLocalFilesDocxStore instead.

>>> from msword import LocalDocxStore, test_data_dir
>>> import docx
>>> s = LocalDocxStore(test_data_dir)
>>> assert {'with_doc_extension.doc', 'simple.docx'}.issubset(s)
>>> v = s['with_doc_extension.doc']
>>> assert isinstance(v, docx.document.Document)

What does a docx.document.Document have to offer? If you really want to get into it, see here: https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Meanwhile, we'll give a few examples here as an amuse-bouche.

>>> ddir = lambda x: set([xx for xx in dir(x) if not xx.startswith('_')])  # to see what an object has
>>> assert ddir(v).issuperset({
...     'add_heading', 'add_page_break', 'add_paragraph', 'add_picture', 'add_section', 'add_table',
...     'core_properties', 'element', 'inline_shapes', 'paragraphs', 'part',
...     'save', 'sections', 'settings', 'styles', 'tables'
... })

paragraphs is where the main content is, so let's have a look at what it has.

>>> len(v.paragraphs)
21
>>> paragraph = v.paragraphs[0]
>>> assert ddir(paragraph).issuperset({
...     'add_run', 'alignment', 'clear', 'insert_paragraph_before',
...     'paragraph_format', 'part', 'runs', 'style', 'text'
... })
>>> paragraph.text
'Section 1'
>>> assert ddir(paragraph.style).issuperset({
...     'base_style', 'builtin', 'delete', 'element', 'font', 'hidden', 'locked', 'name', 'next_paragraph_style',
...     'paragraph_format', 'part', 'priority', 'quick_style', 'style_id', 'type', 'unhide_when_used'
... })
>>> paragraph.style.style_id
'Heading1'
>>> paragraph.style.font.color.rgb
RGBColor(0x2f, 0x54, 0x96)

You get the point...

If you're only interested in one particular aspect of the documents, you should your favorite dol wrappers to get the store you really want. For example:

>>> from dol import wrap_kvs
>>> ss = wrap_kvs(s, obj_of_data=lambda doc: [paragraph.style.style_id for paragraph in doc.paragraphs])
>>> assert ss['with_doc_extension.doc'] == [
...     'Heading1', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'Heading2', 'Normal', 'Normal',
...     'Heading1', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'Normal',
...     'ListParagraph', 'ListParagraph', 'Normal', 'Normal', 'ListParagraph', 'ListParagraph', 'Normal'
... ]

The most common use case is probably getting text, not styles, out of a document. It's so common, that we've done the wrapping for you: Just use the already wrapped LocalDocxTextStore store for that purpose.

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Package Architecture

The module is built around a set of core classes and helper functions. Its functionality is entirely defined by the combination of a base file store (from dol.Files) and a set of decorators that wrap the store to transform its values.

Main Classes

• AllLocalFilesDocxStore
  A wrapper around a local file store that returns file contents as docx.Document objects. This class does not filter file extensions, meaning that non-MS Word files might cause errors.

• AllLocalFilesDocxTextStore
  Inherits from AllLocalFilesDocxStore and applies a text extraction function (get_text_from_docx). It returns the concatenated text of all paragraphs in the document.

• LocalDocxStore
  Extends AllLocalFilesDocxStore and uses the only_files_with_msword_extension decorator to filter out files that do not have valid MS Word extensions (i.e., .doc or .docx).

• LocalDocxTextStore
  Extends AllLocalFilesDocxTextStore and applies the same file filtering as LocalDocxStore, ensuring that only valid MS Word files are processed.

Helper Functions

• _extension(k: str)
  Splits a filename and returns its extension.

• has_msword_extension(k: str)
  Checks if a filename has a valid MS Word extension (doc or docx).

• _remove_docx_extension(k: str) & _add_docx_extension(k: str)
  Utilities to remove or add the default .docx extension to keys.

• paragraphs_text(doc)
  Yields the text from each paragraph of a docx.Document.

• get_text_from_docx(doc, paragraph_sep='\n')
  Concatenates all paragraph texts from a document using the specified separator.

• bytes_to_doc(doc_bytes: bytes)
  Converts raw bytes into a docx.Document using an in-memory buffer.

Mapping Wrappers

• with_bytes_to_doc_decoding
  Wraps a mapping to convert byte values into docx.Document objects.

• with_doc_to_text_decoding
  Wraps a mapping to convert docx.Document objects into text.

• with_bytes_to_text_decoding
  Combines the two above by first converting bytes into a document and then extracting its text.

• only_files_with_msword_extension
  Filters the keys of a store so that only those with valid MS Word extensions are processed.

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Mermaid Graphs

Overall Object Relationships

flowchart TD
    A[dol.Files]
    B[AllLocalFilesDocxStore]
    C[AllLocalFilesDocxTextStore]
    D[LocalDocxStore]
    E[LocalDocxTextStore]

    A --> B
    B --> C
    B --> D
    C --> E

    subgraph Helper Functions
        F[bytes_to_doc]
        G[get_text_from_docx]
        H[has_msword_extension]
        I[only_files_with_msword_extension]
    end

    F --> B
    G --> C
    H --> I
    I --> D
    I --> E

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Mapping Wrappers Pipeline

flowchart LR
    RawBytes[Raw Bytes]
    BytesToDoc[with_bytes_to_doc_decoding]
    Doc[docx.Document]
    DocToText[with_doc_to_text_decoding]
    Text[get_text_from_docx]
    BytesToText[with_bytes_to_text_decoding]

    RawBytes --> BytesToDoc --> Doc
    Doc --> DocToText --> Text
    RawBytes --> BytesToText --> Text

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License

This module is distributed under the terms of the MIT license.