Open and read Word or PDF file in Python SDK

Use REST API to open and read documents programmatically in Python

Easily open Word, PDF documents with just a few lines of Python code. Our Python library will provide you with everything you need to access document content programmatically.

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Open and read documents in Python

If you want to open a text file and work with the data in plain-text format, you can do it using the most basic features of the Python language and operating system. As for reading office documents, presented in a wide variety of file formats (DOCX, DOC, PDF, RTF, ODT, HTML, etc.), this task is more difficult to solve, since such documents are described by complex tree-like data structures within the DOM model.

Our Python library is a cloud-based solution that will allow you to open documents in any office and web format. This distributed approach gives you flexibility in software development using Python language, as all resource-intensive document processing will take place on Aspose servers. All you need is to get private keys to access Cloud API in Python code.

Programmatically read Word, PDF documents in Python

You can iterate over document elements, or you can search for specific elements in the DOM tree. We provide a wide range of Python functions both for working with the structure of the document and with the data contained in the document nodes.

The following Python code example will help you quickly figure out how to load a document and perform some actions on it.

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import asposewordscloud

words_api = WordsApi(client_id = '####-####-####-####-####', client_secret = '##################')
file_name= 'Input.docx'

request_file_content = open(open(file_name).read(), 'rb')
upload_document_request = asposewordscloud.models.requests.UploadFileRequest(
   file_content=request_file_content, path=file_name)
words_api.upload_file(upload_document_request)

request_paragraph = asposewordscloud.ParagraphInsert(
   text='Reading and writing to the file in the cloud occurs automatically.')
insert_paragraph_request = asposewordscloud.models.requests.InsertParagraphRequest(
   name=file_name, paragraph=request_paragraph)
words_api.insert_paragraph(insert_paragraph_request)

download_document_request = asposewordscloud.models.requests.DownloadFileRequest(
   path=file_name)
words_api.download_file(download_document_request)
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How to open a document Word, PDF, JPG Python REST API

  1. Install Aspose.Words Cloud for Python
  2. Add a library reference (import the library) to your Python project
  3. Read a document

Install Python library to read documents

Install Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for Python using PyPi repository. Run pip install aspose-words-cloud to install the SDK, then import the package via import asposewordscloud. As an alternative, you can manually clone Aspose.Words Cloud SDK for Python source code from GitHub and use it in your project. Please follow these Instructions to quickly get the necessary security credentials and access our REST API.

System Requirements

Refer to the Repository Documentation to see the details.

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