Open DOC in Python SDK

Use REST API to open and read DOC files programmatically in Python

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

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Open a DOC file in Python

The task of reading DOC documents is the task of reading hierarchical data structures within the DOM model. This implies knowing the format of each individual DOC data element, including all of its possible child elements and attributes.

Our Python library is a cloud-based solution that will allow you to open DOC files for reading and writing easily. This distributed approach gives you flexibility in software development using Python language, as all resource-intensive DOC 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 DOC documents in Python

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

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

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import asposewordscloud

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

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 DOC 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 DOC file

Install Python library to read DOC files

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.

Other supported file formats

You can open documents in other formats:

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