

- #PYTHON CONVERT DOCX TO PDF PDF#
- #PYTHON CONVERT DOCX TO PDF INSTALL#
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$ /opt/3.1/program/python DocumentConverter.py test.odt test.pdf > "C:\Program Files\ 3.1\program\python" DocumentConverter.py test.odt test.pdf Most of the time this means you need to use the Python version installed with, e.g. Since it uses the Python/UNO bridge, the script requires the UNO modules to be already present in your Python installation. The document formats are inferred from the file extensions. The script expects exactly 2 parameters: an input and an output file names. $ soffice "-accept=socket,port=2002 urp " PyODConverter requires LibreOffice/ to be running as a service and listening on port (by default) 2002 this can be achieved e.g. The script was written as a simpler alternative to JODConverter for command line usage. PyODConverter (for Python OpenDocument Converter) is a Python script that automates office document conversions from the command line using LibreOffice or. Thanks Villeroy for the link above, which led me to the JODConverter site.Īdditionall information for PyODConverter (from the ReadMe): That was it, and I can actually convert my docx files now. Afterwards you specify where the files you want to convert areĬode: Select all Expand view Collapse view /home/user/Desktop/folder/*.docx Then to specify what output file you want to use, use Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view -f filetype could be -f odt or -f pdf. Code: Select all Expand view Collapse view /home/user/Desktop/jodconverter-2.2.2/lib/jodconverter-cli-2.2.2.jar.
#PYTHON CONVERT DOCX TO PDF ARCHIVE#
It is in the archive we downloaded, so for me it was. To convert, you have to point to the needed jodconverter-cli-2.2.2.jar.
#PYTHON CONVERT DOCX TO PDF PDF#
This is what the command looked like when I converted.Ĭode: Select all Expand view Collapse view java -jar /home/user/Desktop/jodconverter-2.2.2/lib/jodconverter-cli-2.2.2.jar -f pdf /home/user/Desktop/folder/*.docx Open the terminal and enter.Ĭode: Select all Expand view Collapse view soffice -headless -accept="socket,host=127.0.0.1,port=8100 urp " -nofirststartwizard The program use openoffice for the conversion, so you have to start openoffice as a service. The site have excellent guides but I am just going to write what I did.įirst downloaded the jodconverter-2.2.2.zip and extracted it to the desktop. The program is called JODConverter, and you can get it from. P = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)Īs you can see, one method requires comtypes, another requires libreoffice as a subprocess.I found a way to batch convert my. Worddoc.SaveAs(name + '.pdf', FileFormat=17)Ĭonvert a doc/docx document to pdf format (linux only, requires libreoffice)Ĭmd = 'libreoffice -convert-to pdf'.split() + Word = client.CreateObject('Word.Application')

From exploring questions here and elsewhere, this is what I have so far: import subprocessĬonvert a doc/docx document to pdf formatĭoc = os.path.abspath(doc) # bugfix - searching files in windows/system32 But converting to pdf seems to require one of those.
#PYTHON CONVERT DOCX TO PDF INSTALL#
With python-docx and other methods, I do not require a windows machine with word installed, or even libreoffice on linux, for most of the processing (my web server is pythonanywhere - linux but without libreoffice and without sudo or apt install permissions). I'm dealing with a problem trying to develop a web-app, part of which converts uploaded docx files to pdf files (after some processing).
