python-docx¶

python-docx is a Python library for creating and updating Microsoft Word (.docx) files.

What it can do¶

Here’s an example of what python-docx can do:

from docx import Document from docx.shared import Inches document = Document() document.add_heading('Document Title', 0) p = document.add_paragraph('A plain paragraph having some ') p.add_run('bold').bold = True p.add_run(' and some ') p.add_run('italic.').italic = True document.add_heading('Heading, level 1', level=1) document.add_paragraph('Intense quote', style='Intense Quote') document.add_paragraph( 'first item in unordered list', style='List Bullet' ) document.add_paragraph( 'first item in ordered list', style='List Number' ) document.add_picture('monty-truth.png', width=Inches(1.25)) records = ( (3, '101', 'Spam'), (7, '422', 'Eggs'), (4, '631', 'Spam, spam, eggs, and spam') ) table = document.add_table(rows=1, cols=3) hdr_cells = table.rows[0].cells hdr_cells[0].text = 'Qty' hdr_cells[1].text = 'Id' hdr_cells[2].text = 'Desc' for qty, id, desc in records: row_cells = table.add_row().cells row_cells[0].text = str(qty) row_cells[1].text = id row_cells[2].text = desc document.add_page_break() document.save('demo.docx')

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