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Ruta Deshpande
Ruta Deshpande

Reputation: 213

Convert docx. to pdf in python in linux

It doesn't create a pdf file in the directory also it prints - None

import sys
import subprocess
import re


def convert_to(folder, source, timeout=None):
    args = [libreoffice_exec(), '--headless', '--convert-to', 'pdf', '--outdir', folder, source]

    process = subprocess.run(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE, timeout=timeout)
    filename = re.search('-> (.*?) using filter', process.stdout.decode())

    return filename


def libreoffice_exec():
    # TODO: Provide support for more platforms
    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
        return '/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice'
    return 'libreoffice'

result = convert_to('/directory_to_save_file',  '/File_path', timeout=15)
print(result)

Could anyone give me solution where I can easily convert docx to pdf? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7275

Answers (2)

Alexey Noskov
Alexey Noskov

Reputation: 1960

Aspose.Words for Python provides an ability to convert DOCX and other document formats to PDF. But note, Aspose.Words is a commercial product. Code is simple - load a document and save it as PDF:

import aspose.words as aw

doc = aw.Document("in.docx")
doc.save("out.pdf")

Additional conversions options can be specified using PdfSaveOptions, for example PDF compliance: https://docs.aspose.com/words/python-net/convert-a-document-to-pdf/

import aspose.words as aw

doc = aw.Document("C:\\Temp\\in.docx")
opt = aw.saving.PdfSaveOptions()
opt.compliance = aw.saving.PdfCompliance.PDF_UA1 
doc.save("C:\\Temp\\out.pdf", opt)

In addition, when you convert document to PDF, to get an accurate result, the fonts used in the original document should be available in the environment where conversion is performed. Otherwise the fonts are substituted with available ones, that might lead to layout differences due to different font metrics. https://docs.aspose.com/words/python-net/manipulating-and-substitution-truetype-fonts/

Upvotes: 0

Ritesh Srivastava
Ritesh Srivastava

Reputation: 76

You can try below code in your function

import subprocess
output = subprocess.check_output(['libreoffice', '--convert-to', 'pdf' ,'demo.docx'])
print output

Upvotes: 6

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