python-docx2txt Documentation

Install the docx2txt utility using the Python package manager pip to enable text and image extraction from .docx files.

pip install docx2txt

To extract text and save images to a specific directory using the Python API, pass the desired image directory as the second argument to docx2txt.process().

import docx2txt

# extract text and write images in /tmp/img_dir
text = docx2txt.process("file.docx", "/tmp/img_dir")

Import docx2txt and use the process() function to extract text from a .docx file. The function returns the extracted text as a string.

import docx2txt

# extract text
text = docx2txt.process("file.docx")

To extract both text and images from a .docx file via the command line, use the -i flag followed by the directory path where images should be saved.

docx2txt -i /tmp/img_dir file.docx

Use the docx2txt command from your terminal to extract text from a .docx file. By default, this outputs the text to the standard output.

docx2txt file.docx

The docx2txt command-line tool allows you to extract text and images from .docx files. By default, it outputs the extracted text to stdout. You can optionally specify a directory where extracted images will be saved.

# Basic usage: extract text to stdout
docx2txt file.docx

# Extract text to stdout and save images to a specific directory
docx2txt file.docx /tmp/img_dir