Python word to text

Tino Wildenhain tino at wildenhain.de
Tue Sep 1 09:20:29 EDT 2009


Am 01.09.2009 13:42, schrieb Nitebirdz:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 11:38:30AM +0200, BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I'm looking for a pure Python solution for converting word documents
>> to text. App Engine doesn't allow external programs, which means that
>> external programs like catdoc and antiword can't be used. Anyone know
>> of any?
>>
>
> A quick search returned this:
>
> http://code.activestate.com/recipes/279003/
>
>
> Did you give it a try?

Thats a funny advice. Did you read that receipe? ;-)
"Requires the Python for Windows extensions, and MS Word."
how does this match with "App Engine doesn't allow external programs"? :-)

For excel this would be easy but word - Björn, did you check google api
if you would be able to access google docs for this?

Regards
Tino

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