You may want to consider a different package or python function. Here is a way to extract only the text from a docx without using python-docx: http://etienned.github.io/posts/extract-text-from-word-docx-simply/
There is also another script that appears to be more accurate by taking headers and footers into account. https://github.com/ankushshah89/python-docx2txt I am interested in your question because I am interested in examining Word documents through automation as well. My database used to be in Microsoft Access before I moved it to Django/PostgreSQL, so I’m quite familiar with VBA and modifying Word documents through VBA in the COM interface. I would prefer pywin32 and following this tutorial: http://new.galalaly.me/2011/09/use-python-to-parse-microsoft-word-documents-using-pywin32-library/ And in VBA, I would be able to use this command to get the Word Count: Word.ActiveDocument.Words.Count It’s just a matter of converting that into Python. I hope you find this helpful. From: django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:django-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of agoulouzego...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 11:35 PM To: Django users Subject: counting words in word document works in python but not in django Hello everyone, I have been struggling with a function for days. The following function opens a word document, count the number of words in it and returns it. but it just doesn't work in my django app. please help me import os import re import docx from docx import Document cwd = os.getcwd() # Get the current working directory (cwd) files = os.listdir(cwd) # Get all the files in that directory # print("Files in '%s': %s" % (cwd, files)) def doc_size(str): mon_fichier = open(str, "rb") document = Document(mon_fichier) compteur = 0 for para in document.paragraphs: content= para.text countage= len(content.split()) compteur = compteur + countage return compteur fichier = "essai.docx" print(doc_size(fichier)) Here starts my django app my urls from django.conf.urls import url, include from django.contrib import admin from django.conf.urls.static import static from django.conf import settings from . import views from django.views.generic import TemplateView urlpatterns = [ url(r'^$', views.home, name="home"), url(r'^soumettre$',TemplateView.as_view(template_name = 'francais/soumettre.html'), name='soumettre'), url(r'^saved$', views.newSubmit, name="saved"), url(r'^About$', views.aboutUs, name="about"), url(r'^login$',views.formView, name="login"), url(r'^loggedin$', views.login, name= "loggedin"), ] Here is my model. It is a model to upload and save a file class SubmitDoc(models.Model): firstName = models.CharField(max_length =100) lastName = models.CharField(max_length =100) email = models.EmailField() uploadDoc = models.FileField(upload_to="documents/%Y/%m/%d/") # comment = models.TextField() date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name = "Date of creation") def obtain_text(self): compteur =0 with open(self.uploadDoc) as data: document = Document(data) for para in document.paragraphs: content = para.text countage= len(content.split()) compteur=countage + compteur return compteur here is the form that goes with the model class SubmitDocForm(forms.Form): firstName = forms.CharField() lastName = forms.CharField() email = forms.EmailField() uploadDoc = forms.FileField() # CHOICES = (("Document Professionel", 'Document Professionel'), ("Document Scolaire", 'Document Scolaire')) # like = forms.TypedChoiceField(choices=CHOICES, widget=forms.RadioSelect) comment = forms.CharField(widget = forms.Textarea) here is the template used to upload the file {% extends "base.html" %} {% block content%} <div class="w3-container w3-orange"> <h2>Document Submission Form</h2> </div> <form name = "form" enctype = "multipart/form-data" class="w3-container" action = "{% url "saved" %}" method = "POST" > {% csrf_token %} <p> <input class="w3-input" type="text" name="firstName"> <label>First Name</label></p> <p> <input class="w3-input" type="text" name="lastName"> <label>Last Name</label></p> <p> <input class="w3-input" type="text" name="email"> <label>Email</label></p> <p> <p> </p> <br> <br> <div class="w3-container "> <input type="file" name="uploadDoc" id="uploadDoc"> <label class="w3-label">load File here</label> </div> <br> <br> <div class="w3-row-padding"> <div class="w3-third"> <input class="w3-radio" type="radio" name="like" value="Document Scolaire"> <label class="w3-validate">Document Scolaire</label> </div> <div class="w3-third"> <input class="w3-radio w3-half" type="radio" name="like" value="Document Professionel"> <label class="w3-validate">Document Professionnel</label> </div> </div> <div class="w3-container "> <textarea class="w3-input" name="comment" required></textarea> <label class="w3-label">Comments</label> </div> </p> <p style="text-align:center"> <button class="w3-btn w3-orange" >Submit</button></p> </form> {% endblock%} Here is my view from django.shortcuts import render, render_to_response from django.shortcuts import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect from .forms import SubmitDocForm, LoginForm from .models import Login, SubmitDoc from django.template import context, RequestContext from _datetime import date from datetime import datetime import os import re import docx from docx import Document from django.http.response import HttpResponseRedirect import logging def newSubmit(request): save= False form = SubmitDocForm(request.POST, request.FILES) com =0 compteur="" message ="bon" full =" " if form.is_valid(): submitDoc = SubmitDoc() submitDoc.firstName = form.cleaned_data['firstName'] submitDoc.lastName = form.cleaned_data['lastName'] submitDoc.email = form.cleaned_data['email'] submitDoc.uploadDoc = form.cleaned_data['uploadDoc'] submitDoc.like = form.cleaned_data["like"] submitDoc.comment = form.cleaned_data['comment'] submitDoc.save() data = request.FILES["uploadDoc"] save = True compteur = doc_size_handle(data) else: form = SubmitDocForm() return render(request, 'francais/saved.html', {"form" : form, "compteur": compteur, "save": save, "com": com, "message" : message, "object": object}) def doc_size_handle(f): mon_fichier = f.open("rb") document = Document(mon_fichier) content ="" compteur = 0 for para in document.paragraphs: # I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS LOOP BUT WHY? content = para.text countage= len(content.split()) compteur = compteur + countage f.close() return content HERE IS THE TEMPLATE MEANT TO DISPLAY THE NUMBER OF WORDS IN THE FILE. However, this "compteur" variable does not get updated, please help me {% if save %} <strong> your document has been received. We will review it and get back to you. <p> current directory </p> <p> size: {{compteur}} </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </strong> {% endif %} {% if not save %} <strong>Your document was not received. Please try again with the appropriate format.</strong> {% endif %} -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com<mailto:django-users@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. 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