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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T04:02:40+00:00 2026-05-24T04:02:40+00:00

Possible Duplicate: solution to convert PDFs, DOCs, DOCXs into a textual format with python

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solution to convert PDFs, DOCs, DOCXs into a textual format with python

I am making a document search engine which indexes popular binary formats. I am looking for python libraries for this purpose.

Reliable converters proved too hard to find. PyPDF never works accurately. Please reccomend:

  • python libraries that convert these formats to text
  • or cross-platform, standalone programs that can be called as a subprocess
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    2026-05-24T04:02:41+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 4:02 am
    • You can sort of read .docx by unzipping it and then rootling around in the resulting folder structure. See How can I search a word in a Word 2007 .docx file?.
    • If pyPDF isn’t working for you, you can use pdftotext as a subprocess.
    • .doc is probably the hardest. Is COM scripting an option for you? That is, asking Word to open the file and export it as text? There’s a linux utility extracting text from MS word files in python.
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