How to Convert RTF to HTML in Python

Creating HTML documents from RTF can have a wide variety of uses, from easy web design to compatibility. So how can we accomplish this in Python without spending all day trying to parse clunky RTF format? I have an API library that is going to help immensely in this endeavor. It will perform the entire conversion from start to finish with a single function. Let’s take a closer look.

First we will install our client library:

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

The next step is to call convert_document_rtf_to_html, which takes our input file as an argument.

from __future__ import print_function
import time
import cloudmersive_convert_api_client
from cloudmersive_convert_api_client.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: Apikey
configuration = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['Apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
# Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
# configuration.api_key_prefix['Apikey'] = 'Bearer'
# create an instance of the API class
api_instance = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ConvertDocumentApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
input_file = '/path/to/file' # file | Input file to perform the operation on.
try:
# Convert Rich Text Format RTF to HTML Document
api_response = api_instance.convert_document_rtf_to_html(input_file)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling ConvertDocumentApi->convert_document_rtf_to_html: %s\n" % e)

And you are done! Easy.