How to get all tables in a Word DOCX document in C# .NET Framework

Extracting table data from a DOCX file is certainly a headache, however useful it might be. Luckily for you, today’s post is about how to circumvent this aggravation and get straight to the results. We’ll be done in 5 minutes flat.

In your package manager console, run the following command, which will install the API client that we will be calling on.

Install-Package Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert -Version 2.2.0

Now we simply call EditDocumentDocxGetTables with the chunk of code you see here:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Api;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Client;
using Cloudmersive.APIClient.NET.DocumentAndDataConvert.Model;
namespace Example
{
public class EditDocumentDocxGetTablesExample
{
public void main()
{
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
Configuration.Default.AddApiKey("Apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
// Configuration.Default.AddApiKeyPrefix("Apikey", "Bearer");
var apiInstance = new EditDocumentApi();
var reqConfig = new GetDocxTablesRequest(); // GetDocxTablesRequest | Document input request
try
{
// Get all tables in Word DOCX document
GetDocxTablesResponse result = apiInstance.EditDocumentDocxGetTables(reqConfig);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling EditDocumentApi.EditDocumentDocxGetTables: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
}

And that’s about all there is to it. Wondering what your table data will look like? Below you can see the format of your output.

{
"Successful": true,
"Tables": [
{
"TableID": "string",
"Path": "string",
"Width": "string",
"WidthType": "string",
"TableRows": [
{
"RowIndex": 0,
"Path": "string",
"RowCells": [
{
"CellIndex": 0,
"Path": "string",
"Paragraphs": [
{
"ParagraphIndex": 0,
"Path": "string",
"ContentRuns": [
{
"RunIndex": 0,
"Path": "string",
"TextItems": [
{
"TextIndex": 0,
"Path": "string",
"TextContent": "string"
}
],
"Bold": true,
"Italic": true,
"Underline": "string",
"FontFamily": "string",
"FontSize": "string"
}
],
"StyleID": "string"
}
],
"CellShadingColor": "string",
"CellShadingFill": "string",
"CellShadingPattern": "string",
"CellWidthMode": "string",
"CellWidth": "string"
}
]
}
],
"TopBorderType": "string",
"TopBorderSize": 0,
"TopBorderSpace": 0,
"TopBorderColor": "string",
"BottomBorderType": "string",
"BottomBorderSize": 0,
"BottomBorderSpace": 0,
"BottomBorderColor": "string",
"LeftBorderType": "string",
"LeftBorderSize": 0,
"LeftBorderSpace": 0,
"LeftBorderColor": "string",
"RightBorderType": "string",
"RightBorderSize": 0,
"RightBorderSpace": 0,
"RightBorderColor": "string",
"CellHorizontalBorderType": "string",
"CellHorizontalBorderSize": 0,
"CellHorizontalBorderSpace": 0,
"CellHorizontalBorderColor": "string",
"CellVerticalBorderType": "string",
"CellVerticalBorderSize": 0,
"CellVerticalBorderSpace": 0,
"CellVerticalBorderColor": "string",
"StartBorderType": "string",
"StartBorderSize": 0,
"StartBorderSpace": 0,
"StartBorderColor": "string",
"EndBorderType": "string",
"EndBorderSize": 0,
"EndBorderSpace": 0,
"EndBorderColor": "string",
"TableIndentationMode": "string",
"TableIndentationWidth": 0
}
]
}