How to get all tables in a Word DOCX document in Python

Setting up compatibility for DOCX files in Python can be such a bore. There’s really no reason to grind through the process for hours when I can show you how to use an API that will do it in your stead. Today, we are focusing on using it for extracting all tables from a document.

Take the first step with pip install for our API client:

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Our function, edit_document_docx_get_tables, will get the job done for us. We just need to call it with this little snippet of code here:

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.EditDocumentApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
req_config = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.GetDocxTablesRequest() # GetDocxTablesRequest | Document input request
try:
# Get all tables in Word DOCX document
api_response = api_instance.edit_document_docx_get_tables(req_config)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling EditDocumentApi->edit_document_docx_get_tables: %s\n" % e)

And before you know it, we have everything set up. The rest is pretty self-explanatory. Check out the documentation for a whole range of other functions related to productivity, with support for DOCX, XLSX, and other popular formats.

This solution is so easy, you could set it up with a drawing tablet!