How to get the body from a Word DOCX document in C# .NET Framework

The goal of today’s tutorial is to extract the main body of text from a Word DOCX in as simple a manner as possible. We will get you through this in just a few short minutes, wait and see!

Let’s kick things off with installation of our API client via NuGet; run this command in your console.

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

Moving right along, it’s time to call EditDocumentDocxBody, which I have written out below:

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 EditDocumentDocxBodyExample
{
public void main()
{
// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
Configuration.Default.AddApiKey("Apikey", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var apiInstance = new EditDocumentApi();
var reqConfig = new GetDocxBodyRequest(); // GetDocxBodyRequest | Document input request
try
{
// Get body from a Word DOCX document
GetDocxBodyResponse result = apiInstance.EditDocumentDocxBody(reqConfig);
Debug.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.Print("Exception when calling EditDocumentApi.EditDocumentDocxBody: " + e.Message );
}
}
}
}

After inputting our DOCX file, our response will be given in the following format.

{
  "Successful": true,
  "Body": {
    "Path": "string",
    "AllParagraphs": [
      {
        "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"
      }
    ],
    "AllTables": [
      {
        "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
      }
    ]
  }
}