How to Split a Word DOCX Document in Python

Looking for a fast & efficient way to split Word documents in your Python workflow? Some native libraries will support that operation, but if you’re looking to do it at scale, you’ll need a more robust solution. The below API provides a quick document splitting service, returning each page of a DOCX document as a new document (by page) — and you can use it for free with a free-tier API key (visit our website & register a free account to get one).

To take advantage of this API, first run the following command to install the SDK:

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Next, copy in the imports and call the function:

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'



# create an instance of the API class
api_instance = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.SplitDocumentApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
input_file = '/path/to/inputfile' # file | Input file to perform the operation on.
return_document_contents = true # bool | Set to true to return the contents of each Worksheet directly, set to false to only return URLs to each resulting document.  Default is true. (optional)

try:
    # Split a single Word Document DOCX into Separate Documents by Page
    api_response = api_instance.split_document_docx(input_file, return_document_contents=return_document_contents)
    pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
    print("Exception when calling SplitDocumentApi->split_document_docx: %s\n" % e)

After you supply your API key in the configuration.api_key field, you’re good to go. No more code required!