How to Validate a Microsoft Word (DOCX) Document in Python

Data validation is a key step in any file processing application. Specially formatted document types like DOCX require specific logic to validate, and it’s easy to include that logic in your app by simply using the “Validate DOCX Document” API solution provided below. You can take advantage of this API by simply copying & pasting brief, ready-to-run code examples provided below, and you’ll be done in a matter of minutes.

The first thing we need to do is install the Python SDK. We can do so by running this command:

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

With installation complete, we can add 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.ValidateDocumentApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
input_file = '/path/to/inputfile' # file | Input file to perform the operation on.

try:
    # Validate a Word document (DOCX)
    api_response = api_instance.validate_document_docx_validation(input_file)
    pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
    print("Exception when calling ValidateDocumentApi->validate_document_docx_validation: %s\n" % e)

All that’s left is to include a free Cloudmersive API key to call the service; you can get one by registering a free account on our website (this supplies a limit of up to 800 API calls per month).

All done — no more code required!