add converting pdf to docx tutorial

x4nth055 · x4nth055 · commit 7d418f57741c · 2021-07-29T15:54:08.000+01:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ This is a repository of all the tutorials of [The Python Code](https://www.thepy
     - [How to Watermark PDF Files in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/watermark-in-pdf-using-python). ([code](general/add-watermark-pdf))
     - [Highlighting Text in PDF with Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/redact-and-highlight-text-in-pdf-with-python). ([code](handling-pdf-files/highlight-redact-text))
     - [How to Extract Text from Images in PDF Files with Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/extract-text-from-images-or-scanned-pdf-python). ([code](handling-pdf-files/pdf-ocr))
+    - [How to Convert PDF to Docx in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/convert-pdf-files-to-docx-in-python). ([code](handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx))
     
     
 - ### [Web Scraping](https://www.thepythoncode.com/topic/web-scraping)
diff --git a/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/README.md b/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# [How to Convert PDF to Docx in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/convert-pdf-files-to-docx-in-python)
+To run this:
+- `pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
+- To convert `letter.pdf` to `letter.docx`, run:
+    ```
+    $ python convert_pdf2docx.py letter.pdf letter.docx
+    ```
diff --git a/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/convert_pdf2docx.py b/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/convert_pdf2docx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Import Libraries
+from pdf2docx import parse
+from typing import Tuple
+
+
+def convert_pdf2docx(input_file: str, output_file: str, pages: Tuple = None):
+    """Converts pdf to docx"""
+    if pages:
+        pages = [int(i) for i in list(pages) if i.isnumeric()]
+    result = parse(pdf_file=input_file,
+                   docx_with_path=output_file, pages=pages)
+    summary = {
+        "File": input_file, "Pages": str(pages), "Output File": output_file
+    }
+    # Printing Summary
+    print("## Summary ########################################################")
+    print("\n".join("{}:{}".format(i, j) for i, j in summary.items()))
+    print("###################################################################")
+    return result
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    input_file = sys.argv[1]
+    output_file = sys.argv[2]
+    convert_pdf2docx(input_file, output_file)
diff --git a/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/letter.pdf b/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/letter.pdf
diff --git a/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/requirements.txt b/handling-pdf-files/convert-pdf-to-docx/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pdf2docx==0.5.1
