How to read .rtf file and convert into python3 strings and can be stored in python3 list?

Question

I am having a .rtf file and I want to read the file and store strings into list using python3 by using any package but it should be compatible with both Windows and Linux.

I have tried striprtf but read_rtf is not working.

from striprtf.striprtf import rtf_to_text
from striprtf.striprtf import read_rtf
rtf = read_rtf("file.rtf")
text = rtf_to_text(rtf)
print(text)

But in this code, the error is: cannot import name 'read_rtf'

Please can anyone suggest any way to get strings from .rtf file in python3?

why don't you use file handling to read text from rtf ? – Ananth.P Mar 28 '20 at 05:05 — Ananth.P, Mar 28 '20 at 05:05
I am not getting it can you please give some rough code? – RajAt SiNha Mar 28 '20 at 05:14 — RajAt SiNha, Mar 28 '20 at 05:14
like this with open("file.rtf") as f: print(f.read()) – Ananth.P Mar 28 '20 at 05:21 — Ananth.P, Mar 28 '20 at 05:21
Thank you @Ananth.P It worked like a charm. – RajAt SiNha Mar 29 '20 at 06:36 — RajAt SiNha, Mar 29 '20 at 06:36

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 21 '21 at 05:03

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Using rtf_to_text is enough to convert RTFinto a string in Python. Read the content from a RTFfile and then feed it to the rtf_to_text:

from striprtf.striprtf import rtf_to_text

with open("yourfile.rtf") as infile:
    content = infile.read()
    text = rtf_to_text(content)
print(text)

edited Dec 21 '21 at 05:03

Jeremy Caney

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answered Dec 20 '21 at 15:51

user17725480

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Binh · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-26T07:46:07.460

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Have you tried this?

with open('yourfile.rtf', 'r') as file:
    text = file.read()
print(text)

For a super large file, try this:

with open("yourfile.rtf") as infile:
    for line in infile:
        do_something_with(line)

edited Jun 26 '20 at 07:46

answered Mar 28 '20 at 06:47

Binh

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 04 '21 at 12:10

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Try using this:

from striprtf.striprtf import rtf_to_text

sample_text = "any text as a string you want"
text = rtf_to_text(sample_text)

edited Feb 04 '21 at 12:10

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answered Feb 04 '21 at 11:44

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 01 '21 at 08:28

Reading RTF file and manipulating the data inside that is tricky, it is depending upon the file you have, Hence I have tried all the above nothing worked, finally, the following code worked for me. Hope it will help those who are hunting for the solution.

from win32com.client import Dispatch
 
word = Dispatch('Word.Application') # Open word application
 # word = DispatchEx('Word.Application') # start a separate process
word.Visible = 0 # Run in the background, no display
word.DisplayAlerts = 0 # No warning
 
path = r'C:\Projects\10.1\power.rtf' 
doc = word.Documents.Open(FileName=path, Encoding='gbk')
 
for para in doc.paragraphs:
    print(para.Range.Text)
 
doc.Close()
word.Quit()

If you want to store in a single variable, the following code will solve the problem.

from win32com.client import Dispatch
 
word = Dispatch('Word.Application') # Open word application
 # word = DispatchEx('Word.Application') # start a separate process
word.Visible = 0 # Run in the background, no display
word.DisplayAlerts = 0 # No warning
 
path = r'C:\Projects\10.1\output_5.rtf' # Write absolute path, relative path will dial wrong
doc = word.Documents.Open(FileName=path, Encoding='gbk')

#for para in doc.paragraphs:
#    print(para.Range.Text)


content = '\n'.join([para.Range.Text for para in doc.paragraphs])

print(content)

doc.Close()
word.Quit()

How to read .rtf file and convert into python3 strings and can be stored in python3 list?

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