On 20/01/2016 00:01, jim-pc wrote:
How do I get data from libre office using python?
Hello,
The function below search and get text between 2 delimiters inside a
libre office swriter document.
It is given as an example. You still have to open a document object in
Swriter server.(In the Libre office UNO website you will find simple
code to do that step.)
def get_text_inside_delimiters(component=None, delimiter1=None,
delimiter2=None):
""" Get text between 2 string delimiters."""
# Creation of 2 descriptors from a document w/ search capabilities.
open_search = component.createSearchDescriptor()
close_search = component.createSearchDescriptor()
# Specify the delimiter texts to find.
open_search.SearchString = delimiter1
close_search.SearchString = delimiter2
# Find and open the first delimiter object.
open_found = component.findFirst(open_search)
# Unselect the 1rst delimiter from the range selection
# done by findFirst() to not have in the search result.
open_found.goRight(0, False)
# Search for the 2nd delimiter the closest from first delimiter.
close_found = component.findNext(open_found.End, close_search)
# Filter the 2nd delimiter from the range selection
# done by findNext() to not have in the search result.
close_found.goLeft(len(close_found.getString()), False)
# Cursor selection of the target string.
open_found.gotoRange(close_found, True)
# Return target string whithin the cursor selection.
return open_found.getString().strip()
Hope this help.
Karim
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