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GroupDocs.Merger for Python via .NET supports over 70 document formats. You can retrieve the complete list at runtime by calling FileType.get_supported_file_types(), which returns a collection of FileType objects. Each object exposes:

• ft.file_format — human-readable format name (e.g. "Portable Document Format File").
• ft.extension — dot-prefixed file extension (e.g. ".pdf").

1. Import FileType from groupdocs.merger.domain.
2. Call FileType.get_supported_file_types() to obtain the collection.
3. Iterate and read file_format and extension from each FileType object.

from groupdocs.merger.domain import FileType

def list_supported_file_types():
    # Retrieve the complete collection of supported file types
    supported_types = FileType.get_supported_file_types()
    # Print the format name and extension for each supported type
    for ft in supported_types:
        print(ft.file_format, ft.extension)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    list_supported_file_types()

Zipped File .zip
G-Zip Compressed File .gz
7-Zip Compressed File .7z
Consolidated Unix File Archive .tar
Roshal ARchive Compressed File .rar
Bzip2 Compressed File .bz2
Visio Drawing File .vsd
Visio Drawing .vsdx
Visio Stencil File .vss
Visio Stencil File .vssx
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• Import FileType: FileType is imported from groupdocs.merger.domain (not from groupdocs.merger.domain.options).
• Retrieve Collection: FileType.get_supported_file_types() is a static method that returns all formats the library can handle for merge, split, and other operations.
• Print Details: Each FileType element exposes .file_format for a descriptive name and .extension for the dot-prefixed extension. Additional boolean properties such as .is_image, .is_archive, and .is_text allow programmatic format categorisation.

Tip

You can filter the results by format family using the boolean properties on FileType, for example [ft for ft in supported_types if ft.is_image] to get only image formats.

Refer to the GroupDocs.Merger API Reference for the full FileType property list and the complete table of Supported Document Formats.

• Get document information
• Merge PDF files