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With GroupDocs.Parser you can retrieve the following information about a document:
file_typerepresents the document file type (PDF, Word document, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, image etc.)page_countrepresents the number of pages in a documentsizerepresents the document file size in bytes
The following code samples show how to get document information:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
# Create an instance of Parser class
with Parser("./sample.docx") as parser:
# Get the document info
doc_info = parser.get_document_info()
# Print document information
print(f"File type: {doc_info.file_type.file_format}")
print(f"Page count: {doc_info.page_count}")
print(f"File size: {doc_info.size} bytes")
# Print file extension
print(f"File extension: {doc_info.file_type.extension}")
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.docx
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
# Open the file stream
with open("sample.pdf", "rb") as stream:
# Create an instance of Parser class with the stream
with Parser(stream) as parser:
# Get the document info
doc_info = parser.get_document_info()
# Print document information
print(f"File type: {doc_info.file_type.file_format}")
print(f"Page count: {doc_info.page_count}")
print(f"File size: {doc_info.size} bytes")
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.pdf
It’s useful to check document properties before performing extraction operations:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
def process_document(file_path):
with Parser(file_path) as parser:
# Get document information
doc_info = parser.get_document_info()
print(f"Processing: {file_path}")
print(f"Type: {doc_info.file_type.file_format}")
print(f"Pages: {doc_info.page_count}")
print(f"Size: {doc_info.size / 1024:.2f} KB")
# Process based on page count
if doc_info.page_count > 0:
print("Document has pages, proceeding with text extraction...")
text_reader = parser.get_text()
if text_reader is not None:
print(text_reader.read_to_end())
else:
print("Document has no pages or page count is not available")
# Process different document types
process_document("sample.pdf")
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.pdf
Processing: sample.pdf
Type: Portable Document Format File
Pages: 4
Size: 320.61 KB
Document has pages, proceeding with text extraction...
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For multi-page documents, you can also get information about individual pages:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
with Parser("./sample.docx") as parser:
# Get document info
doc_info = parser.get_document_info()
print(f"Total pages: {doc_info.page_count}")
# Iterate through pages
for page_index in range(doc_info.page_count):
# Extract text from each page
print(f"\n--- Page {page_index + 1} ---")
text_reader = parser.get_text(page_index)
if text_reader is not None:
page_text = text_reader.read_to_end()
print(f"Characters: {len(page_text)}")
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.docx
If a document format doesn’t support certain features, the API returns appropriate values:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
from groupdocs.parser.exceptions import UnsupportedDocumentFormatException
try:
with Parser("./unknown.format") as parser:
doc_info = parser.get_document_info()
print(f"File type: {doc_info.file_type.file_format}")
# Some formats may not have page count
if doc_info.page_count == 0:
print("Page count is not available for this format")
except UnsupportedDocumentFormatException:
print("This document format isn't supported")
except FileNotFoundError:
print("File not found: ./unknown.format")
To learn more about document data extraction features and how to extract text, images, metadata, and more, please refer to the advanced usage section.
You may find more code examples in our GitHub repository:
Along with the full-featured library, we provide a free online document parser app. You are welcome to extract data from PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and more with our Free Online Document Parser App.
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