The following example demonstrates how to save file in its original format with current date as a suffix:
fromdatetimeimportdatetimefromgroupdocs.redactionimportRedactorfromgroupdocs.redaction.optionsimportSaveOptionsfromgroupdocs.redaction.redactionsimportExactPhraseRedaction,ReplacementOptionsdefsave_in_original_format():# Specify the redaction optionsrepl_opt=ReplacementOptions("[personal]")ex_red=ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe",repl_opt)# Load the document to be redactedwithRedactor("./sample.docx")asredactor:# Apply the redactionredactor.apply(ex_red)# Save the redacted document in its original format with the current date as a suffixso=SaveOptions()so.add_suffix=Trueso.rasterize_to_pdf=Falsedate_time_str=datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S")so.redacted_file_suffix=date_time_strresult_path=redactor.save(so)print(f"Document redacted successfully.\nCheck output in {result_path}.")if__name__=="__main__":save_in_original_format()
sample.docx is the sample file used in this example. Click here to download it.
Binary file (DOCX, 16 KB)
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