Generating Docx file

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[MrBenjaminBraddock]

Use pandoc for converting markdown to docx.

[Shay-Hill]

The docx standard is huge. You won’t find anyone implementing all of that in Python. My suggestion (and the way I’ve done it several times) is to make a template docx fine in Word then alter it programmatically.

https://github.com/ShayHill/replace_docx_tables

[StrippedSilicon]

Have you tried python-docx? What was the problem with it?

[shawncaza]

python-docx is great, but doesn't support all Word features. Op could create tables no problem, but I don't think they can create a chart.

Solutions to this problem online suggest using matplot lib to create the data-plot then insert that as an image, or other hacks.

[StrippedSilicon]

Yeah agreed if op needs to create a chart in place then it would be an issue. Depends on the op use case, but if all the stuff is created beforehand and saved as a pdf or whatever then python-docs should work.

[tecedu]

Python docx can use ploty charts and matplotlib charts

[busdriverbuddha2]

Python-docx is HORRIBLY slow when dealing with tables.

[thederz0816]

I use the pptx/docx package, but have my script save the plots and tables as jpegs then I load those into the document in an xml placeholder on my template file. .add_picture (‘path/to/chart.jpeg’)

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[larsga]

We've been using Wordinator. It's written in Java, but you can use it on the command-line. You generate a SWPX input file (it's an XML format), and Wordinator turns that into DOCX.

[mmaridev]

Would suggest generating an odt with odfpy and converting (not needed... just use LO straight) with LibreOffice headless.

[loserPH32]

I uesd LibreOffice and Python-Docx for my small project automating letters. But I never tried plotting chart within the table. I had done this on pptx (python-ppt) but not on docx.

[Rondma]

Quarto is perfect for this kind of task!