# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4 -*- # # This file is part of the LibreOffice project. # # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. # import argparse import sys from os.path import basename, abspath import uno from com.sun.star.beans import PropertyValue from com.sun.star.connection import NoConnectException """ The purpose of this example is to open a specified text document and save this file to a specified URL. The type of the saved file is "writer8". """ PROG = "$OFFICE_PROGRAM_PATH/python {}".format(basename(sys.argv[0])) SOFFICE_CONNECTION_URI = "uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2083;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" def connect_soffice(): """Connect to remote running LibreOffice :return: an object representing the remote LibreOffice instance. """ local_context = uno.getComponentContext() resolver = local_context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext( "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", local_context ) try: remote_context = resolver.resolve(SOFFICE_CONNECTION_URI) except NoConnectException: raise Exception("Cannot establish a connection to LibreOffice.") return remote_context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext( "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", remote_context ) def save_doc(src, dest): src_url = "file://{}".format(abspath(src)).replace("\\", "/") dest_url = "file://{}".format(abspath(dest)).replace("\\", "/") soffice = connect_soffice() doc = soffice.loadComponentFromURL( src_url, "_blank", 0, (PropertyValue(Name="Hidden", Value=True),) ) save_opts = ( PropertyValue(Name="Overwrite", Value=True), PropertyValue(Name="FilterName", Value="writer8"), ) try: doc.storeAsURL(dest_url, save_opts) print("Document", src, "saved under", dest) finally: doc.dispose() print("Document closed!") def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Document Saver", prog=PROG) parser.add_argument("src", help="Path to a Word document to be saved, e.g. path/to/hello.doc") parser.add_argument("dest", help="Save the document to here, e.g. path/to/hello.odt") args = parser.parse_args() save_doc(args.src, args.dest) if __name__ == "__main__": main() # vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: