pyxtxt 0.1.9

A Python library for extracting text from different types of files (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, ODT, ecc.).

PyxTxt

PyxTxt is a simple and powerful Python library to extract text from various file formats.
It supports PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, HTML, XML, TXT, legacy XLS files, and more.

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✨ Features

• Extracts text from both file paths and in-memory buffers (io.BytesIO).
• Supports multiple formats: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, ODT, HTML, XML, TXT, legacy Office files (.xls, .doc, .ppt).
• Automatically detects MIME type using python-magic.
• Compatible with modern and legacy formats.
• Can handle streamed content without saving to disk (with some limitations).

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📦 Installation

pip install pyxtxt

⚠️ Note: You must have libmagic installed on your system (required by python-magic).

On Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install libmagic1

On Mac (Homebrew):

brew install libmagic

On Windows:

Use python-magic-bin instead of python-magic for easier installation.

🛠️ Dependencies

• PyMuPDF (fitz)

• beautifulsoup4

• python-docx

• python-pptx

• odfpy

• openpyxl

• lxml

• xlrd (<2.0.0)

• python-magic

Dependencies are automatically installed from pyproject.toml.

📚 Usage Example

Extract text from a file path:

from pyxtxt import xtxt

text = xtxt("document.pdf")
print(text)

Extract text from a file-like buffer:

import io

with open("document.docx", "rb") as f:
    buffer = io.BytesIO(f.read())

from pyxtxt import xtxt
text = xtxt(buffer)
print(text)

##⚠️ Known Limitations When passing a raw stream (io.BytesIO) without a filename, legacy files (.doc, .xls, .ppt) may not be correctly detected.

This is a limitation of libmagic, not of pyxtxt.

If available, passing the original filename along with the buffer is highly recommended.

🔒 License

Distributed under the MIT License.

The software is provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind.

Pull requests, issues, and feedback are warmly welcome! 🚀