Convert PDF files to Microsoft Office Word compatible doc/docx files, using LibreOffice's command line interface.

pdf2docx.py

#!C:/Python27/python.exe
#
# Convert PDF files to Microsoft Office Word compatible doc/docx files, 
# using LibreOffice's command line interface.
#
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26358281/convert-pdf-to-doc-python-bash
# http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/20111/converting-files-using-soffice-convert-to-with-embedded-images-html-to-doc/
# http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/tree/filter/source/config/fragments/filters
#

import os
import sys
import subprocess

# pdf source file(s) and target paths
basedir = 'C:/path/to'
pdfdir = os.path.normpath(basedir + '/pdf')
docdir = os.path.normpath(basedir + '/doc')
docxdir = os.path.normpath(basedir + '/docx')

# absolute path to libre office writer application
lowriter = 'C:/Progra~2/LibreO~1/program/swriter.exe'

# output-filter for conversion
#outfilter = ':"Office Open XML Text"'
#outfilter = ':"MS Word 2003 XML"'
#outfilter = ':"MS Word 2007 XML"'
#outfilter = ':"MS Word 97"'
outfilter = ''

i = 0
for top, dirs, files in os.walk(pdfdir):
    for filename in files:
        if filename.endswith('.pdf'):
            i = i + 1
            abspath_pdf = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(top, filename))

            print 'Converting {0} into .doc format..'.format(abspath_pdf)
            subprocess.call('{0} --invisible --convert-to doc{1} --outdir "{2}" "{3}"'
                            .format(lowriter, outfilter, docdir, abspath_pdf), shell=True)

            print 'Converting {0} into .docx format..'.format(abspath_pdf)
            subprocess.call('{0} --invisible --convert-to docx{1} --outdir "{2}" "{3}"'
                            .format(lowriter, outfilter, docxdir, abspath_pdf), shell=True)

    print '|-------------------------------------------------------|'
    print 'Done. Converted {0} pdf files.'.format(i)

@yashgupta any solution you got?

@pptyasar no as of now i dnt have any solution .do you have any solution for this .Basically i have scanned invoices in pdf and want to convert that to docx format in text format with retaining all the fonts,format and layout

@yashugupta786 try java solution
https://www.pdfonline.com/downloads/easyconvertersdk/demos_easyconvertersdk-word.asp

Apart from running on the command line can I run this on jupyter or pycharm?

I tried converting pdf to docx and it didn't work. Its working from docx to pdf and pdf to ODG.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49739245/having-trouble-using-python-and-libreoffice-to-convert-pdf-to-docx-and-doc-to-do

Based on the above link, it seems like libreoffice 6 and higher versions are not supported to convert to doc/docx. Anyone have idea about this?
Please share if we have any other ways to convert pdf to docx using python.

Thank you.

Please try to use lid pdf2docx.
Easy to use.
https://dothinking.github.io/pdf2docx/quickstart.convert.html