Python GUI Directory Monitor that automatically gets the word count across all DOCX files in a directory! /r/programming request for /u/punter45 LINK:https://www.reddit.com/r/programmingrequests/comments/amuwfe/request_microsoft_word_word_count_tracker/

word_count.pyw

from docx import Document
from Tkinter import *
import os



def get_documents(files):
    file_list = []
    for document in files:
        if ".docx" in document and "$" not in document:
            file_list.append(document)
    return file_list

def report_values(file_list, path):
    word_count = 0
    for doc_file in file_list:
        document = Document("%s\\%s" % (path, doc_file))
        doc_text = '\n\n'.join([
            paragraph.text.encode('utf-8') for paragraph in document.paragraphs
        ])
        doc_word_count = len(doc_text.split(' '))
        word_count += doc_word_count
    return word_count

def get_wc_objective(value):
    if value == '':
        return 0
    else:
        return value

def calc_progress(count, objective):
    if objective == 0:
        return "--"
    else:
        calc = float(count/objective)*100
        return "%6.2f" % calc

class Interface:
    def __init__(self, master):
        self.master = master
        master.title("Python DOCX Word Counter")
        master.geometry("500x500")

        self.word_count = 0
        self.wc_objective = 0

        #this variable determines how quickly the script reads the value
        self.refresh_timer = 500

        L1 = Label(master, text = "Document Directory")
        L1.grid(row=0)
        L2 = Label(master, text="Word Count Objective (optional)")
        L2.grid(row=1)

        self.E1 = Entry(master, width=50)
        self.E1.insert(END, "Document\\Directory\\Goes\\Here\\")
        self.E1.grid(row=0, column=1)

        self.E2 = Entry(master, width=50)
        self.E2.insert(END, 0)
        self.E2.grid(row=1, column=1)

        self.B1 = Button(master, text="Start Recording", command=self.start)
        self.B1.grid(row=3)

        self.B2 = Button(master, text="Close Program", command=master.quit)
        self.B2.grid(row=3)

        self.prog_text = StringVar()
        self.prog_text.set("Progress is %d/%s" % (self.word_count, self.wc_objective))

        self.total_text = StringVar()
        self.total_text.set("Total Word Count is %d" % (self.word_count))

        self.L3 = Label(master, textvariable = self.prog_text)
        self.L3.grid(row=5)

        self.L4 = Label(master, textvariable = self.total_text)
        self.L4.grid(row=6)

        L1.pack()
        self.E1.pack()

        L2.pack()
        self.E2.pack()

        self.B1.pack()
        self.B2.pack()

        self.L3.pack()
        self.L4.pack()

    def start(self):
        path = self.E1.get()
        self.wc_objective = get_wc_objective(self.E2.get())
        self.B1.config(state="disabled")

        files = os.listdir(path)
        file_list = get_documents(files)
        self.word_count = report_values(file_list, path)

        self.prog_text.set("Progress is %d/%s (%s%%)" % (self.word_count, self.wc_objective, calc_progress(float(self.word_count), float(self.wc_objective)) ))
        self.total_text.set("Total Word Count is %d" % (self.word_count))

        root.after(self.refresh_timer, self.start)

root = Tk()
my_gui = Interface(root)
root.mainloop()