extract_pages method

extract_pages(input_file_name, output_file_name, start_page_index, page_count)

Extracts a specified range of pages from a document file and saves the extracted pages to a new file. The output file format is determined by the extension of the output file name.

def extract_pages(self, input_file_name: str, output_file_name: str, start_page_index: int, page_count: int):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_file_namestrThe input file name.
output_file_namestrThe output file name.
start_page_indexintThe zero-based index of the first page to extract.
page_countintNumber of pages to be extracted.

extract_pages(input_file_name, output_file_name, save_format, start_page_index, page_count)

Extracts a specified range of pages from a document file and saves the extracted pages to a new file using the specified save format.

def extract_pages(self, input_file_name: str, output_file_name: str, save_format: aspose.words.SaveFormat, start_page_index: int, page_count: int):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_file_namestrThe input file name.
output_file_namestrThe output file name.
save_formatSaveFormatThe save format.
start_page_indexintThe zero-based index of the first page to extract.
page_countintNumber of pages to be extracted.

extract_pages(input_stream, output_stream, save_format, start_page_index, page_count)

Extracts a specified range of pages from a document stream and saves the extracted pages to an output stream using the specified save format.

def extract_pages(self, input_stream: io.BytesIO, output_stream: io.BytesIO, save_format: aspose.words.SaveFormat, start_page_index: int, page_count: int):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
input_streamio.BytesIOThe input stream.
output_streamio.BytesIOThe output stream.
save_formatSaveFormatThe save format.
start_page_indexintThe zero-based index of the first page to extract.
page_countintNumber of pages to be extracted.

Examples

Shows how to extract pages from the document.

# There is a several ways to extract pages from the document:
doc = MY_DIR + 'Big document.docx'
aw.lowcode.Splitter.extract_pages(input_file_name=doc, output_file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'LowCode.ExtractPages.1.docx', start_page_index=0, page_count=2)
aw.lowcode.Splitter.extract_pages(input_file_name=doc, output_file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'LowCode.ExtractPages.2.docx', save_format=aw.SaveFormat.DOCX, start_page_index=0, page_count=2)

Shows how to extract pages from the document from the stream.

with system_helper.io.FileStream(MY_DIR + 'Big document.docx', system_helper.io.FileMode.OPEN, system_helper.io.FileAccess.READ) as stream_in:
    with system_helper.io.FileStream(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'LowCode.ExtractPagesStream.docx', system_helper.io.FileMode.CREATE, system_helper.io.FileAccess.READ_WRITE) as stream_out:
        aw.lowcode.Splitter.extract_pages(input_stream=stream_in, output_stream=stream_out, save_format=aw.SaveFormat.DOCX, start_page_index=0, page_count=2)

See Also

Splitter.remove_blank_pages method