NodeImporter constructor

NodeImporter(src_doc, dst_doc, import_format_mode)

Initializes a new instance of the NodeImporter class.

def __init__(self, src_doc: aspose.words.DocumentBase, dst_doc: aspose.words.DocumentBase, import_format_mode: aspose.words.ImportFormatMode):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
src_docDocumentBaseThe source document.
dst_docDocumentBaseThe destination document that will be the owner of imported nodes.
import_format_modeImportFormatModeSpecifies how to merge style formatting that clashes.

NodeImporter(src_doc, dst_doc, import_format_mode, import_format_options)

Initializes a new instance of the NodeImporter class.

def __init__(self, src_doc: aspose.words.DocumentBase, dst_doc: aspose.words.DocumentBase, import_format_mode: aspose.words.ImportFormatMode, import_format_options: aspose.words.ImportFormatOptions):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
src_docDocumentBaseThe source document.
dst_docDocumentBaseThe destination document that will be the owner of imported nodes.
import_format_modeImportFormatModeSpecifies how to merge style formatting that clashes.
import_format_optionsImportFormatOptionsSpecifies various options to format imported node.

Examples

Shows how to insert the contents of one document to a bookmark in another document.

def insert_at_bookmark():
    doc = aw.Document()
    builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
    builder.start_bookmark('InsertionPoint')
    builder.write('We will insert a document here: ')
    builder.end_bookmark('InsertionPoint')
    doc_to_insert = aw.Document()
    builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc_to_insert)
    builder.write('Hello world!')
    doc_to_insert.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'NodeImporter.insert_at_bookmark.docx')
    bookmark = doc.range.bookmarks.get_by_name('InsertionPoint')
    insert_document(bookmark.bookmark_start.parent_node, doc_to_insert)
    self.assertEqual('We will insert a document here: ' + '\rHello world!', doc.get_text().strip())

def insert_document(insertion_destination: aw.Node, doc_to_insert: aw.Document):
    """Inserts the contents of a document after the specified node."""
    if insertion_destination.node_type == aw.NodeType.PARAGRAPH or insertion_destination.node_type == aw.NodeType.TABLE:
        destination_parent = insertion_destination.parent_node
        importer = aw.NodeImporter(doc_to_insert, insertion_destination.document, aw.ImportFormatMode.KEEP_SOURCE_FORMATTING)
        # Loop through all block-level nodes in the section's body,
        # then clone and insert every node that is not the last empty paragraph of a section.
        for src_section in doc_to_insert.sections:
            src_section = src_section.as_section()
            for src_node in src_section.body:
                if src_node.node_type == aw.NodeType.PARAGRAPH:
                    para = src_node.as_paragraph()
                    if para.is_end_of_section and (not para.has_child_nodes):
                        continue
                new_node = importer.import_node(src_node, True)
                destination_parent.insert_after(new_node, insertion_destination)
                insertion_destination = new_node
    else:
        raise Exception('The destination node should be either a paragraph or table.')

Shows how resolve a clash when importing documents that have lists with the same list definition identifier.

src_doc = aw.Document(file_name=MY_DIR + 'List with the same definition identifier - source.docx')
dst_doc = aw.Document(file_name=MY_DIR + 'List with the same definition identifier - destination.docx')
# Set the "KeepSourceNumbering" property to "true" to apply a different list definition ID
# to identical styles as Aspose.Words imports them into destination documents.
import_format_options = aw.ImportFormatOptions()
import_format_options.keep_source_numbering = True
dst_doc.append_document(src_doc=src_doc, import_format_mode=aw.ImportFormatMode.USE_DESTINATION_STYLES, import_format_options=import_format_options)
dst_doc.update_list_labels()

Shows how to resolve list numbering clashes in source and destination documents.

# Open a document with a custom list numbering scheme, and then clone it.
# Since both have the same numbering format, the formats will clash if we import one document into the other.
src_doc = aw.Document(MY_DIR + 'Custom list numbering.docx')
dst_doc = src_doc.clone()
# When we import the document's clone into the original and then append it,
# then the two lists with the same list format will join.
# If we set the "keep_source_numbering" flag to "False", then the list from the document clone
# that we append to the original will carry on the numbering of the list we append it to.
# This will effectively merge the two lists into one.
# If we set the "keep_source_numbering" flag to "True", then the document clone
# list will preserve its original numbering, making the two lists appear as separate lists.
import_format_options = aw.ImportFormatOptions()
import_format_options.keep_source_numbering = keep_source_numbering
importer = aw.NodeImporter(src_doc, dst_doc, aw.ImportFormatMode.KEEP_DIFFERENT_STYLES, import_format_options)
for paragraph in src_doc.first_section.body.paragraphs:
    paragraph = paragraph.as_paragraph()
    imported_node = importer.import_node(paragraph, True)
    dst_doc.first_section.body.append_child(imported_node)
dst_doc.update_list_labels()
if keep_source_numbering:
    self.assertEqual('6. Item 1\r\n' + '7. Item 2 \r\n' + '8. Item 3\r\n' + '9. Item 4\r\n' + '6. Item 1\r\n' + '7. Item 2 \r\n' + '8. Item 3\r\n' + '9. Item 4', dst_doc.first_section.body.to_string(aw.SaveFormat.TEXT).strip())
else:
    self.assertEqual('6. Item 1\r\n' + '7. Item 2 \r\n' + '8. Item 3\r\n' + '9. Item 4\r\n' + '10. Item 1\r\n' + '11. Item 2 \r\n' + '12. Item 3\r\n' + '13. Item 4', dst_doc.first_section.body.to_string(aw.SaveFormat.TEXT).strip())

See Also

NodeImporter.import_node method