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GroupDocs.Editor for Python via .NET is a document-editing API built around an HTML round-trip: load a document, convert it to clean, editable HTML/CSS, edit that markup in any WYSIWYG editor or programmatically, then save it back to the original format — or convert it to another. It works with Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF, email, eBooks, and text/markup formats through one unified API, with no MS Office or OpenOffice installation required.

Get Started

pip install groupdocs-editor-net

from groupdocs.editor import Editor

with Editor("document.docx") as editor:
    editable = editor.edit()
    html = editable.get_body_content()
    print(html)

How It Works

The package is a self-contained Python wheel (~120 MB) that bundles the embedded .NET runtime and every native dependency (SkiaSharp, Aspose.Drawing) needed to load, render, and save documents. No external software installation is required — just pip install and start editing. The wheel works across Python 3.5 – 3.14 on Windows, Linux, and macOS (Intel + Apple Silicon).

Features

• HTML round-trip editing — convert any supported document to editable HTML/CSS and save it back without losing fidelity.
• Multi-format — Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF, email, eBooks, and text/markup, all behind one API.
• Format conversion — save an edited document with a different *SaveOptions to convert it (e.g. DOCX → PDF, DOCX → Markdown) via the HTML intermediate.
• Granular editing — edit a single worksheet, a single slide, or a page range; toggle pagination and language metadata.
• Resource extraction — pull out a document’s images, fonts, CSS, and audio as separate resources.
• Document introspection — read format, page count, size, and encryption status without a full edit pass.
• Form fields — inspect and update Word-processing form fields.
• Cross-Platform — Windows x64/x86, Linux x64, macOS x64/ARM64.

Common Tasks

• Round-trip edit a DOCX: open it, change the HTML body, save it back to DOCX
• Convert a document to another format via HTML (DOCX → PDF, XLSX → HTML, MD → DOCX)
• Edit one worksheet of a workbook or one slide of a deck at a time
• Extract the embedded images, fonts, and stylesheets from a document
• Read a file’s format, page count, and encryption state before processing
• Build an editable document from your own HTML and export it to Office formats

Supported File Formats

For a complete list, see supported formats.

Examples

Open a document and extract its body content

from groupdocs.editor import Editor
from groupdocs.editor.options import WordProcessingLoadOptions

with Editor("input.docx", WordProcessingLoadOptions()) as editor:
    editable = editor.edit()
    body = editable.get_body_content()
    print("body length:", len(body))

Get document info

from groupdocs.editor import Editor

with Editor("input.docx") as editor:
    info = editor.get_document_info()
    print("Format:", info.format.name)
    print("Extension:", info.format.extension)
    print("Pages:", info.page_count)
    print("Size:", info.size, "bytes")
    print("Encrypted:", info.is_encrypted)

get_document_info() returns a lightweight view that supports both snake_case attribute access (shown above) and dict access (info["PageCount"], info["Format"]["Name"]) for the underlying PascalCase keys.

Edit with options (no pagination, keep language info)

from groupdocs.editor import Editor
from groupdocs.editor.options import WordProcessingLoadOptions, WordProcessingEditOptions

with Editor("input.docx", WordProcessingLoadOptions()) as editor:
    eo = WordProcessingEditOptions()
    eo.enable_pagination = False
    eo.enable_language_information = True
    html = editor.edit(eo).get_content()
    print(len(html))

Round-trip edit and save back to DOCX

from groupdocs.editor import Editor, EditableDocument
from groupdocs.editor.formats import WordProcessingFormats
from groupdocs.editor.options import WordProcessingSaveOptions

with Editor("input.docx") as editor:
    editable = editor.edit()
    edited_html = editable.get_embedded_html().replace("Subtitle", "Edited subtitle")
    after_edit = EditableDocument.from_markup(edited_html)
    editor.save(after_edit, "output.docx", WordProcessingSaveOptions(WordProcessingFormats.DOCX))

Convert via HTML: DOCX → PDF

from groupdocs.editor import Editor
from groupdocs.editor.options import PdfSaveOptions

with Editor("input.docx") as editor:
    editable = editor.edit()
    editor.save(editable, "output.pdf", PdfSaveOptions())

Edit a specific worksheet of a workbook

from groupdocs.editor import Editor
from groupdocs.editor.options import SpreadsheetLoadOptions, SpreadsheetEditOptions

with Editor("book.xlsx", SpreadsheetLoadOptions()) as editor:
    eo = SpreadsheetEditOptions()
    eo.worksheet_index = 0          # 0-based
    html = editor.edit(eo).get_body_content()
    print(len(html))

Load from a binary stream

import io
from groupdocs.editor import Editor
from groupdocs.editor.options import WordProcessingLoadOptions

with open("input.docx", "rb") as stream:
    with Editor(stream, WordProcessingLoadOptions()) as editor:
        html = editor.edit().get_content()
        print(len(html))

AI Agent & LLM Friendly

This package is designed for seamless integration with AI agents, LLMs, and automated code generation tools.

• AGENTS.md in the package — AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) auto-discover the API surface, usage patterns, and troubleshooting tips from the installed package
• MCP server — connect your AI tool to GroupDocs documentation for on-demand API lookups:

  { "mcpServers": { "groupdocs-docs": { "url": "https://docs.groupdocs.com/mcp" } } }
  

• Machine-readable docs — full documentation available as plain text for RAG and LLM context:
  • Single file: https://docs.groupdocs.com/editor/python-net/llms-full.txt
  • Per page: append .md to any docs URL

Evaluation Mode

The API works without a license in evaluation mode, with these limitations:

• Output is restricted: PDF output carries an evaluation watermark and other formats show an equivalent evaluation mark.
• A page/document-count cap applies to processed documents.

To remove these limitations, apply a license or request a temporary license:

from groupdocs.editor import License
License().set_license("path/to/license.lic")

Or set the environment variable (auto-applied at import):

export GROUPDOCS_LIC_PATH="path/to/license.lic"

Troubleshooting

System Requirements

• Python 3.5 - 3.14
• Windows x64/x86, Linux x64, macOS x64/ARM64

More Resources

• Documentation
• Code Examples
• Free Support Forum
• Temporary License

Also available for other platforms: .NET | Java | Node.js

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