How to find out the original author of a word document using python?

Question

I have a word document, food worksheet, and I am trying to find the author(s) of the word document but I don't know how to find that out. Is there a way to find out the author of the word document using python?

Thanks in advance

Duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7021141/how-to-retrieve-the-author-of-an-office-file-in-python — notnotparas, Mar 02 '21 at 12:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 02 '21 at 12:26

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Use Python-Docx

import docx
doc = docx.Document("path/to/word/file.docx")
prop = doc.core_properties
print(prop.author)

edited Mar 02 '21 at 12:26

TheEagle

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answered Mar 02 '21 at 12:25

Alex Metsai

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I have a problem where I cant import `docx` so this code doesn't work for me – Hunter Mar 02 '21 at 12:28
have you installed docx? – Alex Metsai Mar 02 '21 at 12:30
I mean the python module with 'pip install python-docx'. If this doesn't work, then this is another problem on its own. – Alex Metsai Mar 02 '21 at 12:31
Ive installed it with no problems but when I use `import docx` it says `no module named docx` – Hunter Mar 02 '21 at 12:32
It seems that you haven't installed it correctly, else you would be able to import it. Solve this and the above code will work. I think it's the easiest way to do what you want. – Alex Metsai Mar 02 '21 at 12:35

How to find out the original author of a word document using python?

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