combine word document using python docx

Question

I have few word files that each have specific content. I would like for a snippet that show me or help me to figure out how to combine the word files into one file, while us

Answer 1

Create an empty document (empty.docx) and add your two documents to this. On each loop of the iteration over the files, add a page break if necessary.

On completion save the new file that contains your two combined files.

from docx import Document

files = ['file1.docx', 'file2.docx']

def combine_word_documents(files):
    combined_document = Document('empty.docx')
    count, number_of_files = 0, len(files)
    for file in files:
        sub_doc = Document(file)

        # Don't add a page break if you've
        # reached the last file.
        if count < number_of_files - 1:
            sub_doc.add_page_break()

        for element in sub_doc._document_part.body._element:
            combined_document._document_part.body._element.append(element)
        count += 1

    combined_document.save('combined_word_documents.docx')

combine_word_documents(files)