Export all text

This article is part of the Scripts series.

This script can be found in 1.3.3.x versions of Scribus as Extract Text

Check below for a modification of this file to only list image frames and the path to the image file.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# File: extract_text.py - Extracts the text from a document, saving to a text file
# also lists image files with pathnames
# 2006.03.04 Gregory Pittman
# 2008.02.28 Petr Vanek - fileDialog replaces valueDialog
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.

import scribus


def exportText(textfile):
    page = 1
    pagenum = scribus.pageCount()
    T = []
    content = []
    while (page <= pagenum):
        scribus.gotoPage(page)
        d = scribus.getPageItems()
        strpage = str(page)
        T.append('Page '+ strpage + '\n\n')
        for item in d:
            if (item[1] == 4):
                contents = scribus.getAllText(item[0])
                if (contents in content):
                    contents = 'Duplication, perhaps linked-to frame'
                T.append(item[0]+': '+ contents + '\n\n')
                content.append(contents)
            elif (item[1] == 2):
                imgname = scribus.getImageFile(item[0])
                T.append(item[0]+': ' + imgname + '\n')
        page += 1
        T.append('\n')
    output_file = open(textfile,'w')
    output_file.writelines(T)
    output_file.close()
    endmessage = textfile + ' was created'
    scribus.messageBox("Finished", endmessage,icon=0,button1=1)


if scribus.haveDoc():
    textfile = scribus.fileDialog('Enter name of file to save to', \
                                  filter='Text Files (*.txt);;All Files (*)')
    try:
        if textfile == '':
            raise Exception
        exportText(textfile)
    except Exception, e:  # in case of syntax error, rather use : "except Exception as e :"
        print e

else:
    scribus.messageBox('Export Error', 'You need a Document open, and a frame selected.', \
                       icon=0, button1=1)

What if I don't want the text, just a list of images?

This is a simple matter of changing this:

            if (item[1] == 4):
                contents = scribus.getAllText(item[0])
                if (contents in content):
                    contents = 'Duplication, perhaps linked-to frame'
                T.append(item[0]+': '+ contents + '\n\n')
                content.append(contents)
            elif (item[1] == 2):
                imgname = scribus.getImageFile(item[0])
                T.append(item[0]+': ' + imgname + '\n')

to this:

            if (item[1] == 2):
                imgname = scribus.getImageFile(item[0])
                T.append(item[0]+': ' + imgname + '\n')

in as of error

so that you are only picking up image frames instead of text and image frames.

Version of script as of 1.5.x series

This version fixes a problem related to the change in syntax for the messageBox, since instead of using icon=0, you must use scribus.ICON_NONE.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""

(C)2006.03.04 Gregory Pittman

(C)2008.02.28 Petr Vanek - fileDialog replaces valueDialog

this version 2017.06.15

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the  GPL, v2 (GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License), or any later version.
See the Scribus Copyright page in the Help Browser for further informaton 
about GPL, v2.

SYNOPSIS

This script takes the current document and extracts all the text from text frames,
and also gets the pathnames to all images. This is then saved to a file named
by the user.

REQUIREMENTS

You must run from Scribus and must have a file open.

USAGE

Start the script. A file dialog appears for the name of the file 
to save to. The above information is saved to the file.

"""
# Craig Bradney, Scribus Team
# 10/3/08: Added to Scribus 1.3.3.12svn distribution "as was" from Scribus wiki for bug #6826, script is GPLd

import scribus


def exportText(textfile):
    page = 1
    pagenum = scribus.pageCount()
    T = []
    content = []
    while (page <= pagenum):
        scribus.gotoPage(page)
        d = scribus.getPageItems()
        strpage = str(page)
        T.append('Page '+ strpage + '\n\n')
        for item in d:
            if (item[1] == 4):
                contents = scribus.getAllText(item[0])
                if (contents in content):
                    contents = 'Duplication, perhaps linked-to frame'
                T.append(item[0]+': '+ contents + '\n\n')
                content.append(contents)
            elif (item[1] == 2):
                imgname = scribus.getImageFile(item[0])
                T.append(item[0]+': ' + imgname + '\n')
        page += 1
        T.append('\n')
    output_file = open(textfile,'w')
    output_file.writelines(T)
    output_file.close()
    endmessage = textfile + ' was created'
    scribus.messageBox("Finished", endmessage, scribus.ICON_NONE, scribus.BUTTON_OK)


if scribus.haveDoc():
    textfile = scribus.fileDialog('Enter name of file to save to', \
                                  filter='Text Files (*.txt);;All Files (*)')
    try:
        if textfile == '':
            raise Exception
        exportText(textfile)
    except Exception, e:      # in case of syntax error, rather use : "except Exception as e :"
        print e

else:
    scribus.messageBox('Export Error', 'You need a Document open, and a frame selected.', \
                       scribus.ICON_NONE, scribus.BUTTON_OK)

Adding info about Guides

Here are a few lines to add, which will also put information about the guides into your file. Add these lines just after content = []:

    hguides = scribus.getHGuides()
    vguides = scribus.getVGuides()
    T.append('Horizontal guides: ' + str(hguides) + '\n Vertical guides' + str(vguides) + '\n')

If you don't have guides you will get something like Horizontal guides: [] in the output file.