extract text from ods TableCell using odfpy

[norseman]

Ciaran Farrell wrote:
> 2008/8/26 norseman <norseman at hughes.net>:
>> frankentux wrote:
>>> Ok. Sorted it out, but only after taking a round trip over
>>> xml.minidom. Here's the working code:
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/python
>>> from odf.opendocument import Spreadsheet
>>> from odf.opendocument import load
>>> from odf.table import TableRow,TableCell
>>> from odf.text import P
>>> doc = load("/tmp/match_data.ods")
>>> d = doc.spreadsheet
>>> rows = d.getElementsByType(TableRow)
>>> for row in rows[:2]:
>>>    cells = row.getElementsByType(TableCell)
>>>    for cell in cells:
>>>        tps = cell.getElementsByType(P)
>>>        if len(tps) > 0:
>>>            for x in tps:
>>>                print x.firstChild
>>> --
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>>>
>> =========================
>> cd /opt
>> find . -name "*odf*" -print
>> (empty)
>> cd /usr/local/lib/python2.5
>> find . -name "*odf*" -print
>> (empty)
>>
>>
>> OK - where is it? :)
> 
> Sorry. Stupid of me. The module is not part of the standard libary.
> It's at http://opendocumentfellowship.com/projects/odfpy
> 
> Ciaran
> 
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I got the download and all went pretty well. Setup.py compiled OK and 
install put it where it belongs.

As a test I went to try odflint and keep getting a zlib not found error. 
It is installed (/usr/local/lib) and the python zlib things .py, .pyc 
and .pyo all seem present. Not sure what is happening.


I took a look at Python.2.5.2's  zipfile.py

statement:  import zlib   was changed to   import libz as zlib
              (ALL libs are prefixed with lib... by convention)
Problem below the test happens with or without my change.

Test I ran:

python
(sign on yah de yah yah)
import zipfile
zipfile.is_zipfile("zx")
False
zipfile.is_zipfile("zz.zip")
True
zipfile.is_zipfile("zx.zip")
False      (file non existent - no error generated, but answer correct)

Thus all returned correct answers.  Distro Python code runs as expected.

However:

odflint OOstuf2.odt                       |\__
python /usr/local/bin/odflint OOstuf2.odt |/   Both return following:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/local/bin/odflint", line 213, in <module>
     lint(sys.argv[1])
   File "/usr/local/bin/odflint", line 197, in lint
     content = zfd.read(zi.filename)
   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/zipfile.py", line 498, in read
     "De-compression requires the (missing) zlib module"
RuntimeError: De-compression requires the (missing) zlib module

Anybody:
What did I miss correcting?  Seems odflint only uses zipfile.references.

System: Slackware 10.2 on 2.4GgHz Laptop


Steve
norseman at hughes.net