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Rtf Module

RTF file handler for text extraction.

Classes:

Name Description
RTFHandler

Handler for extracting text from RTF files.

Classes

RTFHandler

Bases: FileTypeHandler

Handler for extracting text from RTF files.

Methods:

Name Description
extract
extract_async
Source code in textxtract/handlers/rtf.py 
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class RTFHandler(FileTypeHandler):
    """Handler for extracting text from RTF files."""

    def extract(self, file_path: Path, config: Optional[dict] = None) -> str:
        try:
            try:
                from striprtf.striprtf import rtf_to_text
            except ImportError:
                raise ExtractionError(
                    "striprtf package is not installed. Install with 'pip install text-extractor[rtf]'"
                )

            with open(
                file_path, "r", encoding=(config or {}).get("encoding", "utf-8")
            ) as f:
                rtf_content = f.read()
                return rtf_to_text(rtf_content)
        except Exception as e:
            raise ExtractionError(f"RTF extraction failed: {e}")

    async def extract_async(
        self, file_path: Path, config: Optional[dict] = None
    ) -> str:
        import asyncio

        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.extract, file_path, config)

Functions

extract 
extract(file_path, config=None)
Source code in textxtract/handlers/rtf.py 
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def extract(self, file_path: Path, config: Optional[dict] = None) -> str:
    try:
        try:
            from striprtf.striprtf import rtf_to_text
        except ImportError:
            raise ExtractionError(
                "striprtf package is not installed. Install with 'pip install text-extractor[rtf]'"
            )

        with open(
            file_path, "r", encoding=(config or {}).get("encoding", "utf-8")
        ) as f:
            rtf_content = f.read()
            return rtf_to_text(rtf_content)
    except Exception as e:
        raise ExtractionError(f"RTF extraction failed: {e}")
extract_async async 
extract_async(file_path, config=None)
Source code in textxtract/handlers/rtf.py 
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async def extract_async(
    self, file_path: Path, config: Optional[dict] = None
) -> str:
    import asyncio

    return await asyncio.to_thread(self.extract, file_path, config)