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Open existing pptx file

See original GitHub issue

python-pptx 0.5.7 Python 2.7.8

Currently using

f = open('C:\some_folder\my_file.pptx')
prs = Presentation(f)
f.close()

gives error: File is not a zip file

using

prs = Presentation('C:\\some_folder\\my_file.pptx')

gives error: Package not found at ‘C:\some_folder\my_file.pptx’

full stack traces below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 3035, in run_code
    exec(code_obj, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns)
  File "<ipython-input-6-78857122896f>", line 2, in <module>
    prs = Presentation(f)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\api.py", line 26, in __init__
    self._package = Package.open(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\package.py", line 44, in open
    return super(Package, cls).open(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\opc\package.py", line 122, in open
    pkg_reader = PackageReader.from_file(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\opc\pkgreader.py", line 32, in from_file
    phys_reader = PhysPkgReader(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\opc\phys_pkg.py", line 102, in __init__
    self._zipf = ZipFile(pkg_file, 'r')
  File "C:\Python27\lib\zipfile.py", line 770, in __init__
    self._RealGetContents()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\zipfile.py", line 811, in _RealGetContents
    raise BadZipfile, "File is not a zip file"
BadZipfile: File is not a zip file

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 3035, in run_code
    exec(code_obj, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns)
  File "<ipython-input-7-4fbcdf1972de>", line 1, in <module>
    prs = Presentation('C:\\some_folder\\my_file.pptx')
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\api.py", line 26, in __init__
    self._package = Package.open(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\package.py", line 44, in open
    return super(Package, cls).open(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\opc\package.py", line 122, in open
    pkg_reader = PackageReader.from_file(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\opc\pkgreader.py", line 32, in from_file
    phys_reader = PhysPkgReader(pkg_file)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pptx\opc\phys_pkg.py", line 32, in __new__
    "Package not found at '%s'" % pkg_file
PackageNotFoundError: Package not found at 'C:\some_folder\my_file.pptx'

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Top GitHub Comments

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sobolewskacommented, Aug 13, 2015

prs = Presentation('C:\\some_folder\\my_file.pptx')

f = open('C:\\some_folder\\my_file.pptx', 'rb')
Presentation(f)
f.close()

gives error when the presentation is EMPTY, there are 0 slides. adding at least 1 slide with empty content fixes the problem, and it is possible to open such presentation

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mfellowscommented, Aug 12, 2015

For the first method, using a file-like object, you need to open the file in binary mode:

f = open(r"C:\some_folder\my_file.pptx", "rb")
prs = Presentation(f)

Not sure why the second one (using the file path) failed though - double-check that the file exists?

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