Compare Two Word Documents using Python

readme.md

Learn how to compare two Word documents using Python: https://blog.aspose.com/2021/11/11/compare-two-word-documents-in-python/

compare-word-document-custom.py

import aspose.words as aw
from datetime import date

# load first document
doc = aw.Document("calibre.docx")

# load second document
doc2 = aw.Document("calibre2.docx")

# set additional options
options = aw.comparing.CompareOptions()            
options.ignore_formatting = True
options.ignore_headers_and_footers = True
options.ignore_case_changes = True
options.ignore_tables = True
options.ignore_fields = True
options.ignore_comments = True
options.ignore_textboxes = True
options.ignore_footnotes = True

# compare documents
doc.compare(doc2, "user", date.today(), options)

# save the document to get the revisions
if (doc.revisions.count > 0):
    doc.save("compared.docx")
else:
    print("Documents are equal")

compare-word-document.py

import aspose.words as aw
from datetime import date

# load first document
doc = aw.Document("calibre.docx")

# load second document
doc2 = aw.Document("calibre2.docx")

# compare documents
doc.compare(doc2, "user", date.today())

# save the document to get the revisions
if (doc.revisions.count > 0):
    doc.save("compared.docx")
else:
    print("Documents are equal")

Keep getting an error that the date is not defined. i added "import time" but still doesn't work

@jeden4 ,
Make sure you have added the following import:

from datetime import date

Thanks.