Extract Images from Word Document in NPOI

Aspose.Words - Extract Images from Document

To extract all images or images having specific type from the document, follow these steps:

  • Use the Document.GetChildNodes method to select all Shape nodes.
  • Iterate through resulting node collections.
  • Check the Shape.HasImage boolean property.
  • Extract image data using the Shape.ImageData property.
  • Save image data to a file.

C#

 Document wordDocument = new Document("Extract Images from Word Document.doc");
 NodeCollection pictures = wordDocument.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true);
 int imageindex = 0;
 foreach (Shape shape in pictures)
 {
    if (shape.HasImage)
    {
       string imageFileName = "data/Aspose_" + (imageindex++).ToString() + "_" + shape.Name;
       shape.ImageData.Save(imageFileName);
    }
  }

NPOI HWPF XWPF - Extract Images from Document

Below is the code for extracting images from word document:

C#

 XWPFDocument doc = new XWPFDocument(new FileStream("data/Extract Images from Word Document.doc",FileMode.Open));
 IList<XWPFPictureData> pics = doc.AllPictures;
 foreach (XWPFPictureData pic in pics)
 {
    FileStream outputStream = new FileStream("data/NPOI_" + pic.FileName,FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
    byte[] picData= pic.Data;
    outputStream.Write(picData, 0, picData.Length);
    outputStream.Close();
 }

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