Error while loading the docx(KeyError: "There is no item named 'word/#_top' in the archive")

[akash97715]

Hello Team we are using below code to load the document

from docx import Document

# Path to your DOCX file
docx_file_path = 'myfile.docx'

# Load the DOCX file
document = Document(docx_file_path)

# Example: Print all the text in the document
for para in document.paragraphs:
    print(para.text)

Getting below error:

KeyError                                  Traceback (most recent call last)~\AppData\Local\Temp\ipykernel_13540\1987488543.py in <module>      5       6 # Load the DOCX file----> 7 document = Document(docx_file_path)      8       9 # Example: Print all the text in the document~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\api.py in Document(docx)     21     """     22     docx = _default_docx_path() if docx is None else docx---> 23     document_part = Package.open(docx).main_document_part     24     if document_part.content_type != CT.WML_DOCUMENT_MAIN:     25         tmpl = "file '%s' is not a Word file, content type is '%s'"~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\package.py in open(cls, pkg_file)    114     def open(cls, pkg_file):    115         """Return an |OpcPackage| instance loaded with the contents of `pkg_file`."""--> 116         pkg_reader = PackageReader.from_file(pkg_file)    117         package = cls()    118         Unmarshaller.unmarshal(pkg_reader, package, PartFactory)~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\pkgreader.py in from_file(pkg_file)     23         content_types = _ContentTypeMap.from_xml(phys_reader.content_types_xml)     24         pkg_srels = PackageReader._srels_for(phys_reader, PACKAGE_URI)---> 25         sparts = PackageReader._load_serialized_parts(     26             phys_reader, pkg_srels, content_types     27         )~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\pkgreader.py in _load_serialized_parts(phys_reader, pkg_srels, content_types)     51         sparts = []     52         part_walker = PackageReader._walk_phys_parts(phys_reader, pkg_srels)---> 53         for partname, blob, reltype, srels in part_walker:     54             content_type = content_types[partname]     55             spart = _SerializedPart(partname, content_type, reltype, blob, srels)~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\pkgreader.py in _walk_phys_parts(phys_reader, srels, visited_partnames)     84                 phys_reader, part_srels, visited_partnames     85             )---> 86             for partname, blob, reltype, srels in next_walker:     87                 yield (partname, blob, reltype, srels)     88 
~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\pkgreader.py in _walk_phys_parts(phys_reader, srels, visited_partnames)     84                 phys_reader, part_srels, visited_partnames     85             )---> 86             for partname, blob, reltype, srels in next_walker:     87                 yield (partname, blob, reltype, srels)     88 
~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\pkgreader.py in _walk_phys_parts(phys_reader, srels, visited_partnames)     79             reltype = srel.reltype     80             part_srels = PackageReader._srels_for(phys_reader, partname)---> 81             blob = phys_reader.blob_for(partname)     82             yield (partname, blob, reltype, part_srels)     83             next_walker = PackageReader._walk_phys_parts(~\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\docx\opc\phys_pkg.py in blob_for(self, pack_uri)     81         Raises |ValueError| if no matching member is present in zip archive.     82         """---> 83         return self._zipf.read(pack_uri.membername)     84      85     def close(self):~\Anaconda3\lib\zipfile.py in read(self, name, pwd)   1470     def read(self, name, pwd=None):   1471         """Return file bytes for name."""-> 1472         with self.open(name, "r", pwd) as fp:   1473             return fp.read()   1474 
~\Anaconda3\lib\zipfile.py in open(self, name, mode, pwd, force_zip64)   1509         else:   1510             # Get info object for name-> 1511             zinfo = self.getinfo(name)   1512    1513         if mode == 'w':~\Anaconda3\lib\zipfile.py in getinfo(self, name)   1436         info = self.NameToInfo.get(name)
   1437         if info is None:
-> 1438             raise KeyError(
   1439                 'There is no item named %r in the archive' % name)
   1440 

KeyError: "There is no item named 'word/#_top' in the archive"

Let me know am i doing anything wrong, also it will be helpful if u provide some suggestion to resolve this issue

[scanny]

Sounds like a corrupted docx file. Maybe open it with Word or LibreOffice and save as a new name so it rewrites the file.

[akash97715]

Hello, Thanks for you response. I tried saving with new name but still got the same error. I revalidated the docs it’s not corrupted

[scanny]

@akash97715 if you can send the file I'll take a look at it. Otherwise I just don't have enough to go on. I've never seen this error before and I've been at it for over a decade, so this is something of an edge case.

Do you know the provenance of the document? Was it generated by some package rather than being authored using Word or LibreOffice?

[msr22]

@scanny I am facing the same issue. I tried renaming the file & saving it again but still getting the issue. I am able to open the file correctly in MS Word.