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+# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+from os.path import basename, abspath
+
+import uno
+import unohelper
+from com.sun.star.beans import PropertyValue
+from com.sun.star.connection import NoConnectException
+
+"""
+The purpose of this example is to open a specified text document and save this
+file to a specified URL. The type of the saved file is "writer8".
+"""
+
+PROG = "$OFFICE_PROGRAM_PATH/python {}".format(basename(sys.argv[0]))
+SOFFICE_CONNECTION_URI = "uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2083;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext"
+
+
+def connect_soffice():
+    """Connect to remote running LibreOffice
+
+    :return: an object representing the remote LibreOffice instance.
+    """
+    local_context = uno.getComponentContext()
+    resolver = local_context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
+        "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", local_context
+    )
+    try:
+        remote_context = resolver.resolve(SOFFICE_CONNECTION_URI)
+    except NoConnectException:
+        raise Exception("Cannot establish a connection to LibreOffice.")
+
+    return remote_context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
+        "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", remote_context
+    )
+
+
+def save_doc(src, dest):
+    src_url = "file://{}".format(abspath(src)).replace("\\", "/")
+    dest_url = "file://{}".format(abspath(dest)).replace("\\", "/")
+
+    soffice = connect_soffice()
+    doc = soffice.loadComponentFromURL(
+        src_url, "_blank", 0, (PropertyValue(Name="Hidden", Value=True),)
+    )
+
+    save_opts = (
+        PropertyValue(Name="Overwrite", Value=True),
+        PropertyValue(Name="FilterName", Value="writer8"),
+    )
+    try:
+        doc.storeAsURL(dest_url, save_opts)
+        print("Document", src, "saved under", dest)
+    finally:
+        doc.dispose()
+        print("Document closed!")
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Document Saver", prog=PROG)
+    parser.add_argument("src", help="Path to a Word document to be saved, e.g. path/to/hello.doc")
+    parser.add_argument("dest", help="Save the document to here, e.g. path/to/hello.odt")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    save_doc(args.src, args.dest)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: