VSD File Viewer for Python
Native VSD document viewer using server-side Python APIs.
Aspose.Diagram for Python
Overview
How to View VSD File Using Python
In order to view VSD file, we’ll use
API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use conversion API for Python platform. You can download its latest version directly from
Steps to View VSD via Python
Aspose.Diagram makes it easy for the developers to view the VSD file with just few lines of code.
- Load VSD file with an instance of Diagram class
- Call the Diagram.save method with SaveFileFormat.HTML as parameters
- Load resultant HTML in default browser via Process.Start
System Requirements
Aspose.Diagram for Python is platform-independent API and can be used on any platform (Windows, Linux and MacOS), just make sure that system have Java 1.8 or higher, Python 3.5 or higher.
- Install Java and add it to PATH environment variable, for example:
PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131;. - Install Aspose.Diagram for Python from pypi, use command as:
$ pip install aspose-diagram.
Python code to view VSD
// load VSD file via an instance of Diagram
diagram = Aspose.Diagram.Diagram("template.vsd");
// convert VSD to HTML format then load resultant HTML in default browser
diagram.save(output, Aspose.Diagram.SaveFileFormat.HTML);
About Aspose.Diagram for Python API
Aspose.Diagram is a Microsoft Visio document format manipulation API. One can easily load, create, modify, manipulate including daigram elements and convert Visio diagrams to other formats such as PDF, XPS, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, SVG, EMF and more. It is a standalone API and does not require Microsoft Visio or any other software to be installed.Free App to View VSD
Check our live demos to View VSD with following benefits.
VSD What is VSD File Format?
VSD files are drawings created with Microsoft Visio application to represent variety of graphical objects and the interconnection between these. Such drawings can contain visual objects such as visual objects, flow charts, UML diagram, information flow, organizational charts, software diagrams, network layout, database models, objects mapping and other similar information. Microsoft Visio offers the capability to convert Visio files to a number of different file formats including PNG, BMP, PDF and others.
Read MoreOther Supported Viewer Formats
Using Python, One can also view many other file formats including.