app/ingest/parser_docx.py

"""Parse .docx files using the LangChain Docx2txtLoader.

LangChain replaces the manual python-docx block extraction with a
standard ``Docx2txtLoader`` that returns a list of LangChain ``Document``
objects.  Structural headings/lists are no longer separated into typed
blocks; the full text is returned as a single document and split later
by the ``RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter`` in the chunking stage.

Compared to master branch:
- ✅ Simpler code — no XML introspection
- ✅ Standard LangChain interface
- ⚠️  Less structural fidelity (heading levels not preserved)
"""

import logging
from pathlib import Path

from langchain_community.document_loaders import Docx2txtLoader
from langchain_core.documents import Document

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def parse_docx(file_path: Path) -> list[Document]:
    """Load a ``.docx`` file and return its text as LangChain Documents.

    Uses ``langchain_community.document_loaders.Docx2txtLoader`` which
    extracts plain text from all paragraphs, headings, and tables via
    the ``docx2txt`` library.

    Args:
        file_path: Absolute path to a ``.docx`` file.

    Returns:
        List of :class:`langchain_core.documents.Document` objects.
        Typically one document per file with ``source`` metadata.

    Raises:
        FileNotFoundError: If ``file_path`` does not exist.
        ValueError: If the file cannot be loaded as a valid ``.docx``.

    Example::

        docs = parse_docx(Path("/uploads/survey.docx"))
        print(docs[0].page_content[:200])
    """
    if not file_path.exists():
        raise FileNotFoundError(f"File not found: {file_path}")

    try:
        loader = Docx2txtLoader(str(file_path))
        docs = loader.load()
    except Exception as exc:
        raise ValueError(f"Cannot load docx '{file_path}': {exc}") from exc

    logger.debug("Parsed %d document(s) from %s via LangChain Docx2txtLoader", len(docs), file_path.name)
    return docs