debugging: conversion from docx. File is saved as temp. Can be read . Converting it is proving very difficult

cgi-bin/pandoc.cgi

@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ if method == "POST":
     # FILE INPUT
     ###################################
     if f != None and f.file:
-
         if from_format == None:
             from_format = guess_format_from_filename(f.filename)
 
-        tmp = NTF(delete=False)
+        tmp = NTF(suffix=".docx", delete=False)
         bytes = 0
         while True:
             data = f.file.read()
@@ -75,6 +74,9 @@ if method == "POST":
         # print "saved to '{0}'<br>".format(tmp.name)
         # print "read {0} bytes<br>".format(bytes)
         tmp.close()
+        os.chmod(tmp.name, 0666)
+
+        
         try:
 
             print "Content-type: {0}".format(to_type['mime'])
@@ -82,18 +84,35 @@ if method == "POST":
                 print "Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\"hype_conversion.{0}\"".format(to_type['ext'])
             print
             # p = subprocess.check_output('pandoc --from {0} --to {1} "{2}"'.format(ffrom, to, tmp.name), shell=True, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+
+            # read content of tmp docx
+            cmd_head = "head {}".format(tmp.name)
+            cmd_head_list = shlex.split( cmd_head )
+            p_head = subprocess.Popen(cmd_head_list, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+            # convert docx to html: error. No idea why
+            cmd_unoconv = "unoconv --stdout -f html {}".format(tmp.name)
+            cmd_unoconv_list = shlex.split( cmd_unoconv )
+            p_unoconv = subprocess.Popen(cmd_unoconv_list, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+            # convert docx to html: depends on most recente versions of pandoc
+            # cmd = "{} --from {} --to {} {}".format(PANDOC, from_format, to_format, tmp.name)
+            # cmd_list = shlex.split( cmd )
+            # p = subprocess.Popen(cmd_list, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+            
             # print p
-            p = subprocess.Popen([PANDOC, '--from', from_format, '--to', to_format, tmp.name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+            # p = subprocess.Popen([PANDOC, '--from', from_format, '--to', to_format, tmp.name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
-            out, err = p.communicate()
-            print out
+            out, err = p_head.communicate() # p_unoconv.communicate()
+            #print tmp.name, from_format
+            print out, err
 
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError, e:
             print "Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8"
             print
             print u"<span style='font-family:monospace'>An error occurred, pandoc said: {0}</span>".format(e.output).format("utf-8")
 
-        tmp.unlink(tmp.name)
+#        tmp.unlink(tmp.name) # remove file
 
     ###################################
     # FORM/TEXT INPUT
@@ -149,3 +168,13 @@ if method == "POST":
 # </form>
 # </body></html>
 # """
+
+
+'''            
+            p = subprocess.Popen([PANDOC, '--from', from_format, '--to', to_format, tmp.name], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+            out, err = p.communicate()
+            print out
+            # print_template(data)
+'''            
+