python docx set table cell background and text color

Question

I am using python 2.7 with docx and I would like to change the background and text color of cells in my table based on condition.

I could not find any usefull resources about single cell formatting

Any suggestions?

Edit 1

my code

style_footer = "DarkList"
style_red = "ColorfulList"
style_yellow = "LightShading"
style_green = "MediumShading2-Accent6"
style_transperent = "TableNormal"
for a,rec in enumerate(data):
    #V headinh se piše prvo polje iz table heada
    document.add_heading(rec['tableHead'][0][0], level=1)
    image_path = imageFolder + "\\" + slike[a]
    document.add_picture(image_path, height=Inches(3.5))

    #y += 28
    #worksheet.insert_image( y, 1,imageFolder + "/" + slike[a])


    for i, head in enumerate(rec['tableHead']):
        table = document.add_table(rows=1, cols = len(head))
        hdr_cells = table.rows[0].cells
        for a in range(0,len(head)):
            hdr_cells[a].text = head[a] 


    for a,body in enumerate(rec['tableData']):
        row_cells = table.add_row().cells

        for a in range(0,len(body)):
            if body[a]['style'] == 'footer':
                stil = style_footer
            elif body[a]['style'] == 'red':
                stil = style_red

            elif body[a]['style'] == 'yellow':
                stil = style_yellow
            elif body[a]['style'] == 'green':
                stil = style_green

            else:
                stil = style_transperent

            row_cells[a].add_paragraph(body[a]['value'], stil)

document.save(wordDoc)

All cells are still the same.

Answer 1

If you want to color fill a specific cell in a table you can use the code below. For example let's say you need to fill the first cell in the first row of your table with the RGB color 1F5C8B:

from docx.oxml.ns import nsdecls
from docx.oxml import parse_xml

shading_elm_1 = parse_xml(r'<w:shd {} w:fill="1F5C8B"/>'.format(nsdecls('w')))
table.rows[0].cells[0]._tc.get_or_add_tcPr().append(shading_elm_1)

Now if you want to also fill the second cell in the first row with the same color, you should create a new element otherwise if you use the same element as above the fill will move on and will disappear from the first cell...

shading_elm_2 = parse_xml(r'<w:shd {} w:fill="1F5C8B"/>'.format(nsdecls('w')))
table.rows[0].cells[1]._tc.get_or_add_tcPr().append(shading_elm_2)

...and so on for other cells.

Source: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/python-docx/-c3OrRHA3qo