How to detect hyperlinks using Word office js API

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How to detect hyperlinks using Word office js API

Anonymous

I develop an office add-in for Word (React frontend, typescript). I need to retrieve all hyperlinks in a Word document using the API (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/word?view=word-js-preview). But I cannot figure out how to do that without having to parse OOXML (in the browser). Can you help?

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Anonymous

2021-12-20T16:48:20.037+00:00

Any progress here?
Abid Rahman 96 Reputation points

2022-01-03T18:35:46.297+00:00

Hey @Anonymous - If you want to grab all hyperlinks in the document body - I suggest using Word.body.text (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/word/word.body?view=word-js-preview#text) to grab the entire body of the Word document and use your own JS logic to find all hyperlinks. Is there a reason you need to parse the actual OOXML?
Muhammad Talha 0 Reputation points

2025-03-27T05:27:26.69+00:00

But what about the display text of a hyperlink. That counts as a text. How should we retrieve the link under that display text? @Abid Rahman

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Anonymous

2021-12-20T16:48:20.037+00:00

Any progress here?
Abid Rahman 96 Reputation points

2022-01-03T18:35:46.297+00:00

Hey @Anonymous - If you want to grab all hyperlinks in the document body - I suggest using Word.body.text (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/javascript/api/word/word.body?view=word-js-preview#text) to grab the entire body of the Word document and use your own JS logic to find all hyperlinks. Is there a reason you need to parse the actual OOXML?
Muhammad Talha 0 Reputation points

2025-03-27T05:27:26.69+00:00

But what about the display text of a hyperlink. That counts as a text. How should we retrieve the link under that display text? @Abid Rahman

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Wenjun Gong 76 Microsoft Employee

@Abid Rahman or @Ruoying Liang , are you able to help on this question? Thanks.

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