[Python] AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'items'

I have been trying to write a tool to look at Word documents in a specified path for broken links.

I gave up on having it search a folder, thinking I just need to get it to do a document first. With my limited skills, reading, and trying some suggestions from copilot. (Breaking it down to individual tasks) I put this together:

import docx
import os
import url

doc = docx.Document('C:/Users/demo.docx')
allText = []

def find_hyperlinks(doc):
hyperlinks = []
rels = doc.part.rels
for rel in rels:
if "hyperlink" in rels[rel].target_ref:
hyperlinks.append(rels[rel].target_ref)
return hyperlinks

def find_broken_links_in_docx(doc):
broken_links = []
hyperlinks = find_hyperlinks(doc)
for url in hyperlinks:
try:
response = requests.head(url, allow_redirects=True)
if response.status_code >= 400:
broken_links.append(url)
except requests.RequestException:
broken_links.append(url)
return broken_links

def write_report(report, output_file):
with open(output_file, 'w') as f:
for file_path, links in report.items():
f.write(f"File: {file_path}\n")
for link in links:
f.write(f" Broken link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79490759/attributeerror-list-object-has-no-attribute-items\n")
f.write("\n")

if __name__ == "__main__":

output_file = "C:/Results/broken_links_report.txt"
report = find_broken_links_in_docx(doc)
write_report(report, output_file)
print(f"Report written to {output_file}")


Here is the error:

File "c:\Users\Scripts\playground\openinganddocx.py", line 41, in <module>
write_report(report, output_file)
File "c:\Users\Scripts\playground\openinganddocx.py", line 31, in write_report
for file_path, links in report.items():
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'items'



For reference:

• 
  Line 31 f.write(f"File: {file_path}\n")
  
  
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  Line 41 print(f"Report written to {output_file}")
  

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