How to fix this error on tabula.read_pdf() function in Python

Question

I am trying to extract tables from a PDF file using Python (Pycharm).

I tried the following code:

 from tabula import wrapper
 object = wrapper.read_pdf("C:/Users/Ojasvi/Desktop/sample.pdf")

However, the error i got was:

"tabula.errors.JavaNotFoundError: `java` command is not found from this Python process. Please ensure Java is installed and PATH is set for `java`"

Read the section "Get tabula-py working" at https://pypi.org/project/tabula-py — balderman, May 15 '19 at 10:12
I think that those two post should help you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29204638/how-to-set-java-path-on-windows and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1672281/environment-variables-for-java-installation. Let me know if it will work. — dome, May 16 '19 at 11:18
I posted the answer. Can you upvote and accept it as I solved your problem? — dome, May 17 '19 at 09:53
You would need amazon corretto, an openJDK. [This process helped me solve the issue.](https://stackoverflow.com/a/68479840/8150584) — Deepak Harish, Jul 22 '21 at 06:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '19 at 08:32

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You probably need to add java to your system path. You can check those posts, they should help you in solving your problem:

answered May 17 '19 at 08:32

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '21 at 08:47

I had every thing setup Java installed and Java path setup but was still getting same error, after spending half a day , I did below and everything worked.

I was using a python environment and running Tabula in python environment. I was getting error mentioned in questions.

I changed my python environment basically default one which is no environment and everything worked. I think Tabula is not able to detect Java once we are inside an python environment.

How to fix this error on tabula.read_pdf() function in Python

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