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tabula has no attribute 'read_pdf' - in VSCode.

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Summary of your issue

From VSCode, none of the tabula methods and attributes work. It seems like they work from anaconda prompt, though.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\User\.spyder-py3\JacobPDF\PDFTableToExcel.py", line 11, in <module>
    df = tabula.read_pdf("./Import/Ground Floor Finishes Plan.pdf", pages='all')
AttributeError: module 'tabula' has no attribute 'read_pdf'

Environment

Write and check your environment. Please paste outputs of specific commands if required.

Paste the output of import tabula; tabula.environment_info() on Python REPL: ?

Python version:
    3.7.3 (default, Apr 24 2019, 15:29:51) [MSC v.1915 64 bit (AMD64)]
Java version:
    java version "1.8.0_211"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_211-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.211-b12, mixed mode)
tabula-py version: 1.3.1
platform: Windows-10-10.0.17134-SP0
uname:
    uname_result(system='Windows', node='LAPTOP', release='10', version='10.0.17134', machine='AMD64', processor='Intel64 Family 6 Model 142 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel')
linux_distribution: ('', '', '')
mac_ver: ('', ('', '', ''), '')

What did you do when you faced the problem?

I pasted in the example code from the docs and tried it. I checked that I have tabula-py and not tabula. Interestingly, it appears to work in Anaconda prompt, but it doesn’t work in VSCode.

Example code:

import tabula

inPDF = 'Ground Floor Finishes Plan.pdf'

df = tabula.read_pdf("./Import/Ground Floor Finishes Plan.pdf", pages='all')

tabula.convert_into(inPDF, "output.csv", output_format="csv", pages='all')

Output:

PS C:\Users\User\.spyder-py3> python -u "c:\Users\User\.spyder-py3\JacobPDF\PDFTableToExcel.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\User\.spyder-py3\JacobPDF\PDFTableToExcel.py", line 11, in <module>
    df = tabula.read_pdf("./Import/Ground Floor Finishes Plan.pdf", pages='all')
AttributeError: module 'tabula' has no attribute 'read_pdf'
PS C:\Users\User\.spyder-py3>