FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'pdftoppm'

[devudit]

Hi I am getting this issue with the package

-- Python version 3.6.1

I am using it with flask micro framework

Here is the stack trace

• Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
  [2018-02-07 11:18:47,787] ERROR in app: Exception on / [GET]
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1982, in wsgi_app
  response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1614, in full_dispatch_request
  rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1517, in handle_user_exception
  reraise(exc_type, exc_value, tb)
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/_compat.py", line 33, in reraise
  raise value
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1612, in full_dispatch_request
  rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flask/app.py", line 1598, in dispatch_request
  return self.view_functionsrule.endpoint
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/py-pdftoimage.py", line 9, in main
  images = convert_from_path('/static/pdf/p1000.pdf', output_folder='/static/pdf/')
  File "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Projects/py-pdftoimage/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pdf2image/pdf2image.py", line 23, in convert_from_path
  proc = Popen(args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 707, in init
  restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 1326, in _execute_child
  raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
  FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'pdftoppm'
  127.0.0.1 - - [07/Feb/2018 11:18:47] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 500 -

[Belval]

What is your OS? This error arise when poppler is not installed on the host machine.

By the look of the paths in the stack trace, it seems to be MacOS so you would have to install poppler with brew.

[devudit]

Thanks for quick reply, Issue is resolved after installing poppler :)