WinError 2 - System cannot find the file specified.

[awgeezrick]

Import works and the pdf call does create a pdf object

pdf = pypdf2htmlEX.PDF(pdf_file)
pdf.to_html(dest_dir=r'D:\temp')

pdf
<pypdf2htmlEX.core.PDF object at 0x0000025BD596AC50>

, but the pdf.to_html creates the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\TPSITS\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 2023.3.1\plugins\python-ce\helpers\pydev\pydevconsole.py", line 364, in runcode
    coro = func()
           ^^^^^^
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\TPSITS\PycharmProjects\RandomStuffs\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pypdf2htmlEX\core.py", line 49, in to_html
    self.__make_html(args)
  File "C:\TPSITS\PycharmProjects\RandomStuffs\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pypdf2htmlEX\core.py", line 37, in __make_html
    subprocess.call(options)
  File "C:\Users\b99858\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 389, in call
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\b99858\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\b99858\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

[gabriel-batistuta]

Import works and the pdf call does create a pdf object

pdf = pypdf2htmlEX.PDF(pdf_file)
pdf.to_html(dest_dir=r'D:\temp')

pdf
<pypdf2htmlEX.core.PDF object at 0x0000025BD596AC50>

, but the pdf.to_html creates the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\TPSITS\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 2023.3.1\plugins\python-ce\helpers\pydev\pydevconsole.py", line 364, in runcode
    coro = func()
           ^^^^^^
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\TPSITS\PycharmProjects\RandomStuffs\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pypdf2htmlEX\core.py", line 49, in to_html
    self.__make_html(args)
  File "C:\TPSITS\PycharmProjects\RandomStuffs\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pypdf2htmlEX\core.py", line 37, in __make_html
    subprocess.call(options)
  File "C:\Users\b99858\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 389, in call
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as p:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\b99858\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\b99858\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Hello, sorry for the delay in responding. I checked that you are using Windows, right? Well, this library is not meant to do anything by itself, it is just a wrapper for the pdf2htmlEX tool (https://github.com/pdf2htmlEX/pdf2htmlEX). You can check that the pdf2htmlEX tool does not have a version made for Windows, so it only works in Linux environments. The error you are experiencing is because pypdf2htmlEX is trying to find the pdf2htmlEX library on your system and is not finding it. If you want to use this library, I recommend installing Linux on your PC. Thanks for the issue and sorry again for the delay in responding.

[TheSuperAgent]

I tried in linux, but still im getting the same error

[gabriel-batistuta]

@BhuviTheDataGuy can you post here the path of pdf that you used and the code?

[gabriel-batistuta]

it seems the pdf2htmlEX has many problems now in all platforms, even me cant use this library now