Data extraction, cleaning, and manipulation from a PDF using the tabula-py package
The tabula-py package is a wrapper of tabula-java and requires java on your machine. I recommend installing OpenJDK and setting the JAVA_HOME and PATH enivronment variables in python using the os package which creates an instance of the JAVA_HOME and PATH variables. For a more permanent instance set the environment variables in the command prompt (Windows) or terminal (Mac)
- The JAVA_HOME variable points to the installation location of OpenJDK
- The PATH varible points to the location of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM DLL)