Help with Alteryx Designer Python - PDFPlumber

Question

Hello! I have attempted to install PDFPlumber to my Alteryx Python environment but the Python tool does not register the existence of the PDFPlumber. I am trying to convert a PDF to a TXT file. Below is the file path I installed to and the error message:

c:\users\[my name]\appdata\local\alteryx\bin\miniconda3\envs\

Error: Python (63): Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\[my name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Engine_6092_5beb9433a9e6474aaddaa4d715ce51db_\5c8fa4040b4685539b2a94b94d2f62e2\workbook.py", line 12, in <module>
import pdfplumber
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pdfplumber'

apathetichell · Answer

right click on alteryx --- click run as admin. put a python tool on canvas. uncomment the part about installing packages in the first cell --- add your tool.

hit run.

check for errors.

close alteryx in admin.

re-run other workflow

hurleyk · Answer

Yes -- below is the full script/command I am using within the python tool. It was previously set up by a different dev:

#################################
from ayx import Alteryx, Package
import os
import pandas as pd
import pdfplumber

# ─── Ensure required package is installed ────────────────────
Package.installPackages(['pdfplumber'])

# ─── Read incoming PDF paths ─────────────────────────────────
df_in = Alteryx.read("#1")
out_rows = []

for _, row in df_in.iterrows():
    pdf_path = row['PDF_Path']
    base, _ = os.path.splitext(pdf_path)
    txt_out = base + '.txt'

# If .txt already exists, skip
    if os.path.exists(txt_out):
        status = f"Skipped: TXT already exists → {txt_out}"
    else:
        try:
            with pdfplumber.open(pdf_path) as pdf:
                full_text = ""
                for page in pdf.pages:
                    text = page.extract_text()
                    if text:
                        full_text += text + "

"

# Write to TXT file
            with open(txt_out, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
                f.write(full_text.strip() or f"[No text extracted from {os.path.basename(pdf_path)}]")

status = f"Success: Created {txt_out}"
        except Exception as e:
            txt_out = ""
            status = f"Error: {e}"

out_rows.append({
        "PDF_Path": pdf_path,
        "Text_Path": txt_out,
        "Status": status
    })

# ─── Output results to Alteryx ───────────────────────────────
df_out = pd.DataFrame(out_rows)
Alteryx.write(df_out, 1)

abacon · Answer

@hurleyk Did you use the command within the python tool to install the modules?

#Package.installPackages(['pdfplumber'])

That error is saying it can't find the module, meaning where the python tool within alteryx is looking does not have the module.

Bacon