Update src/streamlit_app.py

src/streamlit_app.py

@@ -539,14 +539,21 @@ if not st.session_state.is_processing_batch and len(st.session_state.batch_resul
                         st.warning(f"PDF {uploaded_file.name} has no pages.")
                         continue
                 except Exception as e:
-                    st.warning(f"Could not render PDF {uploaded_file.name}. Ensure 'pdf2image' and poppler are installed.")
-                    continue
-            else:
-                try:
-                    image = Image.open(BytesIO(uploaded_bytes)).convert("RGB")
-                except Exception as e:
-                    st.warning(f"Failed to open {uploaded_file.name}.")
-                    continue
+                    # log the real error (helps debug in Spaces logs)
+                    st.warning(f"Could not render PDF {uploaded_file.name}. pdf2image/poppler may be missing. Error: {e}")
+
+                    # Fallback: try PyMuPDF (pymupdf) which doesn't require poppler
+                    try:
+                        import fitz  # pymupdf
+                        doc = fitz.open(stream=uploaded_bytes, filetype="pdf")
+                        page = doc.load_page(0)
+                        pix = page.get_pixmap(dpi=200)
+                        from PIL import Image
+                        image = Image.frombytes("RGB", [pix.width, pix.height], pix.samples)
+                    except Exception as e2:
+                        st.warning(f"Fallback rendering (PyMuPDF) also failed for {uploaded_file.name}: {e2}")
+                        continue
+
 
             if image is None:
                 continue