Update app.py

app.py

@@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ def predict(req: PredictRequest):
         
         # 1. Handle URL Input
         if req.image_url:
-            response = requests.get(req.image_url, stream=True)
+            # The fake ID card so Wikipedia lets our AI download the image
+            headers = {"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)"}
+            response = requests.get(req.image_url, stream=True, headers=headers)
+            
             if response.status_code != 200:
-                raise Exception("Could not download image from URL.")
+                raise Exception(f"Could not download image. Server returned: {response.status_code}")
+                
             img = Image.open(response.raw).convert("RGB")
             
         # 2. Handle Base64 Input