save file to template location so server can download

app.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import zipfile
 import io
 import os
 import tempfile
-from datetime import datetime  # Import to get current date
+from datetime import datetime
 
 # Helper function to find color areas
 def find_color_areas(page, target_color, tolerance=30):
@@ -143,13 +143,16 @@ def process_pdf_files(input_pdfs, selected_color_comment_indices, tolerance, cus
     # Generate the current date string
     current_date = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 
-    # Create a temporary file with a custom name including the date
-    temp_filename = f"CoordinationPDFS_{current_date}.zip"
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=".zip", prefix="CoordinationPDFS_", dir=".") as tmp_file:
+    # Create an output directory if it doesn't exist
+    output_dir = "./output"
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    # Create a temporary file in the output directory with a custom name including the date
+    temp_filename = os.path.join(output_dir, f"CoordinationPDFS_{current_date}.zip")
+    with open(temp_filename, 'wb') as tmp_file:
         tmp_file.write(zip_in_memory.read())
-        temp_file_name = tmp_file.name  # Store the temp file name
-    
-    return temp_file_name  # Return the path to the temp file
+
+    return temp_filename  # Return the path to the temp file
 
 # Define the Gradio interface
 interface = gr.Interface(