Update app.py

app.py

@@ -175,9 +175,30 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Vertical AI: Agriculture • Homesteading • Off-Grid •
             docs = []
             if files:
                 for f in files:
-                    content = f.read().decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
-                    docs.append((f.name, content))
-            return add_docs(namespace, docs)
+                    try:
+                        # Try reading as text directly
+                        if hasattr(f, "name"):
+                            name = os.path.basename(f.name)
+                        else:
+                            name = "uploaded.txt"
+                
+                       # Open file path safely
+                       if hasattr(f, "read"):
+                           content = f.read()
+                           if isinstance(content, bytes):
+                               content = content.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+                       elif hasattr(f, "decode"):
+                           content = f.decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+                       else:
+                           with open(f, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as fh:
+                               content = fh.read()
+                
+                       docs.append((name, content))
+                   except Exception as e:
+                       return f"Error reading {f}: {e}"
+    if not docs:
+        return "No files processed."
+    return add_docs(namespace, docs)
         add_btn.click(add_action, [ns2, up], [add_out])
 
         q2 = gr.Textbox(label="Question", lines=3)