download_model.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Download BERT-tiny model upfront to Model folder."""
from pathlib import Path
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModel

MODEL_NAME = "prajjwal1/bert-tiny"
MODELS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "Model"
MODEL_PATH = MODELS_DIR / "bert-tiny"

def download_model():
    """Download and save the BERT-tiny model."""
    print(f"Downloading model: {MODEL_NAME}")
    print(f"Target directory: {MODEL_PATH}")
    
    # Create Model directory
    MODELS_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    
    if MODEL_PATH.exists():
        print(f"Model already exists at {MODEL_PATH}")
        print("Skipping download.")
        return
    
    try:
        print("Downloading tokenizer...")
        tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(MODEL_NAME)
        
        print("Downloading model...")
        model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(MODEL_NAME)
        
        print(f"Saving model to {MODEL_PATH}...")
        tokenizer.save_pretrained(str(MODEL_PATH))
        model.save_pretrained(str(MODEL_PATH))
        
        print("✅ Model downloaded and saved successfully!")
        print(f"Location: {MODEL_PATH}")
        
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"❌ Error downloading model: {e}")
        raise

if __name__ == "__main__":
    download_model()