Upload app.py

app.py

@@ -243,13 +243,11 @@ if os.path.exists(data_dir):
     found_files = [f for f in os.listdir(data_dir) if os.path.splitext(f)[1].lower() in valid_exts]
     print(f"DEBUG: Found {len(found_files)} images in {data_dir}")
     
-    # Use RELATIVE paths (data/file.jpg) to help Gradio's frontend URL resolution
-    # This often fixes issues where absolute paths (/app/data/...) fail in the browser
+    # Use RELATIVE paths (e.g. "data/image.jpg") which works best with Gradio's web server
     example_images = [[os.path.join("data", f)] for f in found_files]
     
-    # Limit to 5 examples
+    # Limit to 5 examples to prevent UI clutter if many files exist
     example_images = example_images[:5]
-    print(f"DEBUG: Example paths generated: {example_images}")
 else:
     print(f"DEBUG: Data directory not found at {data_dir}")
 
@@ -387,8 +385,7 @@ with gr.Blocks(title="Ultra OCR", theme=theme, css=custom_css) as demo:
     )
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Removed ssr_mode=False to match app.py behavior (which worked historically)
-    # Using relative path "." for allowed_paths to correspond with relative example paths
+    # Removed ssr_mode=False as it breaks some interactions on Spaces
     demo.launch(
-        allowed_paths=["."], 
+        allowed_paths=[os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))]
     )