Persistence?

app.py

@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ def load_user_data(id):
     if file_exists("ebrowne/test-data", "users/" + filename + ".json"):
         print("File exists, downloading data.")
         # If the ID exists, download the file from HuggingFace
-        hf_hub_download(repo_id="ebrowne/test-data", token = os.getenv("HF_TOKEN"), filename="users/" + filename + ".json")
+        path = hf_hub_download(repo_id="ebrowne/test-data", token = os.getenv("HF_TOKEN"), filename="users/" + filename + ".json")
         # Add their current status to user_data
+        with open(path, "r") as f:
+            user_data = json.load(f)
     else:
         # If the ID doesn't exist, create a format for the file and upload it to HuggingFace
+        print("File does not exist, creating user.")
         shuffle(qIDs)
         modes = []
         for i in range(len(qIDs)): 
@@ -61,25 +64,9 @@ def load_user_data(id):
         # Run the update method to upload the new JSON file to HuggingFace
         update_huggingface(id)
 
-# DELETE ONCE LOGIN IS IMPLEMENTED
-shuffle(qIDs)
-modes = []
-for i in range(len(qIDs)): 
-    temp = mode_options[:]
-    shuffle(temp)
-    modes.append(temp)
-print(modes)
-# This is the format for a user's file on HuggingFace
-user_data = {
-    "user_id": id, # original in email format, which was passed here
-    "order": qIDs, # randomized order for each user
-    "modes": modes, # randomized order for each user
-    "current": 0, # user starts on first question
-    "responses": [] # formatted as a list of current_responses
-}
-
 def update_huggingface(id):
     global user_data
+    print("Updating data...")
     filename = id.replace('@', '_AT_').replace('.', '_DOT_')
     # Create a local file that will be uploaded to HuggingFace
     with open(filename + ".json", "w") as f: