Update InitialMarkups.py

InitialMarkups.py

@@ -37,13 +37,18 @@ def filteredJsons(pdf_path,filteredjsonsfromrawan):
         
 
 def changepdflinks(data_list_JSON, pdflink):
-    print('henaaaa weee')
+    print('henaaaa weee',data_list_JSON)
     
-    # If the input is a JSON string, convert it to a Python list
     if isinstance(data_list_JSON, str):
-        data_list_JSON = json.loads(data_list_JSON)
+        if data_list_JSON.strip().startswith('['):
+            try:
+                data_list_JSON = json.loads(data_list_JSON)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                raise ValueError(f"Invalid JSON string passed: {data_list_JSON[:200]}")
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Expected JSON string but got something else: {data_list_JSON[:200]}")
     elif not isinstance(data_list_JSON, list):
-        raise ValueError("Input must be a JSON string or a Python list")
+        raise ValueError(f"Input must be JSON string or list, got {type(data_list_JSON)}")
 
     # Loop through all entries and update their NBSLink
     for entry in data_list_JSON: