fix

Findingword.py

@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ finding_bp = Blueprint("findingword", __name__)
 
 # Directories for video, audio, and transcripts
 VIDEO_FOLDER = 'static/videos'
-AUDIO_FOLDER = 'static/audio'  # Ensure this folder exists
+AUDIO_FOLDER = 'static/audio'   # used only in local mode
 TRANSCRIPT_FOLDER = 'static/transcripts'
-os.makedirs(AUDIO_FOLDER, exist_ok=True)
 
 # --- OpenAI key handling (same as vocab builder) ---
 _OPENAI_API_KEY_FALLBACK = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY", "")
@@ -164,9 +163,16 @@ def generate_audio(word):
         # Return only the filename; /static/audio/<filename> will proxy from S3
         return filename
 
-    # ---- Local Google TTS path (lazy import; no GCP on HF) ----
-    os.makedirs(AUDIO_FOLDER, exist_ok=True)
-    audio_file_path = os.path.join(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
+    # ---- Local Google TTS path (lazy import; create dir here only) ----
+    audio_dir = AUDIO_FOLDER
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(audio_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    except Exception:
+        # Fallback if CWD is restricted
+        audio_dir = "/tmp/audio"
+        os.makedirs(audio_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    audio_file_path = os.path.join(audio_dir, filename)
 
     if not os.path.exists(audio_file_path):
         try:
@@ -249,8 +255,17 @@ def serve_audio(filename):
         except (BotoCoreError, ClientError, Exception) as e:
             return jsonify({"error": f"S3 fetch failed: {str(e)}"}), 404
 
-    # Local: serve file from disk as before
-    return send_from_directory(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
+    # Local: serve file from disk as before (with /tmp fallback)
+    local_path = os.path.join(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
+    if os.path.exists(local_path):
+        return send_from_directory(AUDIO_FOLDER, filename)
+
+    alt_dir = "/tmp/audio"
+    alt_path = os.path.join(alt_dir, filename)
+    if os.path.exists(alt_path):
+        return send_from_directory(alt_dir, filename)
+
+    return jsonify({"error": "File not found"}), 404
 
 
 # Run the Flask server (local dev): keep URLs unchanged by registering with empty prefix