moved generate_uuid into the utils module and changed the import statements

app.py

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ from innovation_pathfinder_ai.source_container.container import (
 from innovation_pathfinder_ai.utils.utils import extract_urls
 from innovation_pathfinder_ai.utils import logger
 
+from innovation_pathfinder_ai.utils.utils import (
+    generate_uuid    
+)
+
 logger = logger.get_console_logger("app")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

innovation_pathfinder_ai/utils/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import hashlib
 import datetime
 import os
+import uuid
 
 from innovation_pathfinder_ai.utils import logger
 
@@ -182,4 +183,13 @@ def create_folder_if_not_exists(folder_path: str) -> None:
         os.makedirs(folder_path)
         print(f"Folder '{folder_path}' created.")
     else:
-        print(f"Folder '{folder_path}' already exists.")
+        print(f"Folder '{folder_path}' already exists.")
+        
+def generate_uuid() -> str:
+    """
+    Generate a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) and return it as a string.
+
+    Returns:
+        str: A UUID string.
+    """
+    return str(uuid.uuid4())        

innovation_pathfinder_ai/vector_store/chroma_vector_store.py

@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ from langchain_community.vectorstores import Chroma
 from langchain_community.embeddings.sentence_transformer import (
     SentenceTransformerEmbeddings,
 )
+from innovation_pathfinder_ai.utils.utils import (
+    generate_uuid    
+)
 
-import uuid
 import dotenv
 import os
 
@@ -31,14 +33,7 @@ dotenv.load_dotenv()
 
 VECTOR_DATABASE_LOCATION = os.getenv("VECTOR_DATABASE_LOCATION")
 
-def generate_uuid() -> str:
-    """
-    Generate a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) and return it as a string.
 
-    Returns:
-        str: A UUID string.
-    """
-    return str(uuid.uuid4())
 
 def read_markdown_file(file_path: str) -> str:
     """