precache clip

README.md

@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ sdk_version: 5.38.0
 app_file: app.py
 pinned: false
 ---
-
-Check out the configuration reference at https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference

app.py

@@ -93,6 +93,23 @@ for model_type, files in MODEL_FILES.items():
             print(f"   Error with file {file}: {str(e)}")
             sys.stdout.flush()
 
+try:
+    print("\nPre-caching CLIP backbone (openai/clip-vit-large-patch14-336)…")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+
+    snapshot_download(
+        repo_id="openai/clip-vit-large-patch14-336",
+        cache_dir=CACHE_DIR,
+        local_dir_use_symlinks=False,  # make sure files are copied, not linked
+        resume_download=True,
+    )
+    print("CLIP checkpoint cached successfully!\n")
+except Exception as clip_err:
+    print(f"Warning: failed to pre-cache CLIP model – it will download at runtime. ({clip_err})\n")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
 print("\n" + "=" * 60)
 print("Model file preparation complete!")
 print("=" * 60)