path handling

application/app.py

@@ -147,18 +147,19 @@ def check_docs():
     data = request.get_json()
     vectorstore = "vectors/" + data["docs"]
     base_path = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arc53/DocsHUB/main/'
-    #
+    if os.path.exists(vectorstore) or data["docs"] == "default":
-    if os.path.exists(vectorstore):
         return {"status": 'exists'}
     else:
         r = requests.get(base_path + vectorstore + "index.faiss")
-        # save to vectors directory
+
-        # check if the directory exists
+        if r.status_code != 200:
+            return {"status": 'null'}
+        else:
             if not os.path.exists(vectorstore):
                 os.makedirs(vectorstore)
-
             with open(vectorstore + "index.faiss", "wb") as f:
                 f.write(r.content)
+
             # download the store
             r = requests.get(base_path + vectorstore + "index.pkl")
             with open(vectorstore + "index.pkl", "wb") as f: