import tempfile from functools import lru_cache from pathlib import Path from docling_serve.settings import docling_serve_settings @lru_cache def get_scratch() -> Path: scratch_dir = ( docling_serve_settings.scratch_path if docling_serve_settings.scratch_path is not None else Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="docling_")) ) scratch_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True) return scratch_dir