Update app.py

app.py

@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ def get_api_response(api_key, user_message, user_image):
             })
         
         if user_image:
-            # Open the uploaded image
-            img = Image.open(user_image)
-            base64_img = encode_image(img)
+            # Open the uploaded image (already a PIL Image)
+            base64_img = encode_image(user_image)
             messages.append({
                 "type": "image_url",
                 "image_url": {"url": f"data:image/png;base64,{base64_img}"}
@@ -80,7 +79,10 @@ def chatbot_response(api_key, user_message, user_image, history):
     """
     # Append the user's message to the history
     if user_message or user_image:
-        history.append(("User", user_message, user_image))
+        if user_image:
+            history.append(("User", user_message, user_image))
+        else:
+            history.append(("User", user_message, None))
     
     # Get the API response
     api_result = get_api_response(api_key, user_message, user_image)
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ with gr.Blocks() as demo:
             interactive=True
         )
     
-    chatbot = gr.Chatbot(label="💬 Chatbot")  # `.style()` method removed
+    chatbot = gr.Chatbot(label="💬 Chatbot")  # Removed `.style()` method
     
     with gr.Row():
         with gr.Column(scale=4):
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ with gr.Blocks() as demo:
         with gr.Column(scale=1):
             user_image = gr.Image(
                 label="Upload Image",
-                type="file",
+                type="pil",  # Changed from 'file' to 'pil'
                 # Removed the 'tool' parameter
                 interactive=True
             )