backend/src/constants.py

import os

# Is server running in a Hugging Face Space?
IS_SPACE = os.getenv("SYSTEM") == "spaces"

# Database path
DATABASE_PATH = os.getenv("DATABASE_DIR", "tmp_data")
os.makedirs(DATABASE_PATH, exist_ok=True)
DATABASE_FILE = os.path.join(DATABASE_PATH, "database.db")
DATABASE_URL = f"sqlite:///{DATABASE_FILE}"

# Is frontend served by the server?
# In practice: is it running in a production environment?
FRONTEND_PATH = os.getenv("FRONTEND_PATH")
SERVE_FRONTEND = os.getenv("FRONTEND_PATH") is not None
FRONTEND_ASSETS_PATH = os.path.join(FRONTEND_PATH, "assets") if SERVE_FRONTEND else None
FRONTEND_INDEX_PATH = (
    os.path.join(FRONTEND_PATH, "index.html") if SERVE_FRONTEND else None
)


if SERVE_FRONTEND and (
    not os.path.exists(FRONTEND_PATH)
    or not os.path.exists(FRONTEND_ASSETS_PATH)
    or not os.path.exists(FRONTEND_INDEX_PATH)
):
    raise FileNotFoundError(
        f"FRONTEND_PATH {FRONTEND_PATH} has not been built correctly. Please build the frontend first by running `pnpm build` from the 'frontend/' directory."
        " If you want to run the server in development mode, run `make dev` from the 'backend/' directory and `pnpm dev` from the 'frontend/' directory."
    )