add conditional check for existing folders

combineImages.py

@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ def process_image(primary_filename, primary_folder, secondary_folder, output_fol
         secondary_path = os.path.join(secondary_folder, secondary_filename)
 
         # Load primary and secondary images and ignore if image cant be opened
-        try:
-            primary_image = Image.open(primary_path)
-            secondary_image = Image.open(secondary_path)
-        except:
-            print(f"Could not open image: {primary_path}, skipping...")
-            return
+
+        primary_image = Image.open(primary_path)
+        secondary_image = Image.open(secondary_path)
         source = Image.open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), OUTLINE_PATH))
 
         primary_image = primary_image.convert("RGBA")
@@ -93,7 +90,7 @@ def overlay_images(primary_folder, secondary_folder, output_folder):
     primary_filenames = os.listdir(primary_folder)
 
     # Use multiprocessing to process images in parallel
-    pool = Pool(processes=multiprocessing.cpu_count() - 2)
+    pool = Pool(processes=5)
     pool.starmap(
         process_image,
         [

main.py

@@ -240,8 +240,14 @@ def recap():
         start_date_range = "2023-01-01"
         end_date_range = "2023-12-31"
         tokenObj = request.form["tokenObj"]
-        print("> downloading images locally")
-        result = get_memories(tokenObj, start_date_range, end_date_range)
+
+        # check if a folder called 'primary' exists and 'secondary' exists
+
+        result = " "
+        if not os.path.exists("primary") or not os.path.exists("secondary"):
+            print("> downloading images locally")
+            result = get_memories(tokenObj, start_date_range, end_date_range)
+
         if result != "n/a":
             # Execute the Python functions
             create_images()  # process images and apply effects