API: write under /data; Dockerfile precreates /data/uploads and /data/outputs with perms

Dockerfile

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ COPY requirements.txt ./
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY . .
 
+# Ensure writable dirs for API
+RUN mkdir -p /data/uploads /data/outputs && chmod -R 777 /data
+
 # Expose HF Spaces default port
 EXPOSE 7860
 

api/main.py

@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ from PIL import Image
 
 from src.core import process_inpaint
 
-# Directories
-ROOT = os.getcwd()
-UPLOAD_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT, "uploads")
-OUTPUT_DIR = os.path.join(ROOT, "outputs")
+# Directories (use writable space on HF Spaces)
+BASE_DIR = os.environ.get("DATA_DIR", "/data")
+if not os.path.isdir(BASE_DIR):
+    # Fallback to /tmp if /data not available
+    BASE_DIR = "/tmp"
+
+UPLOAD_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "uploads")
+OUTPUT_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "outputs")
 
 os.makedirs(UPLOAD_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR, exist_ok=True)