fixed+improved UI

app.py

@@ -6,26 +6,26 @@ from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 from PIL import Image
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
-# Load environment variables (.env file for local development)
+# Load environment variables from .env
 load_dotenv()
 
-# Get Qdrant Cloud credentials (set these in your .env or hosting platform)
+# Get Qdrant Cloud credentials (must be in .env or deployment secrets)
 QDRANT_URL = os.getenv("https://ff4da494-27b1-413c-ba58-d5ea14932fe1.europe-west3-0.gcp.cloud.qdrant.io:6333")
 QDRANT_API_KEY = os.getenv("eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhY2Nlc3MiOiJtIn0.jjeB1JgnUSlb1hOOKMdRpVvMrUER57-udT-X1AWXT1E")
 COLLECTION_NAME = "lost_and_found"
 
+# Check creds
+if not QDRANT_URL or not QDRANT_API_KEY:
+    raise RuntimeError(
+        "❌ Missing Qdrant Cloud credentials. Please set QDRANT_URL and QDRANT_API_KEY in your environment."
+    )
+
+# Initialize Qdrant client
+qclient = QdrantClient(url=QDRANT_URL, api_key=QDRANT_API_KEY)
+
 # Load sentence transformer model
 model = SentenceTransformer("clip-ViT-B-32")
 
-# Initialize Qdrant client (Cloud if creds exist, else local)
-if QDRANT_URL and QDRANT_API_KEY:
-    qclient = QdrantClient(
-        url=QDRANT_URL,
-        api_key=QDRANT_API_KEY,
-    )
-else:
-    qclient = QdrantClient("localhost", port=6333)
-
 # Create collection if it doesn’t exist
 if not qclient.collection_exists(COLLECTION_NAME):
     qclient.create_collection(
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def add_item(image, description):
     vector_desc = model.encode(description).tolist()
     vector_img = model.encode(Image.open(image)).tolist()
 
-    # Upload to Qdrant (store both)
+    # Upload to Qdrant (store both text & image vectors)
     qclient.upsert(
         collection_name=COLLECTION_NAME,
         points=[