app/utils/model_loader.py

import os
from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download

def download_model_from_hub(repo_id, filename):
    """Download model from Hugging Face Hub"""
    return hf_hub_download(
        repo_id=repo_id,
        filename=filename,
        token=os.getenv("HF_TOKEN")  # Optional: if models are private
    )

# Model paths
PARTS_MODEL_PATH = download_model_from_hub(
    "AItoolstack/car_damage_detection",
    "yolov8_models/parts/weights/weights/best.pt"
)