chore: Always use file loader as default loader (#279)

.changeset/chilled-mangos-cheat.md

+---
+"create-llama": patch
+---
+
+Ensure the generation script always works

helpers/datasources.ts

@@ -36,74 +36,66 @@ export async function writeLoadersConfig(
   dataSources: TemplateDataSource[],
   useLlamaParse?: boolean,
 ) {
-  if (dataSources.length === 0) return; // no datasources, no config needed
-  const loaderConfig = new Document({});
-  // Web loader config
-  if (dataSources.some((ds) => ds.type === "web")) {
-    const webLoaderConfig = new Document({});
-
-    // Create config for browser driver arguments
-    const driverArgNodeValue = webLoaderConfig.createNode([
-      "--no-sandbox",
-      "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
-    ]);
-    driverArgNodeValue.commentBefore =
-      " The arguments to pass to the webdriver. E.g.: add --headless to run in headless mode";
-    webLoaderConfig.set("driver_arguments", driverArgNodeValue);
-
-    // Create config for urls
-    const urlConfigs = dataSources
-      .filter((ds) => ds.type === "web")
-      .map((ds) => {
-        const dsConfig = ds.config as WebSourceConfig;
-        return {
-          base_url: dsConfig.baseUrl,
-          prefix: dsConfig.prefix,
-          depth: dsConfig.depth,
-        };
-      });
-    const urlConfigNode = webLoaderConfig.createNode(urlConfigs);
-    urlConfigNode.commentBefore = ` base_url: The URL to start crawling with
- prefix: Only crawl URLs matching the specified prefix
- depth: The maximum depth for BFS traversal
- You can add more websites by adding more entries (don't forget the - prefix from YAML)`;
-    webLoaderConfig.set("urls", urlConfigNode);
+  const loaderConfig: Record<string, any> = {};
 
-    // Add web config to the loaders config
-    loaderConfig.set("web", webLoaderConfig);
-  }
+  // Always set file loader config
+  loaderConfig.file = createFileLoaderConfig(useLlamaParse);
 
-  // File loader config
-  if (dataSources.some((ds) => ds.type === "file")) {
-    // Add documentation to web loader config
-    const node = loaderConfig.createNode({
-      use_llama_parse: useLlamaParse,
-    });
-    node.commentBefore = ` use_llama_parse: Use LlamaParse if \`true\`. Needs a \`LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY\` from https://cloud.llamaindex.ai set as environment variable`;
-    loaderConfig.set("file", node);
+  if (dataSources.some((ds) => ds.type === "web")) {
+    loaderConfig.web = createWebLoaderConfig(dataSources);
   }
 
-  // DB loader config
   const dbLoaders = dataSources.filter((ds) => ds.type === "db");
   if (dbLoaders.length > 0) {
-    const dbLoaderConfig = new Document({});
-    const configEntries = dbLoaders.map((ds) => {
-      const dsConfig = ds.config as DbSourceConfig;
-      return {
-        uri: dsConfig.uri,
-        queries: [dsConfig.queries],
-      };
-    });
-
-    const node = dbLoaderConfig.createNode(configEntries);
-    node.commentBefore = ` The configuration for the database loader, only supports MySQL and PostgreSQL databases for now.
- uri: The URI for the database. E.g.: mysql+pymysql://user:password@localhost:3306/db or postgresql+psycopg2://user:password@localhost:5432/db
- query: The query to fetch data from the database. E.g.: SELECT * FROM table`;
-    loaderConfig.set("db", node);
+    loaderConfig.db = createDbLoaderConfig(dbLoaders);
   }
 
+  // Create a new Document with the loaderConfig
+  const yamlDoc = new Document(loaderConfig);
+
   // Write loaders config
   const loaderConfigPath = path.join(root, "config", "loaders.yaml");
   await fs.mkdir(path.join(root, "config"), { recursive: true });
-  await fs.writeFile(loaderConfigPath, yaml.stringify(loaderConfig));
+  await fs.writeFile(loaderConfigPath, yaml.stringify(yamlDoc));
+}
+
+function createWebLoaderConfig(dataSources: TemplateDataSource[]): any {
+  const webLoaderConfig: Record<string, any> = {};
+
+  // Create config for browser driver arguments
+  webLoaderConfig.driver_arguments = [
+    "--no-sandbox",
+    "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
+  ];
+
+  // Create config for urls
+  const urlConfigs = dataSources
+    .filter((ds) => ds.type === "web")
+    .map((ds) => {
+      const dsConfig = ds.config as WebSourceConfig;
+      return {
+        base_url: dsConfig.baseUrl,
+        prefix: dsConfig.prefix,
+        depth: dsConfig.depth,
+      };
+    });
+  webLoaderConfig.urls = urlConfigs;
+
+  return webLoaderConfig;
+}
+
+function createFileLoaderConfig(useLlamaParse?: boolean): any {
+  return {
+    use_llama_parse: useLlamaParse,
+  };
+}
+
+function createDbLoaderConfig(dbLoaders: TemplateDataSource[]): any {
+  return dbLoaders.map((ds) => {
+    const dsConfig = ds.config as DbSourceConfig;
+    return {
+      uri: dsConfig.uri,
+      queries: [dsConfig.queries],
+    };
+  });
 }

helpers/index.ts

@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ async function generateContextData(
   }
 }
 
-const copyContextData = async (
+const prepareContextData = async (
   root: string,
   dataSources: TemplateDataSource[],
 ) => {
+  await makeDir(path.join(root, "data"));
   for (const dataSource of dataSources) {
     const dataSourceConfig = dataSource?.config as FileSourceConfig;
     // Copy local data
@@ -174,25 +175,25 @@ export const installTemplate = async (
       await createBackendEnvFile(props.root, props);
     }
 
-    if (props.dataSources.length > 0) {
+    await prepareContextData(
+      props.root,
+      props.dataSources.filter((ds) => ds.type === "file"),
+    );
+
+    if (
+      props.dataSources.length > 0 &&
+      (props.postInstallAction === "runApp" ||
+        props.postInstallAction === "dependencies")
+    ) {
       console.log("\nGenerating context data...\n");
-      await copyContextData(
-        props.root,
-        props.dataSources.filter((ds) => ds.type === "file"),
+      await generateContextData(
+        props.framework,
+        props.modelConfig,
+        props.packageManager,
+        props.vectorDb,
+        props.llamaCloudKey,
+        props.useLlamaParse,
       );
-      if (
-        props.postInstallAction === "runApp" ||
-        props.postInstallAction === "dependencies"
-      ) {
-        await generateContextData(
-          props.framework,
-          props.modelConfig,
-          props.packageManager,
-          props.vectorDb,
-          props.llamaCloudKey,
-          props.useLlamaParse,
-        );
-      }
     }
 
     // Create outputs directory

questions.ts

@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ export const askQuestions = async (
               type: "db",
               config: await prompts(dbPrompts, questionHandlers),
             });
+            break;
           }
           case "llamacloud": {
             program.dataSources.push({