Somewhat messy, but ready for production.

app.py

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 from flask import Flask, render_template, Response, request
-from main import get_auto_transcript, get_video_id, create_and_stream, output_stream, fake_stream, awaiter
+from main import get_auto_transcript, get_video_id, create_and_stream, log, output_stream, awaiter 
 from asyncio import sleep
 from datetime import datetime
-import threading
-import pytz
-import time
+import threading, pytz
 
 
   
@@ -16,44 +14,44 @@ def home():
 
 @app.route('/process_url', methods=['POST'])
 def process_url():
-    # Opens a file to log the video id and the assistants respone to see if I can further improve instructions:
-    #log = open("log.txt", "at", 1)
+    global thread
+    log(f"\n\n\n## New Entry at {datetime.now(pytz.timezone('America/New_York')).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')}\n\n")
     url = request.form['url']
-    if url == "test":
-        global thread
-        thread = threading.Thread(name="test_thread", target=fake_stream)
-        return Response("teehee", status=200)
-    
+    log(f"URL: {url}\n")
     # Extract the video ID from the URL
     video_id = get_video_id(url)  # Modify this function to accept the URL
     if not video_id:
+        log(f"Could not parse video id from URL: {url}")
         return "Couldn't parse video ID from URL. (Are you sure you entered a valid YouTube.com or YouTu.be URL?)"
+    log(f"Video ID: {video_id}\n\n")
     
     # Get the transcript for that video ID
     transcript = get_auto_transcript(video_id)
     if (not transcript):
+        log("## Error: could not retrieve transcript, Assistant won't be called.")
         return "Successfully parsed video ID from URL, however the ID was either invalid, the transcript was disabled by the video owner, or some other error was raised because of YouTube."
     
     thread = threading.Thread(name="create_stream", target=create_and_stream, args=(transcript,)) # The comma here is very intentional, it's so that it iterates it as a tuple rather than iterateing the string.
-    
-    return Response("Processing started. Check /stream_output for updates.", status=200)  # Add more detailed output if needed
+    log("Stream preperation complete, sending reply...\n\n")
+    return Response("Processing started. Check /stream_output for updates.", content_type='text/plain', status=200)  # Add more detailed output if needed
 
 @app.route('/stream_output')
 def stream_output():
     def yoink():
-        print("Starting stream thread.")
+        log("<details>\n<summary>Starting stream thread...</summary>\n\n")
         thread.start()
         # Start streaming output from output_stream
-        print("Starting to stream output...")
-        most_recent = ""
+        log("Starting to stream output.")
         while not output_stream.done:
             if output_stream.buffer != []:
                 delta = output_stream.buffer.pop(0)
                 yield bytes(delta, encoding="utf-8")
             else:
                 awaiter(sleep(0.05))
+        log(f"\nStream successfully completely.\n\n</details>\n\n---\n\n### Completed Assistant Response:\n{output_stream.response}\n\n---\n\n")
         output_stream.reset()
         thread.join()
+        log("\n### Task completed sucessfully without errors!")
         return 
     return Response(yoink(), content_type='text/plain', status=200)