remove image.open

app.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def process_image(pil_image):
     ---------
     image: path of the image to be processed
     """
-    inp = Image.open(pil_image)
+    inp = pil_image
     inp.load()
     img_exif = inp.getexif()
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def predict(pil_image, model=model, category_names=cat_to_name, topk=5):
 
         # Plot Functionality
 
-        image = Image.open(pil_image)
+        image = pil_image
         fig, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(ncols=2)
         ax1.imshow(image)
         ax1.axis("off")