From 3f2025dc6e0efabf1b3c382599a5790a24b81d1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Jaeryang Baek <tim@openwebui.com>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 21:55:09 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] enh: always process file with external document loader

---
 backend/open_webui/routers/files.py | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/files.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/files.py
index 1acecad08..ab3b35cc6 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/files.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/files.py
@@ -154,14 +154,11 @@ def upload_file(
                             ProcessFileForm(file_id=id, content=result.get("text", "")),
                             user=user,
                         )
-                    elif file.content_type not in [
-                        "image/png",
-                        "image/jpeg",
-                        "image/gif",
-                        "video/mp4",
-                        "video/ogg",
-                        "video/quicktime",
-                    ]:
+                    elif (
+                        not file.content_type.startswith(("image/", "video/"))
+                        or request.app.state.config.CONTENT_EXTRACTION_ENGINE
+                        == "external"
+                    ):
                         process_file(request, ProcessFileForm(file_id=id), user=user)
                 else:
                     log.info(