From 8d780003276c6836ab59b384fd1ca0551cce4f8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivor Wanders <ivor@iwanders.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:47:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Restructure, make it work if ollama is down.

---
 nodes/ollama_generate_string.py | 17 ++++++++-----
 web/ollama_generate_string.js   | 45 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nodes/ollama_generate_string.py b/nodes/ollama_generate_string.py
index 27267fc..73c56e8 100644
--- a/nodes/ollama_generate_string.py
+++ b/nodes/ollama_generate_string.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import aiohttp
 
 OLLAMA_HOST = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_HOST", "127.0.0.1:11434")
 
+
 class OllamaGenerateString :
     def __init__(self): 
         pass
@@ -42,11 +43,15 @@ class OllamaGenerateString :
 
 @PromptServer.instance.routes.get("/iw/api/ollama/models")
 async def retrieve_models(request):
-    print("/iw/api/ollama/models") 
-    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
-        async with session.get(f'http://{OLLAMA_HOST}/api/tags') as response:
-            body = await response.json()
-            model_simple = [v["model"] for v in body["models"]]
-            return web.json_response({"status": "success", "models": model_simple}, status=200)
+    print("/iw/api/ollama/models")
+    try:
+        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
+            async with session.get(f'http://{OLLAMA_HOST}/api/tags') as response:
+                body = await response.json()
+                model_simple = [v["model"] for v in body["models"]]
+                return web.json_response({"status": "success", "models": model_simple}, status=200)
+    except aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientConnectorError as e:
+        return web.json_response({"status": "success", "models": ["ollama is down"]}, status=200)
+        
 
     return web.json_response({"status": "fail"}, status=500)
diff --git a/web/ollama_generate_string.js b/web/ollama_generate_string.js
index 62ed9ec..1e311a3 100644
--- a/web/ollama_generate_string.js
+++ b/web/ollama_generate_string.js
@@ -5,45 +5,52 @@ import { ComfyWidgets } from "../../scripts/widgets.js";
 app.registerExtension({
   name: "iw.ollama.generate",
 
+  async setup(app) {
+    const resp = await api.fetchApi('/iw/api/ollama/models', { });
+
+    if (resp.status !== 200) {
+      const err = `Error uploading temp file: ${resp.status} - ${resp.statusText}`
+      useToastStore().addAlert(err)
+      throw new Error(err)
+    }
+    const result_in_json = await resp.json();
+    const model_list = result_in_json.models; 
+
+    app._iw_ollama_generate_string = {
+      "model_list": model_list
+    };
+
+  },
+
   async beforeRegisterNodeDef(nodeType, nodeData, app) {
-    let find_widget = (node, name) => node.widgets.find((w) => w.name === name);
-
-
+    let find_widget = (node, name) => node.widgets.find((w) => w.name === name); 
+    let extension = this;
 
     if (nodeData.name === "IW_OllamaGenerateString") {
 
 
-      const resp = await api.fetchApi('/iw/api/ollama/models', { });
-
-      if (resp.status !== 200) {
-        const err = `Error uploading temp file: ${resp.status} - ${resp.statusText}`
-        useToastStore().addAlert(err)
-        throw new Error(err)
-      }
-      const result_in_json = await resp.json();
-      const model_list = result_in_json.models;
-      console.log("model list:", model_list)
-
       console.log("Something ollama thing");
 
       nodeType.prototype.initState = function () {
         console.log("hello");
       };
-      nodeType.prototype.initWidgets = function (app) { 
-        this.setupWidgets(model_list);  
+      nodeType.prototype.initWidgets = function (app) {  
+        this.setupWidgets(app._iw_ollama_generate_string.model_list);  
       };
 
-      nodeType.prototype.setupWidgets = function (app, models) {
+      nodeType.prototype.setupWidgets = function (model_list) {  
+        let default_model = model_list[0];
+
         this.addWidget(
           "combo",
           "model",
-          model_list[0],
+          default_model,
           (value) => {
             this.tool = value;
           },
           {
             values: model_list,
-            default: model_list[0],
+            default: default_model,
           }
         );