From 9687ec2c1a2abf481196c95979eea39a004b469c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taranjeet Singh <reachtotj@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 00:38:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: init metadata as empty (#348)

---
 embedchain/embedchain.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/embedchain/embedchain.py b/embedchain/embedchain.py
index 6de981a5..71c9575b 100644
--- a/embedchain/embedchain.py
+++ b/embedchain/embedchain.py
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ class EmbedChain:
         if self.config.id is not None:
             metadatas = [{**m, "app_id": self.config.id} for m in metadatas]
 
+        # FIXME: Fix the error handling logic when metadatas or metadata is None
+        metadatas = metadatas if metadatas else []
+        metadata = metadata if metadata else {}
         chunks_before_addition = self.count()
 
         # Add metadata to each document