moving data = pd.read_csv("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hQSsIg1Y9WdBF_CdNM1L1rUUREoxKqRTe3_ILo-WK8w/export?format=csv&gid=0") outside

app.py

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ api = HfApi()
 """"""
 #csv_file = 'data.csv'
 global_df = pd.DataFrame()
+data = pd.read_csv("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hQSsIg1Y9WdBF_CdNM1L1rUUREoxKqRTe3_ILo-WK8w/export?format=csv&gid=0")
 
 @bot.event
 async def on_ready():
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ async def on_ready():
     # testing sheet -> read -> paste sheet
 
     """import data from google sheets -> HF Space .csv (doesn't make API call this way, as it's read-only)""" 
-    data = pd.read_csv("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hQSsIg1Y9WdBF_CdNM1L1rUUREoxKqRTe3_ILo-WK8w/export?format=csv&gid=0")
+
     data['discord_user_id'] = data['discord_user_id'].astype(str)
     global_df = data
     print(f"csv successfully retrieved: {global_df}")
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ async def xp_help(ctx):
 
 """"""
 def get_data():
-    first_3_columns = global_df.iloc[:, 1:4]
+    first_3_columns = data.iloc[:, 1:4]
     first_3_columns.to_csv('first_3_columns.csv', index=False)
     return first_3_columns
 
@@ -335,10 +336,10 @@ def get_data():
 
 demo = gr.Blocks()
 with demo:
-    column_values_unique = sorted(global_df.iloc[:, 3].unique())
+    column_values_unique = sorted(data.iloc[:, 3].unique())
     dataframe2 = pd.DataFrame({'Levels': column_values_unique})
     counts = {}
-    for value in global_df.iloc[:, 3]:
+    for value in data.iloc[:, 3]:
         counts[value] = counts.get(value, 0) + 1
     dataframe2['Members'] = dataframe2['Levels'].map(counts)