after delete album artwork, set default in qgraphicsview

main.py

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from components import (
     CreatePlaylistWindow,
     ExportPlaylistWindow,
 )
+from utils.get_album_art import get_album_art
 
 # good help with signals slots in threads
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52993677/how-do-i-setup-signals-and-slots-in-pyqt-with-qthreads-in-both-directions
@@ -389,6 +390,10 @@ class ApplicationWindow(QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
             error(
                 f"delete_album_art_for_current_song() | Error processing this file:\t {file}\n{exctype}\n{value}\n{traceback.format_exc()}"
             )
+        # Load the default album artwork in the qgraphicsview
+        album_art_data = self.tableView.get_current_song_album_art()
+        album_art_data = get_album_art(None)
+        self.albumGraphicsView.load_album_art(album_art_data)
 
     def update_audio_visualization(self) -> None:
         """Handles upading points on the pyqtgraph visual"""

utils/get_album_art.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from mutagen.id3 import ID3
 from logging import debug, error
 
 
-def get_album_art(file: str) -> bytes:
+def get_album_art(file: str | None) -> bytes:
     """Get the album art for an audio file
     # Parameters
     `file` | str | Fully qualified path to file
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ def get_album_art(file: str) -> bytes:
     bytes for album art or placeholder artwork
     """
     default_image_path = "./assets/default_album_art.jpg"
-    try:
-        audio = ID3(file)
-        for tag in audio.getall("APIC"):
-            if tag.type == 3:  # 3 is the type for front cover
-                return tag.data
-        if audio.getall("APIC"):
-            return audio.getall("APIC")[0].data
-    except Exception as e:
-        error(f"Error retrieving album art: {e}")
+    if file:
+        try:
+            audio = ID3(file)
+            for tag in audio.getall("APIC"):
+                if tag.type == 3:  # 3 is the type for front cover
+                    return tag.data
+            if audio.getall("APIC"):
+                return audio.getall("APIC")[0].data
+        except Exception as e:
+            error(f"Error retrieving album art: {e}")
     with open(default_image_path, "rb") as f:
         debug("loading placeholder album art")
         return f.read()