Update app.py

app.py

@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ def chat_short_story(length, genre, theme, tone, writing_style):
     )
 
     # Retrieve the Hugging Face API key from the environment
-    HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY = os.getenv("HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY")
+    HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY = os.getenv("HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY").strip()
     if not HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY:
         return "Error: Hugging Face API key not found. Please set the HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY environment variable."
 
     # Initialize the Hugging Face Inference Client
     try:
-        client = InferenceClient(api_key=HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY).strip()
+        client = InferenceClient(api_key=HUGGINGFACE_API_KEY)
     except Exception as e:
         return f"Error: Failed to initialize Hugging Face client. Details: {e}"