removing chrome web driver

simplifying my function by removing the chrome web driver to eliminate the need for extra configuration of Dockerfile

app.py

@@ -1,60 +1,58 @@
-from smolagents import CodeAgent,DuckDuckGoSearchTool, HfApiModel,load_tool,tool
+from smolagents import CodeAgent, DuckDuckGoSearchTool, HfApiModel, load_tool, tool
 import datetime
 import requests
 import pytz
 import yaml
 from tools.final_answer import FinalAnswerTool
-
 from Gradio_UI import GradioUI
 
 from selenium import webdriver
-from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
-from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
 from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
+from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
+from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
 
 @tool
 def get_zh_top_news() -> tuple[str, str]:
     """A tool that retrieves the current top news article's title and URL from www.zerohedge.com.
-
+    
     Returns:
         tuple[str, str]: A tuple containing the article title (str) and its URL (str).
     
     Raises:
         Exception: If the page fails to load or the expected element is not found.
     """
-    # Set up Chrome options for headless browsing (optional, improves performance)
+    # Set up Chrome options for headless browsing
     chrome_options = Options()
     chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")  # Run without opening a browser window
-    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # Disable GPU acceleration in headless mode
+    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # Disable GPU for headless mode
+    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")  # Required for containerized environments
+    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")  # Avoid memory issues in containers
 
-    # Initialize the Selenium WebDriver (assumes chromedriver is in PATH or specify path via Service)
-    driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=chrome_options)
+    # Use webdriver-manager to automatically manage ChromeDriver
+    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(ChromeDriverManager().install()), options=chrome_options)
 
     try:
         # Navigate to ZeroHedge homepage
         driver.get("https://www.zerohedge.com")
 
         # Find the top article element using a CSS selector
-        # Based on ZeroHedge's structure, the top headline is typically the first prominent article
         top_article = driver.find_element(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "article .ArticleTeaser_titleLink__mK4rX")
 
-        # Extract the title from the text content of the link
+        # Extract the title and URL
         article_title = top_article.text.strip()
-
-        # Extract the URL from the href attribute
         article_link = top_article.get_attribute("href")
 
-        # Ensure the link is absolute (ZeroHedge uses relative URLs)
+        # Ensure the link is absolute
         if not article_link.startswith("http"):
             article_link = f"https://www.zerohedge.com{article_link}"
 
         return article_title, article_link
 
     except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error retrieving top headline: {e}")
         return "Error: Headline not found", "https://www.zerohedge.com"
 
     finally:
-        # Always close the browser session to free resources
         driver.quit()
 
 @tool
@@ -64,37 +62,29 @@ def get_current_time_in_timezone(timezone: str) -> str:
         timezone: A string representing a valid timezone (e.g., 'America/New_York').
     """
     try:
-        # Create timezone object
         tz = pytz.timezone(timezone)
-        # Get current time in that timezone
         local_time = datetime.datetime.now(tz).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
         return f"The current local time in {timezone} is: {local_time}"
     except Exception as e:
         return f"Error fetching time for timezone '{timezone}': {str(e)}"
 
-
 final_answer = FinalAnswerTool()
 
-# If the agent does not answer, the model is overloaded, please use another model or the following Hugging Face Endpoint that also contains qwen2.5 coder:
-# model_id='https://pflgm2locj2t89co.us-east-1.aws.endpoints.huggingface.cloud' 
-
 model = HfApiModel(
-max_tokens=2096,
-temperature=0.5,
-model_id='Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct',# it is possible that this model may be overloaded
-custom_role_conversions=None,
+    max_tokens=2096,
+    temperature=0.5,
+    model_id='Qwen/Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct',
+    custom_role_conversions=None,
 )
 
-
-# Import tool from Hub
 image_generation_tool = load_tool("agents-course/text-to-image", trust_remote_code=True)
 
 with open("prompts.yaml", 'r') as stream:
     prompt_templates = yaml.safe_load(stream)
-    
+
 agent = CodeAgent(
     model=model,
-    tools=[get_zh_top_news,get_current_time_in_timezone,final_answer], ## add your tools here (don't remove final answer)
+    tools=[get_zh_top_news, get_current_time_in_timezone, final_answer],
     max_steps=6,
     verbosity_level=1,
     grammar=None,
@@ -104,5 +94,4 @@ agent = CodeAgent(
     prompt_templates=prompt_templates
 )
 
-
 GradioUI(agent).launch()