should work this time

components/generators/daily_feed.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import json
 import requests
+from requests.exceptions import RequestException
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")))
 
@@ -35,36 +36,43 @@ def build_prompt(content: str, topic: str) -> str:
     )
 
 # 🧠 Send prompt to Mistral
-def call_mistral(prompt: str) -> str:
-    if not prompt or len(prompt.strip()) < 10:
-        print(f"⚠️ Skipping empty or invalid prompt:\n{prompt}\n")
-        return None
-
-    headers = {
-        "Authorization": f"Bearer {HF_TOKEN}",
-        "Content-Type": "application/json"
-    }
+HEADERS = {
+    "Authorization": f"Bearer {HF_TOKEN}",
+    "Content-Type": "application/json"
+}
+
+def call_mistral(prompt: str, max_new_tokens: int = 128, temperature: float = 0.7) -> str:
+    """
+    Call Hugging Face Inference Endpoint hosting Mistral-7B.
+    Returns the generated summary, or empty string on failure.
+    """
     payload = {
-        "inputs": prompt
+        "inputs": prompt,
+        "parameters": {
+            "max_new_tokens": max_new_tokens,
+            "temperature": temperature
+        }
     }
 
     try:
-        response = requests.post(MISTRAL_URL, headers=headers, json=payload, timeout=20)
+        response = requests.post(MISTRAL_URL, headers=HEADERS, json=payload, timeout=60)
         response.raise_for_status()
-        result = response.json()
-        # HF sometimes returns raw string, sometimes list/dict
-        if isinstance(result, dict) and "generated_text" in result:
-            return result["generated_text"].strip()
-        elif isinstance(result, list) and "generated_text" in result[0]:
-            return result[0]["generated_text"].strip()
-        elif "outputs" in result:
-            return result["outputs"][0]["content"].strip()
-        else:
-            print(f"⚠️ Unexpected response format: {result}")
-            return None
+        data = response.json()
+
+        # Handle both list and dict output formats
+        if isinstance(data, list) and data:
+            return data[0].get("generated_text", "").strip()
+        if isinstance(data, dict) and "generated_text" in data:
+            return data["generated_text"].strip()
+
+    except RequestException as e:
+        print("❌ Mistral HF request failed:", str(e))
+        if e.response is not None:
+            print("↪️ Response:", e.response.text[:300])
     except Exception as e:
-        print(f"⚠️ Mistral error: {e}")
-        return None
+        print("❌ Unexpected error:", str(e))
+
+    return ""
 
 
 # ✂️ Generate summaries per topic