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chatbot.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def answer_query_with_context(
         {"role": "system", "content": META_PROMPT},
         {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
         ]
-    response = get_response(messages)
+    response = get_response(message=prompt, system_message=META_PROMPT)
     
     # Append additional service-related information
     end_message = (

mistral_api.py

@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ def get_embedding(text: str, model: str=EMBEDDING_MODEL) -> list[float]:
 
 
 
-def get_response(message, history: list[tuple[str, str]], system_message, max_tokens=800, temperature=0) -> str:
+def get_response(message, history: list[tuple[str, str]]=[[]], system_message="You are a helpful assistant.", max_tokens=800, temperature=0) -> str:
     """Chat completion using HuggingFace's Inference API"""
     messages = [{"role":"system", "content":system_message}]
     
-    for val in history:
-        if val[0]:
-            messages.append({"role":"user", "content":val[0]})
-        if val[1]:
-            messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": val[1]})
+    if history:
+        for val in history:
+            if val[0]:
+                messages.append({"role":"user", "content":val[0]})
+            if val[1]:
+                messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": val[1]})
 
     messages.append({"role": "user", "content": message})