#### 6. **Handling Errors**
#- If the chat application cannot connect to the model server, check the following:
 # - Is the model server running?
 # - Is the `MODEL_ENDPOINT` URL correct?
 # - Are there any firewall or network restrictions blocking the connection?
#  - Are the ports correctly mapped (if using Docker)?

#- Add error handling in the chat application to handle cases where the model server is unavailable:

#```python
def call_model(prompt):
    try:
        url = f"{model_service}/generate"
        payload = {"prompt": prompt}
        response = requests.post(url, json=payload, timeout=10)  # Add a timeout
        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an error for bad status codes
        return response.json().get("response", "No response from model")
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        return f"Error connecting to the model server: {e}"