[refactor] replaced info logging with debug for improved logging granularity and removed redundant log statements in backend services

backend/app/main.py

@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ async def get_news(
             where_conditions.append("published BETWEEN ? AND ?")
             params.extend([from_ts, to_ts])
 
-            logger.info(f"Date range: {from_date} to {to_date} (UTC timestamps: {from_ts} to {to_ts})")
-
         # Build the complete SQL query
         base_sql = """
                    SELECT id, title, summary, url, published, country, created_at
@@ -163,27 +161,13 @@ async def get_news(
         else:
             sql = base_sql
 
-        sql += " ORDER BY published DESC LIMIT 1000"
-
-        # Log query info
-        if all_countries and all_dates:
-            logger.info("Querying ALL news articles (no filters)")
-        elif all_countries:
-            logger.info(f"Querying news from ALL countries with date filter")
-        elif all_dates:
-            logger.info(f"Querying ALL dates for countries: {country}")
-        else:
-            logger.info(f"Querying news: countries={country}, timezone={timezone_name}")
-
-        logger.info(f"SQL: {sql}")
-        logger.info(f"Parameters: {params}")
+        sql += " ORDER BY published DESC"
 
         # Execute the query
         db.execute(sql, params)
         rows = db.fetchall()
         result = [dict(row) for row in rows]
 
-        logger.info(f"Found {len(result)} news articles")
         return result
 
     except ValueError as e:

backend/app/services.py

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class NewsFetcher:
             A dictionary containing the article title and summaries in German and English,
             or None if summarization failed
         """
-        logger.info("[AI] Fetching article content from: " + url)
+        logger.debug("[AI] Fetching article content from: " + url)
 
         article_content = await NewsFetcher.fetch_article_content(client, url)
 
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ class NewsFetcher:
                     "title": {
                         "type": "string"
                     },
+                    "location": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
                     "summary": {
                         "type": "string"
                     },
@@ -236,9 +239,6 @@ class NewsFetcher:
                         "items": {
                             "type": "string"
                         }
-                    },
-                    "location": {
-                        "type": "string"
                     }
                 },
                 "required": [
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ class NewsFetcher:
             }
         }
 
-        logger.info("[AI] Running summary generation...")
+        logger.debug("[AI] Running summary generation...")
 
         try:
             response = await client.post(
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class NewsFetcher:
             result = response.json()
             llm_response = result["response"]
 
-            logger.info("[AI] " + llm_response)
+            logger.debug("[AI] " + llm_response)
 
             if isinstance(llm_response, str):
                 summary_data = json.loads(llm_response)
@@ -432,8 +432,6 @@ class NewsFetcher:
                     summary=rss_summary
                 )
 
-                logger.info(summary)
-
                 if not summary:
                     logger.warning(
                         f"❌ Failed to get summary for article {i}: {article_url}")