prompt: str,
        stop: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> str:
        """Call out to HuggingFace Hub's inference endpoint.
        Args:
            prompt: The prompt to pass into the model.
            stop: Optional list of stop words to use when generating.
        Returns:
            The string generated by the model.
        Example:
            .. code-block:: python
                response = hf("Tell me a joke.")
        """
        _model_kwargs = self.model_kwargs or {}
        # payload samples
        params = {**_model_kwargs, **kwargs}
        parameter_payload = {"inputs": prompt, "parameters": params}
        # HTTP headers for authorization
        headers = {
            "Authorization": f"Bearer {self.huggingfacehub_api_token}",
            "Content-Type": "application/json",
        }
        # send request
        try:
            response = requests.post(
                self.endpoint_url, headers=headers, json=parameter_payload
            )
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  # This is the correct syntax
            raise ValueError(f"Error raised by inference endpoint: {e}")
        generated_text = response.json()
        if "error" in generated_text:
            raise ValueError(
                f"Error raised by inference API: {generated_text['error']}"
            )
        if self.task == "text-generation":
            text = generated_text[0]["generated_text"]
            # Remove prompt if included in generated text.
            if text.startswith(prompt):
                text = text[len(prompt) :]
        elif self.task == "text2text-generation":
            text = generated_text[0]["generated_text"]