From 991d5a0eae2d9de51edce0243d70767984b58a6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MangoPig <Ronaldng1588@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:20:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Nil fix

---
 Code/.gitignore                   |  1 +
 Code/Tracker/pipeline/pipeline.go | 20 +++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Code/.gitignore b/Code/.gitignore
index d337d49..e20762a 100644
--- a/Code/.gitignore
+++ b/Code/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ __pycache__/
 
 # Sample outputs
 Tools/Samples/outputs/
+*output/
 
 # Environment
 .env
diff --git a/Code/Tracker/pipeline/pipeline.go b/Code/Tracker/pipeline/pipeline.go
index 2bb636f..1d07156 100644
--- a/Code/Tracker/pipeline/pipeline.go
+++ b/Code/Tracker/pipeline/pipeline.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (p *Pipeline) writeToTracker(docPath string, extracted map[string]interface
 		"Filing Date":       getStringField(extracted, "filing_date"),
 		"Response Deadline": getStringField(extracted, "response_deadline"),
 		"Hearing Date":      getStringField(extracted, "hearing_date"),
-		"Amount":            getField(extracted, "amount"),
+		"Amount":            getStringField(extracted, "amount"),
 		"Currency":          getStringField(extracted, "currency"),
 		"Status":            getStringField(extracted, "status"),
 		"Last Updated":      now,
@@ -324,18 +324,12 @@ func detectDocType(ext string) string {
 }
 
 func getStringField(m map[string]interface{}, key string) string {
-	if v, ok := m[key]; ok {
-		if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
-			return s
-		}
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+	v, ok := m[key]
+	if !ok || v == nil {
+		return ""
 	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func getField(m map[string]interface{}, key string) interface{} {
-	if v, ok := m[key]; ok {
-		return v
+	if s, ok := v.(string); ok {
+		return s
 	}
-	return ""
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
 }