app.py

from dotenv import load_dotenv, find_dotenv
import os
import io
from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image
import base64
import requests
import json
import warnings
import gradio as gr

# Suppress specific warnings
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", message=".*Using the model-agnostic default `max_length`.*")

# Load environment variables from .env file
load_dotenv(find_dotenv())
hf_api_key = os.getenv('HF_API_KEY')
endpoint_url = os.getenv('HF_API_ITT_BASE')

# Helper function for image-to-text API

def get_completion(image, parameters=None, endpoint_url=endpoint_url):
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {hf_api_key}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    # Convert image to base64 format
    buffered = BytesIO()
    image.save(buffered, format="JPEG")
    image_base64 = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode("utf-8")

    data = {"inputs": {"image": image_base64}}
    if parameters is not None:
        data.update({"parameters": parameters})

    response = requests.post(endpoint_url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data))

    if response.status_code != 200:
        return {"error": response.text}

    try:
        # Try parsing the response as JSON
        response_data = json.loads(response.content.decode("utf-8"))

        # Check if it's a list and extract the first item
        if isinstance(response_data, list) and len(response_data) > 0:
            return response_data[0]
        elif isinstance(response_data, dict):
            return response_data
        else:
            return {"error": "Unexpected response format"}
    except json.JSONDecodeError:
        return {"error": "Failed to decode API response"}


# Helper function to download and process the image from a URL
def caption_image(image_url):
    try:
        response = requests.get(image_url)
        response.raise_for_status()
        image = Image.open(BytesIO(response.content)).convert("RGB")
        
        # Get caption from API
        caption_response = get_completion(image)

        # Handle API response
        if "error" in caption_response:
            return f"Error: {caption_response['error']}"

        return caption_response.get("generated_text", "No caption generated.")

    except Exception as e:
        return f"Error processing image: {str(e)}"

# Gradio interface
demo = gr.Interface(
    fn=caption_image,
    inputs=gr.Textbox(label="Image URL"),
    outputs="text",
    title="Image Captioning App",
    description=(
        "Upload an image or use one of the predefined samples to generate a caption. "
        "This app uses a Hugging Face Inference Endpoint for the `Salesforce/blip-image-captioning-base` model."
    ),
    article="Free images are available on: [https://free-images.com/](https://free-images.com/)"
)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    demo.launch()