Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 import gradio as gr
 from huggingface_hub import InferenceApi
+import base64
+from PIL import Image
+import io
 
-api_token = "your_huggingface_api_token" 
 client = InferenceApi("HuggingFaceM4/idefics2-8b")
 
+def image_to_base64(image):
+    buffered = io.BytesIO()
+    image.save(buffered, format="JPEG")
+    img_str = base64.b64encode(buffered.getvalue()).decode('utf-8')
+    return img_str
+
 def model_inference(image, text):
+    image_base64 = image_to_base64(image)
     inputs = {
         "inputs": {
             "text": text,