app.py

import os

hf_api_url = os.environ['HF_API_URL']
hf_api_key = os.environ['HF_API_KEY']

### Helper Functions
import requests, json

headers = {
      "Authorization": f"Bearer {hf_api_key}",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }

def get_completion(inputs, parameters = None):

    payload = {"inputs" : inputs}

    if parameters is not None:
        payload.update({"parameters" : parameters})
    
    response = requests.post(hf_api_url, headers = headers, data = json.dumps(payload))

    return response.json()

### Gradio App
import gradio as gr

def ner(text):
    output = get_completion(text)
    return {"text" : text, "entities" : output} 

examples = [
    "Does Chicago have any stores and does Joe live here?"
]

demo = gr.Interface(ner,
             gr.Textbox(placeholder="Enter sentence here..."), 
             gr.HighlightedText(),
             examples = examples)

demo.launch()