update-shortcut-syntax (#1234)

* update-shortcut-syntax

- fix&update gr.component
- create a demo introducing shortcuts within Blocks

* update-shortcut-syntax

- tweaks

* update-shortcut-syntax

- tweaks

* update-shortcut-syntax

- fix formatting

* update-shortcut-syntax

- tweaks
- fix tests

* update-shortcut-syntax

- tweaks
- fix tests

* update-shortcut-syntax

- tweaks
- fix tests

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate
-            python -m  flake8 --ignore=E731,E501,E722,W503,E126,F401,E203 gradio test
+            python -m  flake8 --ignore=E731,E501,E722,W503,E126,F401,E203,F403 gradio test
       - run:
           command: |
             . venv/bin/activate

demo/blocks_component_shortcut/run.py

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import gradio as gr
+
+
+def greet(str):
+    return str
+
+
+with gr.Blocks() as demo:
+    """
+    You can make use of str shortcuts you use in Interface within Blocks as well.
+    
+    Interface shortcut example:
+    Interface(greet, "textarea", "textarea")
+    
+    You can use 
+    1. gr.component()
+    2. gr.templates.Template()
+    3. gr.Template()
+    All the templates are listed in gradio/templates.py
+    """
+    with gr.Row():
+            text1 = gr.component("textarea")
+            text2 = gr.TextArea()
+            text3 = gr.templates.TextArea()
+    text1.change(greet, text1, text2)
+    text2.change(greet, text2, text3)
+    text3.change(greet, text3, text1)
+    demo.launch()

gradio/__init__.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import gradio.inputs as inputs
 import gradio.outputs as outputs
 import gradio.processing_utils
+import gradio.templates
 from gradio.blocks import Blocks, Column, Row, TabItem, Tabs
 from gradio.components import (
     HTML,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
     component,
     update,
 )
+from gradio.external import load_interface
 from gradio.flagging import (
     CSVLogger,
     FlaggingCallback,
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 )
 from gradio.interface import Interface, TabbedInterface, close_all
 from gradio.mix import Parallel, Series
+from gradio.templates import *
 
 current_pkg_version = pkg_resources.require("gradio")[0].version
 __version__ = current_pkg_version

gradio/components.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import warnings
 from copy import deepcopy
 from types import ModuleType
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 import matplotlib.figure
 import numpy as np
@@ -3212,7 +3212,7 @@ class Chatbot(Changeable, IOComponent):
     def __init__(
         self,
         value="",
-        color_map: Tuple(str, str) = None,
+        color_map: Tuple[str, str] = None,
         *,
         label: Optional[str] = None,
         show_label: bool = True,
@@ -3249,7 +3249,7 @@ def get_config(self):
     @staticmethod
     def update(
         value: Optional[Any] = None,
-        color_map: Optional[Tuple(str, str)] = None,
+        color_map: Optional[Tuple[str, str]] = None,
         label: Optional[str] = None,
         show_label: Optional[bool] = None,
         visible: Optional[bool] = None,
@@ -3720,9 +3720,9 @@ def update(
         }
 
 
-def component(cls_name: str):
+def component_class(cls_name: str) -> Type[Component]:
     """
-    Returns a component or template with the given class name, or raises a ValueError if not found.
+    Returns the component class with the given class name, or raises a ValueError if not found.
     @param cls_name: lower-case string class name of a component
     @return cls: the component class
     """
@@ -3744,14 +3744,19 @@ def component(cls_name: str):
     raise ValueError(f"No such Component: {cls_name}")
 
 
+def component(cls_name: str) -> Component:
+    obj = component_class(cls_name)()
+    return obj
+
+
 def get_component_instance(comp: str | dict | Component):
     if isinstance(comp, str):
-        component_cls = component(comp)
-        return component_cls()
+        return component(comp)
     elif isinstance(comp, dict):
         name = comp.pop("name")
-        component_cls = component(name)
-        return component_cls(**comp)
+        component_cls = component_class(name)
+        component_obj = component_cls(**comp)
+        return component_obj
     elif isinstance(comp, Component):
         return comp
     else:

scripts/format_backend.sh

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ else
   echo "Formatting backend and tests with black and isort, also checking for standards with flake8"
   python -m black gradio test
   python -m isort --profile=black gradio test
-  python -m  flake8 --ignore=E731,E501,E722,W503,E126,F401,E203 gradio test
+  python -m  flake8 --ignore=E731,E501,E722,W503,E126,F401,E203,F403 gradio test
 fi

test/test_components.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_component_functions(self):
         """
         component
         """
-        assert isinstance(gr.components.component("text")(), gr.templates.Text)
+        assert isinstance(gr.components.component("text"), gr.templates.Text)
 
 
 class TestTextbox(unittest.TestCase):

test/test_external.py

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def test_translation_model(self):
         self.assertEqual(output, "Mein Name ist Sarah und ich lebe in London")
 
     def test_numerical_to_label_space(self):
-        interface_info = gr.external.load_interface("spaces/abidlabs/titanic-survival")
+        interface_info = gr.load_interface("spaces/abidlabs/titanic-survival")
         io = gr.Interface(**interface_info)
         io.api_mode = True
         output = io("male", 77, 10)