article from readme

gradio/interface.py

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class Interface:
         self.title = title
         self.description = description
         if article is not None:
+            article = utils.readme_to_html(article)
             article = markdown2.markdown(article)
         self.article = article
         self.thumbnail = thumbnail

gradio/utils.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from IPython import get_ipython
 analytics_url = 'https://api.gradio.app/'
 PKG_VERSION_URL = "https://api.gradio.app/pkg-version"
 
+
 def version_check():
     try:
         current_pkg_version = pkg_resources.require("gradio")[0].version
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ def version_check():
     except:  # TODO(abidlabs): don't catch all exceptions
         pass
 
+
 def error_analytics(type):
     """
     Send error analytics if there is network
@@ -56,4 +58,14 @@ def ipython_check():
         is_ipython = True
     except NameError:
         is_ipython = False
-    return is_ipython
+    return is_ipython
+
+
+def readme_to_html(article):
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(article)
+        if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
+            article = response.text
+    except requests.exceptions.MissingSchema:
+        pass
+    return article