From ddd7fa13dc87d05e97deaa9fa96cce7f20430062 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Mo <simon.mo@hey.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2022 12:00:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Lower bound Python version to 3.7 (#1480)

* Lower bound Python version to 3.7

* Update doc
---
 guides/getting_started.md | 2 +-
 setup.py                  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/guides/getting_started.md b/guides/getting_started.md
index 311e715a9e..69eef15c58 100644
--- a/guides/getting_started.md
+++ b/guides/getting_started.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Gradio allows you to **build demos and share them, all in Python.** And usually
 
 To get Gradio running with a simple "Hello, World" example, follow these three steps:
 
-<span>1.</span> Install Gradio from pip.
+<span>1.</span> Install Gradio from pip. Note, the minimal supported Python version is 3.7.
 
 ```bash
 pip install gradio
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c6b9b8b65..31dcdcb620 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ setup(
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': ['gradio=gradio.reload:run_in_reload_mode']
     },
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
 )