support multiple input types for `gr.Image`

[not-lain]

I have recently created an open source library called loadimg that can read an input image of any type (full code here https://github.com/not-lain/loadimg) and I thought it would be a nice addition to gr.Image allowing for gr.Image(type="any").

• currently supported input types for loadimg [ numpy, pillow, str, url ]
• upcoming input types [ bytes, tensors, lists ]
• upcoming features : freedom to chose output_type [currently it always returns a pillow img by default]

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I am also new to creating python libraries so please always pin a version, if you are also interested I can transfer the library ownership in both pypi and github to the huggingface/gradio-app community because I am the only maintainer/owner of the library and I might use a hand. I believe that loadimg has the ability to be integrated in other places too such as being used by default for loading/converting images by users, or to be integrated into the datasets library, which is why i really want to make it work.

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do let me know if you are willing to use the library or to take over its ownership.

Kind regards,

• hafedh hichri

[abidlabs]

Hi @not-lain thanks for the suggestion. This is not a good fit for us as we have our own UI and preprocessing/postprocessing and we try to minimize external dependencies as much as possible. If there are missing formats that you'd like to support in gr.Image, I'd suggest opening a PR to add them directly in Gradio without adding external dependencies. I'll go ahead and close this.

[freddyaboulton]

@not-lain you can also make your own custom image component that supports more types!

[not-lain]

@freddyaboulton yessss, the custom image component appeals to me so thank you for the idea, i'll try to create my own soon. so thanks a lot Freddy, and have a wonderful night ✨✨