Add check_space_name_availability function

app.py

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import numpy as np
 import requests
 import gradio as gr
 
-import huggingface_hub
+from huggingface_hub import (
+    create_repo,
+    get_full_repo_name,
+    upload_file,
+)
 
 
 def file_as_a_string(name_list: List[str]) -> str:
@@ -64,10 +68,18 @@ def control_input_and_output_types(interface_list: List["gr.Interface"]) -> bool
     return True
 
 
-def check_space_availability(hf_token: str, space_name: str) -> str:
-    repo_name = huggingface_hub.hf_api.get_full_repo_name(model_id=space_name, token=hf_token)
-    # requests.get()
-    return repo_name
+def check_space_name_availability(hf_token: str, space_name: str) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check whether if the space_name is currently used.
+
+    :param hf_token: hugging_face token
+    :param space_name:
+    :return: True if the space_name is available
+    """
+    repo_name = get_full_repo_name(model_id=space_name, token=hf_token)
+    url = f"https://huggingface.co/spaces/{repo_name}"
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    return not response.status_code == 200
 
 
 def space_builder(spaces: str, hf_token: str, username: str, space_name: str, space_description: str) -> str:
@@ -81,8 +93,12 @@ def space_builder(spaces: str, hf_token: str, username: str, space_name: str, sp
     :return:
     """
     # return "Thank you for using the draft, it will be completed later"
-    # check_space_availability(hf_token, space_name) +
-    return "version of huggingface_hub :" + huggingface_hub.__version__
+    if spaces == "" or hf_token == "" or username == "" or space_name == "" or space_description == "":
+        return "Please fill all the inputs"
+    if check_space_name_availability(hf_token, space_name):
+        return "The space_name is available"
+    else:
+        return "The space_name is already used for the token's user"
 
 
 iface = gr.Interface(