import gradio as gr
import requests
import base64
from PIL import Image

# define the function that will be called when the user inputs text
def get_images(text):
  # send the text to the REST API using a POST request
  response = requests.post("https://example.com/api/images", json={"text": text})
  # get the list of image data from the response
  image_data = response.json()["images"]
  # decode the base64-encoded image data and convert it to PIL images
  images = [Image.open(base64.decodebytes(data)) for data in image_data]
  # return the list of images
  return images

# create the gradio app, passing the function as the input and output
app = gr.Interface(get_images,
                   gr.components.Textbox(label="Description"),
                   gr.components.Image(label="Images", type="pil")
                   )

# start the app
app.launch()