Modify interface to make it prettier

app.py

@@ -19,31 +19,31 @@ def geocode(addresses):
     address_list = addresses.split('\n')
     return matcher1.geocode(address_list)
 
-text_input = gr.Textbox(lines=2, label="Addresses to geocode (one row per address)")
-json_output = gr.JSON(label="Output JSON data")
-
-interface_geocoder = gr.Interface(
-    fn=geocode,
-    inputs=[text_input],
-    outputs=[json_output],
-    title="Geocode addresses using whereabouts",
-    description="""
-    Whereabouts is a freely available open-source geocoding package for Python. 
-    
-    Currently it supports geocoding of Australian addresses, with more countries being added.
-
-    The code is available on github:
-    https://www.github.com/ajl2718/whereabouts
-
-    Or you can install it using as follows
+# the gradio interface
+with gr.Blocks() as demo:
+    gr.Markdown("# whereabouts")
+    gr.HTML("""
+                <div style="display:flex;column-gap:4px;">
+                    <a href='https://github.com/ajl2718/whereabouts'>
+                        <img src='https://img.shields.io/badge/Code-github-blue'>
+                    </a>
+                </div>
+                """)
+    gr.Markdown("Fast, accurate open source geocoding in Python")
+    gr.Markdown("""
+    [whereabouts](https://www.github.com/ajl2718/whereabouts) is an open source package for Python for fast and accurate geocoding within
+    your own environment. It currently supports geocoding for Australia but with more countries coming soon. It uses duckDB to geocode up to 1000s of addresses per second based on an algorithm from [this paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.01402)""")
+    gr.Markdown("""
     ```
     pip install whereabouts
     python -m whereabouts download au_all_sm
     ```
-
-    This demo shows whereabouts in action, using the small version of the Australian database. This is faster at the expense of accuracy.
-    """
-)
-
-demo = gr.TabbedInterface([interface_geocoder], ["Geocoding"])
+    This demo shows whereabouts in action, using the small version of the Australian database. This is faster at the expense of accuracy. Running in your own environment speeds things up too.
+    """)
+    with gr.Row():
+        with gr.Column():
+            text_input = gr.Textbox(lines=2, label="Addresses to geocode (one row per address)")
+            geocode_button = gr.Button()
+        json_output = gr.JSON(label="Output JSON data")
+    geocode_button.click(fn=geocode, inputs=inp, outputs=out, api_name="whereabouts_geocoder")
 demo.launch()