app.py

import gradio as gr
from PIL import Image
import numpy as np

# Define ASCII characters according to the intensity scale
ASCII_CHARS = ["@", "#", "S", "%", "?", "*", "+", ";", ":", ",", "."]

def scale_image(image, new_width=100):
    """Resizes an image preserving the aspect ratio."""
    (original_width, original_height) = image.size
    aspect_ratio = original_height/float(original_width)
    new_height = int(aspect_ratio * new_width)
    new_image = image.resize((new_width, new_height))
    return new_image

def map_pixels_to_ascii_chars(image, range_width=25):
    """Maps each pixel to an ascii char based on intensity."""
    pixels_in_image = list(image.getdata())
    pixels_to_chars = [ASCII_CHARS[pixel_value // range_width] for pixel_value in pixels_in_image]
    return "".join(pixels_to_chars)

def convert_image_to_ascii(image, new_width=100):
    image = scale_image(image)
    image = image.convert("L")  # convert image to monochrome
    
    pixels_to_chars = map_pixels_to_ascii_chars(image)
    len_pixels_to_chars = len(pixels_to_chars)
    
    # Convert the string of characters into a list of strings
    ascii_image = [pixels_to_chars[index: index + new_width] for index in range(0, len_pixels_to_chars, new_width)]
    return "\n".join(ascii_image)

def image_to_ascii(image):
    # Convert the NumPy array to a PIL Image and then to ASCII
    image = Image.fromarray(image.astype('uint8'), 'RGB')
    ascii_str = convert_image_to_ascii(image)
    return ascii_str

description = """
Image to ASCII Art Converter\n
Upload an image and convert it to ASCII art. Simply upload the image and
click the 'Submit' button to see the ASCII art.
"""

examples = ["example.jpg"]  # Make sure this example image exists in the same directory as this script

# Define the Gradio interface
interface = gr.Interface(
    fn=image_to_ascii,
    inputs=gr.Image(label="Upload Image"),
    outputs=gr.Textbox(label="ASCII Art"),
    examples=examples,
    title="Image to ASCII Art",
    description=description,
    allow_flagging="never",
)

interface.launch()