Enhance Gradio interface with a friendly server response and integrate submission server ping functionality

gradio_interface.py

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def add_submission(file):
 
 
 def refresh_page():
-    return "API server is alive!"
+    return "Pong! Submission server is alive! 😊"
 
 
 # Define Gradio interface components

medvqa/competitions/gi-2025/task_1.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from gradio_client import Client
 from gradio_client import Client, handle_file
 from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download, login, whoami
 import sys
@@ -32,6 +33,13 @@ except Exception:
     print("⚠️⚠️ Not logged in to HuggingFace! Please get your login token from https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens 🌐")
     login()
 
+print("💓 Communicating with the Submission Server: Ping!")
+result = client.predict(
+    api_name="/RefreshAPI"
+)
+print(result)
+
+
 hf_username = whoami()['name']
 assert len(hf_username) > 0, "🚫 HuggingFace login failed for some reason"
 current_timestamp = int(time.time())