Handle submission for gated model

src/submission/check_validity.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 import huggingface_hub
+import requests
 from huggingface_hub import ModelCard
 from huggingface_hub.hf_api import ModelInfo
 from transformers import AutoConfig
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ def is_model_on_hub(
             None,
         )
 
+    except OSError as e:
+        if "gated repo" in str(e):
+            slack_webhook_url = os.environ["SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL"]
+            text = f"<!channel>\n{model_name} is gated model! Please submit this model."
+            requests.post(slack_webhook_url, data=json.dumps({"text": text}))
+            return False, "is gated model! Please wait.", None
+        return False, "was not found on hub!", None
     except Exception:
         return False, "was not found on hub!", None