run first code block of app.ipynb

app.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import gradio as gr
+import json
 
-def greet(name):
-    return 'Work in progress, come back later 😴️'
-
-iface = gr.Interface(fn=greet, inputs="text", outputs="text")
-iface.launch()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    """Execute the first code block of the app.ipynb notebook."""
+    with open('app.ipynb', 'r') as notebook:
+        nb = json.load(notebook)
+    idxs = [idx for idx, cell in enumerate(nb['cells']) if cell['cell_type']=='code']
+    exec(''.join(nb['cells'][idxs[0]]['source']))