Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
 import os
-
+import io
+import url lib.request
 import gradio as gr
 import huggingface_hub
 import numpy as np
@@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ class Predictor:
         character_mcut_enabled,
     ):
         self.load_model(model_repo)
-
-        image = self.prepare_image(image)
+        
+        image = self.prepare_image(Image.open(io.BytesIO(urllib.request.urlopen(image).read())))
 
         input_name = self.model.get_inputs()[0].name
         label_name = self.model.get_outputs()[0].name