Fix incorrect import path in gradio/external.py causing ModuleNotFoundError

[xiaoyingv]

Describe the bug

I am using the Gradio Python library. When running the code:

import gradio as gr

gr.load_chat("http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1/", model="deepseek-r1:8b", token="ollama").launch()
I encountered the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\gradio_chat\chat.py", line 3, in
gr.load_chat("http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1/", model="deepseek-r1:8b", token="ollama").launch()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\WU-GER\Desktop\gradio_chat\venv\Lib\site-packages\gradio\external.py", line 805, in load_chat
from gr.chat_interface import ChatInterface
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gr'

Process finished with exit code 1
I found that the problem was due to the code in gradio>external.py file at line 805: from gr.chat_interface import ChatInterface. It was written incorrectly, and it should be:

from gradio.chat_interface import ChatInterface

Now the code runs normally.

I'm sorry, I'm not very familiar with the PR process. Could you please handle the PR? Thank you.

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Reproduction

import gradio as gr

gr.load_chat(
    "http://127.0.0.1:11434/v1/",
    model="deepseek-r1:8b",
    token="ollama"
).launch()

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Logs

Observe error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gr'
  File "gradio/external.py", line 805
    from gr.chat_interface import ChatInterface

System Info

gradio environment
Gradio Environment Information:
------------------------------
Operating System: Windows
gradio version: 5.20.1
gradio_client version: 1.7.2

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gradio dependencies in your environment:

aiofiles: 23.2.1
anyio: 4.8.0
audioop-lts is not installed.
fastapi: 0.115.11
ffmpy: 0.5.0
gradio-client==1.7.2 is not installed.
groovy: 0.1.2
httpx: 0.28.1
huggingface-hub: 0.29.2
jinja2: 3.1.6
markupsafe: 2.1.5
numpy: 2.2.3
orjson: 3.10.15
packaging: 24.2
pandas: 2.2.3
pillow: 11.1.0
pydantic: 2.10.6
pydub: 0.25.1
python-multipart: 0.0.20
pyyaml: 6.0.2
ruff: 0.9.10
safehttpx: 0.1.6
semantic-version: 2.10.0
starlette: 0.46.0
tomlkit: 0.13.2
typer: 0.15.2
typing-extensions: 4.12.2
urllib3: 2.3.0
uvicorn: 0.34.0
authlib; extra == 'oauth' is not installed.
itsdangerous; extra == 'oauth' is not installed.


gradio_client dependencies in your environment:

fsspec: 2025.3.0
httpx: 0.28.1
huggingface-hub: 0.29.2
packaging: 24.2
typing-extensions: 4.12.2
websockets: 15.0.1

Severity

I can work around it