refactor: Rewrote verify method of RemoteWorkspace

Previously this method does not check much except HTTP status

Closes: #826

src/evidently/ui/app.py

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async def root():
 
 @api_read_router.get("/version")
 async def version():
-    return {"version": evidently.__version__}
+    return {"application": "Evidently UI", "version": evidently.__version__,}
 
 
 @api_read_router.get("/projects")

src/evidently/ui/remote.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 from typing import Union
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
+from requests.exceptions import JSONDecodeError
 
 from evidently.suite.base_suite import Snapshot
 from evidently.ui.dashboards import DashboardConfig
@@ -24,8 +25,9 @@ def __init__(self, base_url: str, secret: str = None):
 
     def verify(self):
         try:
-            self._request("/api/", "GET").raise_for_status()
-        except HTTPError as e:
+            response = self._request("/api/version", "GET")
+            assert response.json()["application"] == "Evidently UI"
+        except (HTTPError, JSONDecodeError, KeyError, AssertionError) as e:
             raise ValueError(f"Evidenly API not available at {self.base_url}") from e
 
     def create_project(self, name: str, description: Optional[str] = None) -> RemoteProject:

tests/ui/test_ui_basic.py

@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ def test_root_route():
     assert response.status_code == 200
 
 
+def test_remote_verify_route():
+    response = client.get("/api/version")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    version_response = response.json()
+    assert "version" in version_response
+    assert version_response["application"] == "Evidently UI"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("demo_project_workspace")
 def test_api_project():
     response = client.get("/api/projects")