code: def _send_rest_tracking_post_request(
      tracking_server_uri, api_path, json_payload, auth=None
  ):
      """
      Make a POST request to the specified MLflow Tracking API and retrieve the
      corresponding `requests.Response` object
      """
      import requests
  
      url = tracking_server_uri + api_path
      return requests.post(url, json=json_payload, auth=auth)
  
file_path: mlflow/tests/tracking/integration_test_utils.py
imports: import contextlib
  import logging
  import os
  import socket
  import sys
  import time
  from subprocess import Popen
  import mlflow
  from mlflow.server import ARTIFACT_ROOT_ENV_VAR, BACKEND_STORE_URI_ENV_VAR
  from tests.helper_functions import LOCALHOST, get_safe_port
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: _send_rest_tracking_post_request(tracking_server_uri, api_path, json_payload, auth) and returns: requests