code: def _predict(self, item, **kwargs):
      if not self.requests_session:
          self.requests_session = requests.Session()
      try:
          item = json.dumps(item)
      except TypeError:
          # TypeError: Object of type {ItemType} is not JSON serializable
          # Try converting the pydantic model to json directly
          item = item.model_dump_json()
      response = self.requests_session.post(
          self.endpoint,
          params=kwargs.get("endpoint_params", self.endpoint_params),
          data=item,
          headers={
              "content-type": "application/json",
              **kwargs.get("endpoint_headers", self.endpoint_headers),
          },
          timeout=self.timeout,
      )
      if response.status_code != 200:
          raise DistantHTTPModelError(
              response.status_code, response.reason, response.text
          )
      return response.json()
  
imports: import json
  from dataclasses import dataclass
  from typing import Callable, Optional
  import aiohttp
  import requests
  from structlog import get_logger
  from tenacity import retry, retry_if_exception, stop_after_attempt, wait_random_exponential
  from modelkit.core.model import AsyncModel, Model
  from modelkit.core.types import ItemType, ReturnType
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the DistantHTTPModel obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._predict(item) and returns: response