endpoint_tester.py

import json
from typing import List
import requests as r
import base64
from PIL import Image
from io import BytesIO

ENDPOINT_URL = "https://XXXXXX" # your endpoint url
HF_TOKEN = "#######################" # your huggingface token `hf_xxx`

# helper image utils
def encode_image(image_path):
  with open(image_path, "rb") as i:
    b64 = base64.b64encode(i.read())
  return b64.decode("utf-8")

def predict(image):
    image = encode_image(image)

    # prepare sample payload
    payload = {"image": image, "inputs": ""}
    # headers
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {HF_TOKEN}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    }

    response = r.post(ENDPOINT_URL, headers=headers, json=payload)
    if response.status_code != 200:
        print(response.text)
        raise Exception("Prediction failed")
    return response.json()

prediction = predict(
  image = "test.jpeg"
)
print(prediction[1])
print(prediction[2])