Ensure i2edge_post accepts only Pydantic models or dicts as payload

        "Content-Type": "application/json",

        "accept": "application/json",

    }

    if isinstance(model_payload, BaseModel):

        json_payload = json.dumps(model_payload.model_dump(mode="json"))

    elif isinstance(model_payload, dict):

        json_payload = json.dumps(model_payload)

    else:

        raise TypeError("Payload must be a Pydantic model or a dict.")

    try:

        response = requests.post(url, data=json_payload, headers=headers)

        response.raise_for_status()