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requester = requests.session()

retries = Retry(total=nr_retries, backoff_factor=backoff_factor,
                status_forcelist=FORCE_RETRY_STATUS_CODE_LIST)

requester.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
requester.mount("http://",  HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))
    
try:
    response = requester.get(url=url, timeout=client_timeout)

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<!-- this form includes the HTMX hx-post and hx-target elements -->
<form hx-post="/render" hx-target="#the-image" autocomplete="off">

  <! ... div with code for the input fields here -->

  <!-- Buttons -->
  <div class="grid">
    <input type="submit" value="Generate" />
    <! ... code for the other buttons here -->
  </div>

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<div id="the-image" hx-swap-oob="true">
  <figure>
    <img src="/static/img/initial-image.jpg" alt="Default image" style="border:1px solid {{img_border_color}}; margin-top: {{img_top_margin}}px"/>
  </figure>
</div>