How to use the comfyui API when running it inside Runpod GPU pods

I can use the UI running on port 3000 using the template runpod/stable-diffusion:comfy-ui-5.0.0 but I am not able to call the API is there any documentation or examples for this scenario. I am using this example code top call the API https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI/blob/master/script_examples/basic_api_example.py

Please help.

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The most powerful and modular stable diffusion GUI, api and backend with a graph/nodes interface. - comfyanonymous/ComfyUI