Change from  
```python
>>> from huggingface_hub import InferenceApi
>>> inference = InferenceApi(repo_id="bert-base-uncased")
>>> inference(inputs="The goal of life is [MASK].")
[{'sequence': 'the goal of life is life.', 'score': 0.10933292657136917, 'token': 2166, 'token_str': 'life'}]
```  
to  
```python
>>> from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
>>> client = InferenceClient()
>>> response = client.post(json={"inputs": "The goal of life is [MASK]."}, model="bert-base-uncased")
>>> response.json()