Add python API for programmatic access

[rohan-uiuc]

PR Type

Feature

Short Description

• Add programmatic access through a Python API. This enables developers to integrate model management capabilities directly into their applications and scripts. The API provides methods for listing models, launching models with custom configurations, monitoring model status, retrieving performance metrics, and shutting down models when done.
• Move shared functionality to a shared package.
• Add python API docs and update the existing user guide
• Fix the examples for python API usage

Tests Added

API functionality tests for listing models, launching models, checking status, and waiting for readiness

[amrit110]

@rohan-uiuc thanks for the PR. We like the idea of a python API, and the example usage is much appreciated. As a first step, I will make changes to your PR to refactor some stuff (noticed there is some duplication like the ModelConfig, and clean up the lint errors). Stay tuned.

[rohan-uiuc]

@amrit110 that sounds good, thank you!

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