Consider using the Docker/Podman API instead of subprocess?

Hi! Docker has a REST API which is Podman also supports.
Using the API would remove an unnecessary dependency on the CLI.

Here are some examples of the official SDK.
https://docs.docker.com/engine/api/sdk/examples/

Its also possible to use request/httpx/native python is that is preferred?

Would a PR with this improvement we of interest? :)