add comprehensive API test suite with fixtures and mocks

[GautamKumarOffical]

Summary

Adds a comprehensive Python API test suite with fixtures and mocks for the Tent of Trials platform (issue #4).

Changes

• ****: Shared fixtures including mock HTTP server, service configuration fixtures, mock data factories (order, account, event envelope, service entry), mock networking helpers, connector config fixtures, and RPC method registry fixtures.

• ****: 117 tests covering:

  • Health check tool (HTTP, TCP, disk, memory, load average checks)
  • Benchmark tool (request helper, aggregation, worker logic)
  • Connector config structure validation
  • RPC method registry (all 29 methods, uniqueness, ID ranges)
  • Service entry data contracts
  • Event envelope structure
  • Order/account payload validation
  • Protocol validation helpers (email, UUID, symbol, instrument ID, price, quantity)
  • Protocol constants (version, frame magic, flags)
  • Frame codec encode/decode round-trips
  • Circuit breaker logic (closed/open/half-open transitions)
  • JSON serialization round-trips
  • Edge cases (empty collections, boundary values, large payloads)
  • Mock HTTP server integration

• ****: pytest and pytest-cov dependencies

Test Results

All 117 tests pass:

tests/test_api.py: 117 passed in 1.41s

Build Artifacts

• Diagnostic logd: diagnostic/build-d6b155ca.logd
• Decrypt password: 94110a729b9ee29e3c27
• Decrypt command: encryptly unpack diagnostic/build-d6b155ca.logd <outdir> --password 94110a729b9ee29e3c27

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