make python sdk index search APIs slightly more ergonomic #16802

Job	Run time
paths-filter	4s
Checks / Check if running codegen would produce any changes	1m 17s
Checks / Rerun lints	40s
Checks / Lint markdown	24s
Checks / Misc formatting	21s
Checks / Spell Check	7s
Checks / markdown-paths-filter	4s
Checks / Check links	0s
C++ tests	0s
Deploy Landing Preview	0s
Build rerun_js / Build rerun_js	3m 8s
Minimum CLI Build / Set Config (linux-x64)	1s
Python Checks / Python lints (ruff, mypy, …)	35s
Python Checks / Test Python Docs	21s
Build web viewer / Build web viewer	3m 2s
Rust Checks / Test on ${{ matrix.name }}	0s
Rust Checks / Rust lints (fmt, check, clippy, tests, doc)	5m 49s
Minimum CLI Build / Build rerun-cli (ubuntu-latest-16-cores)	5m 24s
Upload Web / Upload web build to google cloud (wasm32 + wasm-bindgen)	9s
Minimum Wheel Build / Set Config (linux-x64)	3s
Minimum Wheel Build / Build Wheels (ubuntu-latest-16-cores)	2m 3s
Minimum Wheel Test	0s
	23m 32s

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