docs: add backend API documentation

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Addressed Issues: This PR addresses the Backend/API Documentation subtask from the project tracker.

Fixes #1257

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• Added backend/API documentation in docs/backend/backend_python/api.md.

• Added and reorganized backend/API documentation across:
• • docs/backend/backend_python/api.md
• • docs/overview/architecture.md

The documentation includes:

• A high-level FastAPI backend architecture diagram using Mermaid.
• A concrete GET /images/ request/response flow.
• Short explanations of the interaction between the FastAPI router, route handler, database layer, utility layer, and Pydantic response models.

• • Backend technology and semantic search documentation in the Architecture section.
• • The Backend API Architecture and Image Retrieval API Flow subsections moved to the Architecture section as requested by the maintainer.

• The scope is limited to the Backend/API documentation as requested. No backend implementation, README, Rust/Processing documentation, Architecture page, or MkDocs navigation changes were made.

• The scope remains limited to documentation. No backend implementation changes were made.

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Documentation

• Removed backend architecture and image request/response flow details, including related diagrams, from the backend API documentation.
• Reformatted the architecture documentation for improved readability, with clearer spacing, wrapped text, and diagrams.
• Existing architecture content and documented behavior remain unchanged.

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Walkthrough

The architecture documentation now has clearer spacing and wrapped lines. The backend API page removes its architecture and GET /images/ flow documentation. Runtime behavior and the Swagger UI embed remain unchanged.

Changes

Documentation updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Architecture documentation formatting docs/overview/architecture.md	Adds spacing around sections and diagrams. Wraps existing technology, semantic search, backend, and image retrieval text without changing its content.
Backend API documentation cleanup docs/backend/backend_python/api.md	Removes the backend architecture and GET /images/ request/response documentation. Preserves the Swagger UI embed and page-specific script.

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This update reformats backend architecture documentation without changing application behavior or API contracts. No current merge-readiness risk remains.

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Poem

A rabbit spaces every guide,
And wraps the lines from side to side.
Old API flows hop away,
The Swagger page remains in play.
Clear docs greet the day.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	⚠️ Warning	The title claims that the pull request adds backend API documentation, but the changes remove backend architecture and GET /images/ documentation and mainly reformat architecture documentation.	Update the title to describe the actual changes, or restore and add the backend API documentation described by the title.
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The pull request does not satisfy the direct requirements in [#1257]. It removes the backend architecture and GET /images/ request/response flow documentation instead of adding API flow diagrams, serv…	Add or restore the backend/API documentation, including API request/response flow diagrams, service interaction maps, and visual explanations of backend logic.

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In `@docs/backend/backend_python/api.md`:
- Line 21: Update the GET /images/ documentation and its associated flow diagram
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Move the sub sections to the "Architectures" section

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- Line 27: Update the architecture overview’s asyncio description to say
“asynchronous concurrency” instead of “parallel processing,” and avoid
describing the synchronous GET /images/ handler or db_get_all_images() as
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