feat(python): bind python async remote client to rust client (#1700)

Closes [#1638](https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb/issues/1638)

This just binds the Python Async client to the Rust remote client.

python/python/tests/test_remote_db.py

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The LanceDB Authors
 
+import http.server
+import threading
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+import uuid
 
 import lancedb
 import pyarrow as pa
 from lancedb.remote.client import VectorQuery, VectorQueryResult
+import pytest
 
 
 class FakeLanceDBClient:
@@ -81,3 +85,57 @@ def test_create_table_with_recordbatches():
     table = conn.create_table("test", [batch], schema=batch.schema)
     assert table.name == "test"
     assert client.post.call_args[0][0] == "/v1/table/test/create/"
+
+
+def make_mock_http_handler(handler):
+    class MockLanceDBHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def do_GET(self):
+            handler(self)
+
+        def do_POST(self):
+            handler(self)
+
+    return MockLanceDBHandler
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_remote_db():
+    def handler(request):
+        # We created a UUID request id
+        request_id = request.headers["x-request-id"]
+        assert uuid.UUID(request_id).version == 4
+
+        # We set a user agent with the current library version
+        user_agent = request.headers["User-Agent"]
+        assert user_agent == f"LanceDB-Python-Client/{lancedb.__version__}"
+
+        request.send_response(200)
+        request.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        request.end_headers()
+        request.wfile.write(b'{"tables": []}')
+
+    def run_server():
+        with http.server.HTTPServer(
+            ("localhost", 8080), make_mock_http_handler(handler)
+        ) as server:
+            # we will only make one request
+            server.handle_request()
+
+    handle = threading.Thread(target=run_server)
+    handle.start()
+
+    db = await lancedb.connect_async(
+        "db://dev",
+        api_key="fake",
+        host_override="http://localhost:8080",
+        client_config={
+            "retry_config": {"retries": 2},
+            "timeout_config": {
+                "connect_timeout": 1,
+            },
+        },
+    )
+    table_names = await db.table_names()
+    assert table_names == []
+
+    handle.join()