tools: add retry mechanism for API requests (and add tests) #36847
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Description
This PR reopens #36617 and takes into consideration the discussion that happened in the comments after it had been closed. Since it has not been re-opened in a little while, I figured I would save sunny some work and recreate the PR myself, with the suggestions included. Tests are also added, both for the existing functionality, and the new retry mechanism.
Verification

op test tools/libbefore these changes:op test tools/libafter these changes: