Fix multimodal input support for DataContent and UriContent in OpenAI clients

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Fixes the issue where agents created from OpenAI clients failed to handle multimodal inputs (text + images) due to improper content type conversion.

Problem

The DataContent and UriContent classes were not being properly converted to OpenAI's expected format when used with image media types. The content parsers in both OpenAIChatClient and OpenAIResponsesClient were falling back to content.model_dump(), which produced:

# What was being sent to OpenAI (incorrect):
{
    "type": "data",  # or "uri"
    "uri": "data:image/png;base64,...",
    "media_type": "image/png"
}

But OpenAI's API expects image content in this format:

# What OpenAI expects (correct):
{
    "type": "image_url",
    "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,..."}
}

This caused multimodal requests to fail with validation errors about unrecognized content types.

Solution

Updated the _openai_content_parser methods in both OpenAI clients to:

1. Detect image content: Check if DataContent or UriContent has an image media type using has_top_level_media_type("image")
2. Convert to OpenAI format: Transform image content to the expected image_url structure
3. Preserve fallback behavior: Non-image content continues to use model_dump() for backward compatibility

Key Changes

• OpenAIChatClient: Added specific handling for DataContent and UriContent with image media types
• OpenAIResponsesClient: Applied the same multimodal content conversion logic
• Comprehensive test suite: Added 17 new tests covering various image formats and edge cases
• Documentation and examples: Complete usage guide and working examples for multimodal interactions

Usage

Now users can seamlessly combine text and images in their agent interactions:

from agent_framework import ChatAgent, ChatMessage, DataContent, TextContent
from agent_framework.openai import OpenAIChatClient

# Create multimodal content
text = TextContent("Please analyze this image:")
image = DataContent(uri="data:image/png;base64,...", media_type="image/png")

# Works with both agents and direct client usage
agent = ChatAgent(chat_client=OpenAIChatClient())
response = await agent.run(messages=[ChatMessage(role="user", contents=[text, image])])

Supported Image Formats

All common image formats are supported: PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, SVG, BMP, TIFF, APNG, and AVIF.

Testing

• ✅ All existing tests pass (109 passed, 42 skipped)
• ✅ 17 new multimodal tests added and passing
• ✅ End-to-end verification confirms the original issue is resolved
• ✅ No breaking changes or regressions introduced

Closes the multimodal input support issue and enables robust image + text interactions in the Agent Framework.

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This pull request was created as a result of the following prompt from Copilot chat.

The issue highlights that agents created from clients need to handle multimodal inputs (text + images). Currently, the implementation does not support this and fails when attempting to process multimodal inputs, as demonstrated by the provided Python test case. The error occurs because the data type is not recognized as a valid input type for messages. This needs to be resolved by ensuring the agent framework correctly parses and processes multimodal input types according to the supported values ('text', 'image_url', etc.). The solution should include:

1. Updating the agents and clients to properly support multimodal input types.
2. Modifying the DataContent class or its usage to align with valid input types.
3. Adding robust tests to confirm the changes.
4. Providing examples and documentation for users to implement multimodal inputs.

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