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+# This script targets the client api version 0.4.0 and later
+
+#
+#  Check the page: https://github.com/LabKey/labkey-api-python/blob/master/samples/query_examples.py
+#  for example about filtering in queries.
+#  A starting point to investigate further is here:
+#  https://www.labkey.org/download/clientapi_docs/javascript-api/symbols/LABKEY.Query.Filter.html
+
+import labkey
+import pandas as pd
+import sys
+
+# for convenience, load QueryFilter explicitly (avoids long lines in filter definitions)
+from labkey.query import QueryFilter
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  #project_name = "TEST_ABOERSCH"
+  #query_name = "RNA_Seq_data_template"
+  project_name = sys.argv[1]
+  query_name = sys.argv[2]
+  server_context = labkey.utils.create_server_context('labkey.scicore.unibas.ch', '/Zavolan Group/'+project_name, 'labkey', use_ssl=True)
+  schema_name = "lists"
+  results = labkey.query.select_rows(server_context,schema_name,query_name)
+  print(results)
+  table_of_data = pd.DataFrame(results["rows"])
+  print(table_of_data)
+