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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-#
-# ** header v3.0
-# This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2018 Research Group Biomedical Physics,
-# Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-# License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# ** end header
-#
-"""server_side_script.py.
-
-An example which implements a minimal server-side script.
-
-1) This script expects to find a *.txt file in the .upload_files dir which is
-printed to stdout.
-
-2) It executes a "Count stars" query and prints the result to stdout.
-
-3) It will return with code 0 if everything is ok, or with any code that is
-specified with the commandline option --exit
-"""
-
-import sys
-from os import listdir
-from caosdb import configure_connection, execute_query
-
-
-# parse --auth-token option and configure connection
-CODE = 0
-QUERY = "COUNT stars"
-for arg in sys.argv:
-    if arg.startswith("--auth-token="):
-        auth_token = arg[13:]
-        configure_connection(auth_token=auth_token)
-    if arg.startswith("--exit="):
-        CODE = int(arg[7:])
-    if arg.startswith("--query="):
-        QUERY = arg[8:]
-
-
-############################################################
-# 1 # find and print *.txt file ############################
-############################################################
-
-try:
-    for fname in listdir(".upload_files"):
-        if fname.endswith(".txt"):
-            with open(".upload_files/{}".format(fname)) as f:
-                print(f.read())
-except FileNotFoundError:
-    pass
-
-
-############################################################
-# 2 # query "COUNT stars" ##################################
-############################################################
-
-RESULT = execute_query(QUERY)
-print(RESULT)
-
-############################################################
-# 3 ########################################################
-############################################################
-
-sys.exit(CODE)