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+# To be found be the caosdb package, the INI file must be located either in
+# - $CWD/pycaosdb.ini
+# - $HOME/.pycaosdb.ini
+# - the location given in the env variable PYCAOSDBINI
+
+[Connection]
+cacert=/path/to/caosdb.ca.pem
+url=https://localhost:10443/
+username=admin
+
+## optional: password in plain text
+password_method=plain
+password=caosdb
+
+## OR: password using "pass" password manager
+# password_method=pass
+# password_identifier=...
+
+## OR: using the system keyring/wallet (macOS, GNOME, KDE, Windows)
+## requires installation of the keyring python package:
+## pip install keyring
+# password_method=keyring
diff --git a/examples/pycaosdb_example.py b/examples/pycaosdb_example.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""A small example to get started with caosdb-pylib.
+
+Make sure that a `pycaosdb.ini` is readable at one of the expected locations.
+"""
+
+import random
+
+import caosdb
+
+
+def main():
+    """Shows a few examples how to use the CaosDB library."""
+    conf = dict(caosdb.configuration.get_config().items("Connection"))
+    print("##### Config:\n{}\n".format(conf))
+    if conf["cacert"] == "/path/to/caosdb.ca.pem":
+        print("Very likely, the path the the TLS certificate is not correct, "
+              "please fix it.")
+
+    # Query the server, the result is a Container
+    result = caosdb.Query("FIND Record").execute()
+    print("##### First query result:\n{}\n".format(result[0]))
+
+    # Retrieve a random Record
+    rec_id = random.choice([rec.id for rec in result])
+    rec = caosdb.Record(id=rec_id).retrieve()
+    print("##### Randomly retrieved Record:\n{}\n".format(rec))
+    
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()