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+import json
+import pyunicore.client as uc_client
+import pyunicore.credentials as uc_credentials
+
+from hidden_settings import (
+        UNICORE_BASE, 
+        UNICORE_USER, UNICORE_PASSWORD
+        )
+
+base_url = f"{UNICORE_BASE}JURECA/rest/core"
+#base_url = f"{UNICORE_BASE}JUWELS/rest/core"
+
+# Authentification/Authorization
+credentials = uc_credentials.UsernamePassword(UNICORE_USER, UNICORE_PASSWORD)
+
+# examples for transfering files
+
+# remote base directory that we want to access (why is it automatically already in my one and only project
+# what if I had two projects?)
+#base_directory = "cjicg21/schroeder5/DATA/TEST/CTM/201807/18"
+base_directory = "schroeder5/DATA/TEST/CTM/201807/18"
+download_filename = "ctmout_wrf_cutcropped_199_h09.nc"
+
+transport = uc_client.Transport(credentials)
+#home = uc_client.Storage(transport, f"{base_url}/storages/HOME")
+#print(home.contents())
+scratch = uc_client.Storage(transport, f"{base_url}/storages/SCRATCH")
+dfile = scratch.stat(f"{base_directory}/{download_filename}")
+dfile.download(download_filename)
+
+# examples for unicore (submitting commands/scripts/bash scripts)
+
+client = uc_client.Client(credentials, base_url)
+#job_description = {'Executable': "/p/project/deepacf/schroeder5/mlair/run_hdfml_batch.bash", 'Arguments' :[], }
+#job_description = {'Executable': "/bin/ls", 'Arguments' :["-lisa", "$HOME"], }
+#job_description = {'Executable': "/p/project/cjicg21/schroeder5/Destine_AQ/start_destine_demonstrator.sh", "Job type": "ON_LOGIN_NODE", 'Arguments':[], }
+job_description = {'Executable': "/bin/cd /p/project/cjicg21/schroeder5/Destine_AQ;/bin/ls", "Job type": "ON_LOGIN_NODE", 'Arguments':[], }
+job = client.new_job(job_description)
+print("Submitted (on login node!): %s" % job)
+
+# let's wait while the job is still running
+job.poll()
+
+print(json.dumps(job.properties, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
+working_dir = job.working_dir
+print (json.dumps(working_dir.properties, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
+for f in working_dir.listdir("."):
+    print(f)
+stdout_content = working_dir.stat("stdout").raw().readlines()
+for line in stdout_content:
+    print(line)