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+from ssl import SSLCertVerificationError
+import requests
+from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
+import json
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
+
+# Before running the script make sure the following:
+# 1. The correct root certificate is in the script directory and specified
+#    under the global variables
+# 2. You've created the .env file with the following format:
+#    JIRA_USER=<your username>
+#    JIRA_PASSWORD=<your password>
+# 3. You have installed necessary packages from the requirements.txt file
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+JIRA_URL = 'https://globaljira.roche.com/rest/api/2/issue/picker'
+USERNAME = os.getenv("JIRA_USER")
+PASSWORD = os.getenv("JIRA_PASSWORD")
+ROOT_CERT = ".\\Roche G3 Root CA.crt"
+
+headers = {
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+}
+
+query = {
+    'query': f'assignee = {USERNAME} AND status not in (Closed, Done)'
+}
+
+print(f'{USERNAME}, {PASSWORD}')
+
+try:
+    response = requests.get(
+        JIRA_URL,
+        auth=HTTPBasicAuth(USERNAME, PASSWORD),
+        headers=headers,
+        params=query,
+        verify=ROOT_CERT
+    )
+except SSLCertVerificationError:
+    print("SSL verification failed. Please make sure you're connected to the VPN and the correct root certificate is included.")
+
+if response.status_code == 200:
+    print("JQL query executed successfully!")
+    issues = json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(",", ": "))
+    print(issues)
+else:
+    print(f"Failed to execute JQL query. Status code: {response.status_code}")
+    print("Response:", response.text)
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