docs: def query(self, tablename, attributes=None, consistent=False, count=False,
                index=None, limit=None, desc=False, return_capacity=None,
                filter=None, filter_or=False, exclusive_start_key=None, **kwargs):
          """
          Perform an index query on a table
  
          This uses the older version of the DynamoDB API.
          See also: :meth:`~.query2`.
  
          Parameters
          ----------
          tablename : str
              Name of the table to query
          attributes : list
              If present, only fetch these attributes from the item
          consistent : bool, optional
              Perform a strongly consistent read of the data (default False)
          count : bool, optional
              If True, return a count of matched items instead of the items
              themselves (default False)
          index : str, optional
              The name of the index to query
          limit : int, optional
              Maximum number of items to return
          desc : bool, optional
              If True, return items in descending order (default False)
          return_capacity : {NONE, INDEXES, TOTAL}, optional
              INDEXES will return the consumed capacity for indexes, TOTAL will
              return the consumed capacity for the table and the indexes.
              (default NONE)
          filter : dict, optional
              Query arguments. Same format as **kwargs, but these arguments
              filter the results on the server before they are returned. They
              will NOT use an index, as that is what the **kwargs are for.
          filter_or : bool, optional
              If True, multiple filter args will be OR'd together. If False, they
              will be AND'd together. (default False)
          exclusive_start_key : dict, optional
              The ExclusiveStartKey to resume a previous query
          **kwargs : dict, optional
              Query arguments (examples below)
  
          Examples
          --------
          You may pass in constraints using the Django-style '__' syntax. For
          example:
  
          .. code-block:: python
  
              connection.query('mytable', foo__eq=5)
              connection.query('mytable', foo__eq=5, bar__lt=22)
              connection.query('mytable', foo__eq=5, bar__between=(1, 10))
  
          """
          keywords = {
              'TableName': tablename,
              'ReturnConsumedCapacity': self._default_capacity(return_capacity),
              'ConsistentRead': consistent,
              'ScanIndexForward': not desc,
              'KeyConditions': encode_query_kwargs(self.dynamizer, kwargs),
          }
          if attributes is not None:
              keywords['AttributesToGet'] = attributes
          if index is not None:
              keywords['IndexName'] = index
          if filter is not None:
              if len(filter) > 1:
                  keywords['ConditionalOperator'] = 'OR' if filter_or else 'AND'
              keywords['QueryFilter'] = encode_query_kwargs(self.dynamizer,
                                                            filter)
          if exclusive_start_key is not None:
              keywords['ExclusiveStartKey'] = \
                  self.dynamizer.maybe_encode_keys(exclusive_start_key)
          if not isinstance(limit, Limit):
              limit = Limit(limit)
          if count:
              keywords['Select'] = COUNT
              return self._count('query', limit, keywords)
          else:
              return ResultSet(self, limit, 'query', **keywords)