code: def getTableColumns(table, columns, namespace = "default", network = "current", host=cytoscape_host,port=cytoscape_port,verbose=False):
      
      
      
      if type(network) != int:
          network=cytoscape("network", "get attribute",\
                        {"network":network,\
                         "namespace":namespace,\
                         "columnList":"SUID"},host=host,port=port)
          network=network[0]["SUID"]
  
      
      df=pd.DataFrame()
      def target(column):
          URL="http://"+str(host)+":"+str(port)+"/v1/networks/"+str(network)+"/tables/"+namespace+table+"/columns/"+column  
          if verbose:
              print("'"+URL+"'")
              sys.stdout.flush()
          response = urllib2.urlopen(URL)
          response = response.read()
          colA=json.loads(response)
  
          col=pd.DataFrame()    
          colHeader=colA["name"]
          colValues=colA["values"]
          col[colHeader]=colValues
          return col
      
      ncols=["name"]
      for c in columns:
          ncols.append(c.replace(" ","%20") )
      for c in ncols:
          try:
              col=target(c)
              df=pd.concat([df,col],axis=1)
          except:
              print("Could not find "+c)
              sys.stdout.flush()        
  
      df.index=df["name"].tolist()
      df=df.drop(["name"],axis=1)
      
      return df
docs: Gets tables from cytoscape
      
      :param table: table to retrieve eg. node
      :param columns: columns to retrieve in list format
      :param namespace: namepsace, default="default"
      :param network: a network name or id, default="current"
      :param host: cytoscape host address, default=cytoscape_host
      :param port: cytoscape port, default=1234
      :param verbose: print more information
  
      :returns: a pandas dataframe