code: def parse_sra(path_to_config):
      
      samples = []
      with open(path_to_config, 'r') as f:
          for line in f.readlines():
              if not line.isspace():
                  samples.append(line.strip())
      return samples
docs: Parses genetorrent config file.  Returns list of samples: [ [id1, id1 ], [id2, id2], ... ]
      Returns duplicate of ids to follow UUID/URL standard.