code: def arg_string_from_dict(arg_dict, **kwds):
      
      # the filters dictionary
      filters = {
          **arg_dict,
          **kwds,
      }
      # return the correctly formed string
      return ", ".join("{}: {}".format(key, json.dumps(value)) for key,value in filters.items())
docs: This function takes a series of ditionaries and creates an argument
          string for a graphql query