code: def create_query(section):
      
      query = {}
  
      if 'ports' in section:
          query['ports'] = [section['ports']]
      if 'up' in section:
          query['up'] = bool(section['up'])
      if 'search' in section:
          query['search'] = [section['search']]
      if 'tags' in section:
          query['tags'] = [section['tags']]
      if 'groups' in section:
          query['groups'] = [section['groups']]
  
      return query
docs: Creates a search query based on the section of the config file.