code: def are_genes_in_api(my_clue_api_client, gene_symbols):
      
      if len(gene_symbols) > 0:
          query_gene_symbols = gene_symbols if type(gene_symbols) is list else list(gene_symbols)
  
          query_result = my_clue_api_client.run_filter_query(resource_name,
              {"where":{"gene_symbol":{"inq":query_gene_symbols}}, "fields":{"gene_symbol":True}})
          logger.debug("query_result:  {}".format(query_result))
  
          r = set([x["gene_symbol"] for x in query_result])
          return r
      else:
          logger.warning("provided gene_symbols was empty, cannot run query")
          return set()
docs: determine if genes are present in the API
  
      Args:
          my_clue_api_client:
          gene_symbols: collection of gene symbols to query the API with
  
      Returns: set of the found gene symbols