code: def get_projects():
      
      conn, c = open_data_base_connection()
      try:
          c.execute("""SELECT project_name FROM main_table""")
          project_names = np.array(c.fetchall()).squeeze(axis=1)
          project_names = convert_list_to_dict(project_names)
          return project_names
      except sqlite3.OperationalError:
          logging.info("{} not found".format(run_name))
      finally:
          conn.close()
docs: Returns a dict of projects present in the database.
      :return: dict -> {<int_keys>: <project_name>}