This function is called externally from the alternative
    Python interpreter from within _get_tops function.

    :param extra_mods:
    :param so_mods:
    :return:

def gte():
    '''
    This function is called externally from the alternative
    Python interpreter from within _get_tops function.

    :param extra_mods:
    :param so_mods:
    :return:
    '''
    extra = salt.utils.json.loads(sys.argv[1])
    tops = get_tops(**extra)

    return salt.utils.json.dumps(tops, ensure_ascii=False)