You may be able to avoid having to install anything on the server by using the /action/query endpoint of the /api/atelier API to run a SQL query such as this:

SELECT
 p.Name AS Project,
 p.Description,
 pi.Name AS Component,
 pi.Type
FROM
 %Studio.Project AS p,
 %Studio.ProjectItem AS pi
WHERE
 p.Name = pi.Project
ORDER BY
 Project,
 Component

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