def METHOD_NAME(input_database, release):
    """
    Connect to CellxGene Census or user-provided TileDBSoma object
    """
    if input_database != "CellxGene":
        raise NotImplementedError(
            "Custom census database is not implemented yet!"
            )
    logger.info(
        "Initializing %s release %s",
        input_database, release
        )
    return cellxgene_census.open_soma(
        census_version = release
        )