def parse_get_vars(self): """Takes the QUERY_STRING and unpacks it to get_vars """ query_string = self.env.get('query_string', '') dget = urlparse.parse_qs(query_string, keep_blank_values=1) # Ref: https://docs.python.org/2/library/cgi.html#cgi.parse_qs get_vars = self._get_vars = Storage(dget) for (key, value) in iteritems(get_vars): if isinstance(value, list) and len(value) == 1: get_vars[key] = value[0]