analytics/geckoboard_views.py
def get_GET_bool(request, var_name, default=True):
    """
    Tries to extract a boolean variable from the specified request.
    """

    val = request.GET.get(var_name, default)
    if isinstance(val, str) or isinstance(val, unicode):
        val = True if val[0] == 't' else False

    return val
def get_GET_bool(request, var_name, default=True):
    """
    Tries to extract a boolean variable from the specified request.
    """

    val = request.GET.get(var_name, default)
    if isinstance(val, str) or isinstance(val, unicode):
        val = True if val[0] == 't' else False

    return val
Tries to extract a boolean variable from the specified request.