def prependAPI?( request )
      ret = true
      ret = false if request.to_s.include?("API_") or request.to_s.include?("QBIS_")
      ret
    end
def prependAPI?( request )
      ret = true
      ret = false if request.to_s.include?("API_") or request.to_s.include?("QBIS_")
      ret
    end
Returns whether to prepend 'API_' to request string