def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def _loadapp(self, proxy_config_path):
        """
        Load a proxy from an app.conf to get the memcache_ring

        :returns: the memcache_ring of the memcache middleware filter
        """
        with mock.patch('swift.proxy.server.Ring'):
            app = loadapp(proxy_config_path)
        memcache_ring = None
        while True:
            memcache_ring = getattr(app, 'memcache', None)
            if memcache_ring:
                break
            app = app.app
        return memcache_ring