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 _load_data(self, directory):
        try:
            with open(directory, 'r') as f:
                data = f.read()
                return literal_eval(data)
        except OSError as e:
            raise