html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,issue,performed_via_github_app
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-635530876,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,635530876,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNTUzMDg3Ng==,9599,2020-05-28T18:50:18Z,2020-05-28T18:50:18Z,OWNER,"How about moving this functionality to the request object itself?
```python
q = request[""q""]  # Raises KeyError if missing, otherwise returns first
q = request.get(""q"", ""default"") # Returns first, or optional default or None
facets = request.getlist(""_facet"")
```","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-635702201,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,635702201,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNTcwMjIwMQ==,9599,2020-05-29T01:20:34Z,2020-05-29T01:20:34Z,OWNER,"Or change `request.args` to behave more like `request.raw_args` - mainly to return a single value when you look things up by key.

It's currently defined like this: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/3c1a60589e14849344acd8aa6da0a60b40fbfc60/datasette/utils/__init__.py#L756-L766","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-635702385,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,635702385,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNTcwMjM4NQ==,9599,2020-05-29T01:21:15Z,2020-05-29T01:21:15Z,OWNER,"I think `request.args.getlist()` should return a list, not None, if the key does not exist.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-636227927,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,636227927,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNjIyNzkyNw==,9599,2020-05-29T22:58:32Z,2020-05-29T22:58:32Z,OWNER,"I think I want `request.args[""key""]` to return the FIRST item for that key or raise a `KeyError` if none are found.

Right now it returns the full list.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-636228656,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,636228656,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNjIyODY1Ng==,9599,2020-05-29T23:01:22Z,2020-05-29T23:01:22Z,OWNER,"As far as I can tell the only code I've ever written that would break if I made this change is in `russian-ira-facebook-ads`:

https://github.com/simonw/russian-ira-facebook-ads-datasette/blob/e7106710abdd7bdcae035bedd8bdaba75ae56a12/plugins/target.py#L22

https://github.com/simonw/russian-ira-facebook-ads-datasette/blob/b8a22348c6b315ab94ddba69e8117dfdfd9573dc/plugins/regexp.py#L17

That doesn't work against latest Datasette anyway, so I think I can safely make this change.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-636229764,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,636229764,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNjIyOTc2NA==,9599,2020-05-29T23:05:48Z,2020-05-29T23:05:48Z,OWNER,"I'm going to rebuild `RequestParameters` to no longer subclass `dict`. I'll keep the following methods:

- `__contains__()`
- `__getitem__()` (with the new behaviour)
- `keys()`
- iterating iterates keys
- `__len__`
- `get`
- `getlist`

It won't support writing, so it will effectively be immutable after you have constructed it.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-636234067,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,636234067,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNjIzNDA2Nw==,9599,2020-05-29T23:24:34Z,2020-05-29T23:24:34Z,OWNER,Updated documentation for `RequestParameters`: https://datasette.readthedocs.io/en/latest/internals.html#the-requestparameters-class,"{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,
https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/774#issuecomment-636234759,https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/774,636234759,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDYzNjIzNDc1OQ==,9599,2020-05-29T23:27:35Z,2020-05-29T23:27:35Z,OWNER,"Oh dear... it looks like `.raw_args` is used in my TIL script, which has been copied by a few people!

https://github.com/search?q=request+raw_args+datasette&type=Code

I'll fix it in mine and file pull requests against other pieces before this code gets released.","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",626078521,