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routes/helpers.py

@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ def thisIsHook(d):
 # Get variable from request
 def getFromRequest(request, thing: str):
     try:
-        if request.method == 'POST': thing = request.form[thing]
-        else: thing = thing.args[thing]
-        return thing
+        if request.method == 'POST': reqthing = request.form[thing]
+        else: reqthing = thing.args[thing]
+        return reqthing
     except: return None
       
 # Recognizing things