Wash argument into 'new_type', that can be 'list', 'str',
                                               'int', 'tuple' or 'dict'.
    If needed, the check 'type(var) is not None' should be done before
    calling this function.
    @param var: variable value
    @param new_type: variable type, 'list', 'str', 'int', 'tuple' or 'dict'
    @return: as much as possible, value var as type new_type
            If var is a list, will change first element into new_type.
            If int check unsuccessful, returns 0

def wash_url_argument(var, new_type):
    """
    Wash argument into 'new_type', that can be 'list', 'str',
                                               'int', 'tuple' or 'dict'.
    If needed, the check 'type(var) is not None' should be done before
    calling this function.
    @param var: variable value
    @param new_type: variable type, 'list', 'str', 'int', 'tuple' or 'dict'
    @return: as much as possible, value var as type new_type
            If var is a list, will change first element into new_type.
            If int check unsuccessful, returns 0
    """
    out = []
    if new_type == 'list':  # return lst
        if isinstance(var, list):
            out = var
        else:
            out = [var]
    elif new_type == 'str':  # return str
        if isinstance(var, list):
            try:
                out = "%s" % var[0]
            except:
                out = ""
        elif isinstance(var, str):
            out = var
        else:
            out = "%s" % var
    elif new_type == 'int':  # return int
        if isinstance(var, list):
            try:
                out = int(var[0])
            except:
                out = 0
        elif isinstance(var, (int, long)):
            out = var
        elif isinstance(var, str):
            try:
                out = int(var)
            except:
                out = 0
        else:
            out = 0
    elif new_type == 'tuple':  # return tuple
        if isinstance(var, tuple):
            out = var
        else:
            out = (var, )
    elif new_type == 'dict':  # return dictionary
        if isinstance(var, dict):
            out = var
        else:
            out = {0: var}
    return out