function to get the data from the urlencoded forms
        ignore the data passed in and just get the args from wherever they are

def _form_loader(self, _):
        '''
        function to get the data from the urlencoded forms
        ignore the data passed in and just get the args from wherever they are
        '''
        data = {}
        for key in self.request.arguments:
            val = self.get_arguments(key)
            if len(val) == 1:
                data[key] = val[0]
            else:
                data[key] = val
        return data