def get_page(self, suffix):
 try:
  return int(self.REQUEST[('page%s' % suffix)])
 except (KeyError, ValueError, TypeError):
  return 1

def get_page ( self , suffix ) : try : return int ( self . REQUEST [ ( 'page%s' % suffix ) ] ) except ( KeyError , ValueError , TypeError ) : return 1
a function which will be monkeypatched onto the request to get the current integer representing the current page .