def get_initial(self):
        return copy.copy(self.request.GET)
parse args from the CLI and return a dict
dataset/ETHPy150Open CiscoSystems/avos/horizon/workflows/views.py/WorkflowView.get_initial--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open bfontaine/term2048/term2048/ui.py/parse_cli_args