def parseGET(headers,path):
        #separate the request params from the path   
        splittedPath = path.split('?')   
        msg = splittedPath[1]
        parsedDict = urlparse.parse_qs(msg)  #Note values here are stored in lists, this is so one can handle many inputs with same name, for now we dont want that as our multipart parsing does not support it 
        params = dict()
        for k,v in parsedDict.iteritems():
            params[k] = v[0]