class Sinatra::Base

def indifferent_params(object)

Enable string or symbol key access to the nested params hash. 
def indifferent_params(object)
  case object
  when Hash
    new_hash = indifferent_hash
    object.each { |key, value| new_hash[key] = indifferent_params(value) }
    new_hash
  when Array
    object.map { |item| indifferent_params(item) }
  else
    object
  end
end