Use parse_{int,str} and assert from http.servlet

parse_integer and parse_string can take a request and raise errors
in case we have wrong or missing params.
This PR tries to use them more to deduplicate some code and make it
better readable

synapse/rest/client/v1/initial_sync.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from twisted.internet import defer
 
 from synapse.streams.config import PaginationConfig
+from synapse.http.servlet import parse_boolean
 
 from .base import ClientV1RestServlet, client_path_patterns
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class InitialSyncRestServlet(ClientV1RestServlet):
         requester = yield self.auth.get_user_by_req(request)
         as_client_event = "raw" not in request.args
         pagination_config = PaginationConfig.from_request(request)
-        include_archived = request.args.get("archived", None) == ["true"]
+        include_archived = parse_boolean(request, "archived", default=False)
         content = yield self.initial_sync_handler.snapshot_all_rooms(
             user_id=requester.user.to_string(),
             pagin_config=pagination_config,