code: function normalizeParams(params) {
          if (params && params.constructor !== Array && typeof params === 'object') {
              params = _.mapKeys(params, function (value, key) {
                  return ':' + _.trimStart(key, ':');
              });
          }
          return params;
      }
docs: Prefixes object params with ':'.
  If something other than an object is given the will be returned without being changed.
  
  @param params {[]|{}|string}
  @returns {*} returns the updated params object