Revert #172

This was a good first attempt, but still prevented users from deleting the keys they'd created

src/replit/database/database.py

@@ -62,18 +62,6 @@ def dumps(val: Any) -> str:
 _dumps = dumps
 
 
-def _sanitize_key(key: str) -> str:
-    """Strip slashes from the beginning of keys.
-
-    Args:
-        key (str): The key to strip
-
-    Returns:
-        str: The stripped key
-    """
-    return key.lstrip("/")
-
-
 class AsyncDatabase:
     """Async interface for Replit Database.
 
@@ -230,7 +218,6 @@ async def set_bulk_raw(self, values: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
         Args:
             values (Dict[str, str]): The key-value pairs to set.
         """
-        values = {_sanitize_key(k): v for k, v in values.items()}
         async with self.client.post(self.db_url, data=values) as response:
             response.raise_for_status()
 
@@ -689,7 +676,6 @@ def set_bulk_raw(self, values: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
         Args:
             values (Dict[str, str]): The key-value pairs to set.
         """
-        values = {_sanitize_key(k): v for k, v in values.items()}
         r = self.sess.post(self.db_url, data=values)
         r.raise_for_status()