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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# request_helpers.py
+# Copyright (C) 2013 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+Request helpers for backward compatible "parsing" of requests
+"""
+
+import time
+
+import json
+
+from dateutil import parser as dateparser
+
+
+def get_content(request):
+    """
+    Returns the content by trying to get it from the json
+    property/function or from content, in that order.
+    Also returns the mtime for that content if available
+
+    :param request: request as it is given by requests
+    :type request: Response
+
+    :rtype: tuple (contents, mtime)
+    """
+
+    contents = ""
+    mtime = None
+
+    if request.json:
+        if callable(request.json):
+            contents = json.dumps(request.json())
+        else:
+            contents = json.dumps(request.json)
+    else:
+        contents = request.content
+
+    mtime = None
+    last_modified = request.headers.get('last-modified', None)
+    if last_modified:
+        dt = dateparser.parse(unicode(last_modified))
+        mtime = int(time.mktime(dt.timetuple()) + dt.microsecond / 1000000.0)
+
+    return contents, mtime