def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """Return a list of uids from the request
    """
    uids = self.request.form.get("uids", "")
    if isinstance(uids, six.string_types):
        uids = uids.split(",")
    unique_uids = collections.OrderedDict().fromkeys(uids).keys()
    return filter(api.is_uid, unique_uids)