def get_uids_from_request(self):
        """Returns a list of uids from the request
        """
        uids = self.request.get("uids", "")
        if isinstance(uids, basestring):
            uids = uids.split(",")
        unique_uids = collections.OrderedDict().fromkeys(uids).keys()
        return filter(api.is_uid, unique_uids)