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 > If you're doing REST-based web service stuff ... you should ignore request.POST.
 >
-> — Malcom Tredinnick, [Django developers group][cite]
+> — Malcolm Tredinnick, [Django developers group][cite]
 
 REST framework's `Request` class extends the standard `HttpRequest`, adding support for REST framework's flexible request parsing and request authentication.