From e9dee56bce30ef50b5a3f25b49055c6b004e3297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederick Muriuki Muriithi
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:34:04 -0500
Subject: Add utility for handling requests.

---
 gn_libs/requests.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gn_libs/requests.py

diff --git a/gn_libs/requests.py b/gn_libs/requests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18404aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gn_libs/requests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""Utilities to deal with requests."""
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
+from flask import request
+
+def request_json() -> dict:
+    """Retrieve the JSON sent in a request."""
+    if "application/json" in request.headers.get("Content-Type", ""):
+        try:
+            return request.json or {}
+        except JSONDecodeError:
+            return {}
+
+    if "multipart/form-data" in request.headers.get("Content-Type", ""):
+        return dict(request.form) or {}
+
+    return dict(request.args) or {}
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