code: def get_reports(self):
          
          # Create a mapping of source ARs for copy
          uids = self.request.form.get("uids", [])
          # handle 'uids' GET parameter coming from a redirect
          if isinstance(uids, basestring):
              uids = uids.split(",")
          uids = filter(api.is_uid, uids)
          unique_uids = OrderedDict().fromkeys(uids).keys()
          return map(self.get_object_by_uid, unique_uids)
docs: Return the objects from the UIDs given in the request