Playing with ActiveResource just a bit more

before trashing all of it.  What I really ought to be doing is playing
with Sequel or getting more cozy with ActiveRecord.

ares/server/helpers.py

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+import json
+
+def json_loads_from_request(request):
+    raw = request.body.s_iter.read(int(request.headers['Content-Length']))
+    return json.loads(raw)