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**Note:** If a client sends malformed content, then accessing `request.DATA` or `request.FILES` may raise a `ParseError`. By default REST framework's `APIView` class or `@api_view` decorator will catch the error and return a `400 Bad Request` response.
+If a client sends a request with a content-type that cannot be parsed then a `UnsupportedMediaType` exception will be raised, which by default will be caught and return a `415 Unsupported Media Type` response.
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# Authentication