def parse_data(self, data):
"""Parse this posted data into a list of key/value pairs
"""
if data is None:
result = []
else:
try:
result = json.loads(unicode(data))
if isinstance(result, dict):
result = result.items()
if not isinstance(result, list):
common.logger.info(
u'Unexpected data format: {}'.format(result))
result = []
except ValueError:
url = QUrl('')
url.setEncodedQuery(data)
result = url.queryItems()
return result
