public function cgetAction(Request $request)
    {
        $locale = $this->getLocale($request);

        // if the type parameter is falsy, assign NULL to $type
        $type = $request->query->get('type', null) ?: null;

        $idsString = $request->get('ids');

        if ($idsString) {
            $ids = explode(',', $idsString);
            $snippets = $this->snippetRepository->getSnippetsByUuids($ids, $locale);
            $total = count($snippets);
        } else {
            $snippets = $this->snippetRepository->getSnippets(
                $locale,
                $type,
                $this->listRestHelper->getOffset(),
                $this->listRestHelper->getLimit(),
                $this->listRestHelper->getSearchPattern(),
                $this->listRestHelper->getSortColumn(),
                $this->listRestHelper->getSortOrder()
            );

            $total = $this->snippetRepository->getSnippetsAmount(
                $locale,
                $type,
                $this->listRestHelper->getSearchPattern(),
                $this->listRestHelper->getSortColumn(),
                $this->listRestHelper->getSortOrder()
            );
        }

        $data = new ListRepresentation(
            $snippets,
            'snippets',
            'get_snippets',
            $request->query->all(),
            $this->listRestHelper->getPage(),
            $this->listRestHelper->getLimit(),
            $total
        );

        return $this->viewHandler->handle(View::create($data));
    }