diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 0e614b0ae3..df074fd540 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import ast
 import asyncio
 import copy
 import inspect
@@ -3339,13 +3338,7 @@ async def chat_completion(  # noqa: PLR0915
 
     data = {}
     try:
-        body = await request.body()
-        body_str = body.decode()
-        try:
-            data = ast.literal_eval(body_str)
-        except Exception:
-            data = json.loads(body_str)
-
+        data = await _read_request_body(request=request)
         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
             "Request received by LiteLLM:\n{}".format(json.dumps(data, indent=4)),
         )
@@ -3612,12 +3605,7 @@ async def completion(  # noqa: PLR0915
     global user_temperature, user_request_timeout, user_max_tokens, user_api_base
     data = {}
     try:
-        body = await request.body()
-        body_str = body.decode()
-        try:
-            data = ast.literal_eval(body_str)
-        except Exception:
-            data = json.loads(body_str)
+        data = await _read_request_body(request=request)
 
         data["model"] = (
             general_settings.get("completion_model", None)  # server default
@@ -5350,12 +5338,7 @@ async def anthropic_response(  # noqa: PLR0915
     litellm.adapters = [{"id": "anthropic", "adapter": anthropic_adapter}]
 
     global user_temperature, user_request_timeout, user_max_tokens, user_api_base
-    body = await request.body()
-    body_str = body.decode()
-    try:
-        request_data: dict = ast.literal_eval(body_str)
-    except Exception:
-        request_data = json.loads(body_str)
+    request_data = await _read_request_body(request=request)
     data: dict = {**request_data, "adapter_id": "anthropic"}
     try:
         data["model"] = (
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_completion.py b/tests/local_testing/test_completion.py
index 4b7c2aabd1..32dcd2627d 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_completion.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_completion.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from litellm import RateLimitError, Timeout, completion, completion_cost, embedd
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler, HTTPHandler
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import anthropic_messages_pt
 
-# litellm.num_retries = 3
+# litellm.num_retries=3
 
 litellm.cache = None
 litellm.success_callback = []