Codeigniter Restserver DELETE method with request body [HACK]

API_Controller.php

    require APPPATH.'libraries/REST_Controller.php';

    class API_Controller extends REST_Controller
    {

        /**
         * Parse the DELETE request arguments [HACK]
         *
         * @access protected
         * @return void
         */
        protected function _parse_delete()
        {
            // It might be a HTTP body
            if ($this->request->format)
            {
                $this->request->body = $this->input->raw_input_stream;
            }
            else if ($this->input->method() === 'delete')
            {
                $this->_delete_args = $this->input->input_stream();
            }
        }

    }