# METHOD ### Property description The difference between POST and PUT is that PUT requests are idempotent. That is, calling the same PUT request multiple times will always produce the same result. In contrast, calling a POST request repeatedly have the side effects of creating the same resource multiple times.
Constant setting of method
ƒx (String value type): “POST”, “PUT”
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