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# 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.

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### State

Setting up sending request.

### Value types

POST, PUT

### Availability

[File Upload](/reference-guide/components-list/file-upload.md)