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What is idempotency in REST APIs?
Tests whether you define it precisely as 'repeating the same request produces the same end state as doing it once' -- true for GET/PUT/DELETE by spec, but POST requires an explicit idempotency key if you want that guarantee, since creation isn't naturally idempotent.
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