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Difference between PUT and QUERY methods in HTTP.

Tests whether you're aware QUERY is a newer, still-emerging HTTP method designed for safe, idempotent requests that need a body (unlike GET, which traditionally shouldn't carry one) -- distinct from PUT, which is specifically for replacing a resource, not retrieving data.

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