Idempotence

An idempotent operation is defined as one which, if performed more than once, results in the same outcome.

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An idempotent operation is defined as one which, if performed more than once, results in the same outcome. In a REST API, an idempotent operation is one that even if it were to be performed several times, the resulting data on the server would be the same as if it had been performed only once.

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