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Aws WorkMail Organizations ClientToken

In the create organizations api there is a field called

ClientToken and the definition is

The idempotency token associated with the request..

Could someone explain the meaning of this action? How could I make usage of that field?

I don't think I understand the meaning of the principle at a high level.

Solution

  • Idempotency ensures that an API request completes no more than one time. (Source)

    In this context ClientToken is a unique string that you can use to ensure that you don't accidently re-run the same API request more than once. (In this case, it helps us ensure that we don't create duplicate AWS Workmail Organizations. )