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by icebraining 4837 days ago
No, PUT can be for creating too, if the client already knows the final URL. From the spec:

If the Request-URI does not point to an existing resource, and that URI is capable of being defined as a new resource by the requesting user agent, the origin server can create the resource with that URI. If a new resource is created, the origin server MUST inform the user agent via the 201 (Created) response.