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[bradyguyc]

Problem

Getting a 405 on the following API.

The documentation at the following link says it is not implemented. Would like confirmation that it is indeed not implemented and if it could be implemented that would be great.

https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/lists

Result Protocol Host URL Body Caching Content-Type Process Comments Custom

15 405 HTTPS openlibrary.org /people/mynextbook/lists/OL321277L 29 text/html openlibraryseriessync:9292

Request Body
{
"name": "A Song Of Ice and Fire",
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"tags": [],
"seeds": [
"/works/OL257943W",
"/works/OL257939W",
"/works/OL257948W"
]
}

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