diff --git a/core/unifi/go.mod b/core/unifi/go.mod
index 83d311fb..219ef9dc 100644
--- a/core/unifi/go.mod
+++ b/core/unifi/go.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ module github.com/unifi-poller/unifi
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200625001655-4c5254603344
 )
diff --git a/core/unifi/go.sum b/core/unifi/go.sum
index d8a6dd57..52fd963e 100644
--- a/core/unifi/go.sum
+++ b/core/unifi/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
@@ -14,5 +17,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/core/unifi/unifi.go b/core/unifi/unifi.go
index 5b3ddd5d..79e0c6a4 100644
--- a/core/unifi/unifi.go
+++ b/core/unifi/unifi.go
@@ -166,6 +166,21 @@ func (u *Unifi) GetData(apiPath string, v interface{}, params ...string) error {
 	return json.Unmarshal(body, v)
 }
 
+// PutData makes a unifi request and unmarshals the response into a provided pointer.
+func (u *Unifi) PutData(apiPath string, v interface{}, params ...string) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	body, err := u.PutJSON(apiPath, params...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	u.DebugLog("Requested %s: elapsed %v, returned %d bytes",
+		u.URL+u.path(apiPath), time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond), len(body))
+
+	return json.Unmarshal(body, v)
+}
+
 // UniReq is a small helper function that adds an Accept header.
 // Use this if you're unmarshalling UniFi data into custom types.
 // And if you're doing that... sumbut a pull request with your new struct. :)
@@ -182,18 +197,26 @@ func (u *Unifi) UniReq(apiPath string, params string) (req *http.Request, err er
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Add the saved CSRF header.
-	req.Header.Set("X-CSRF-Token", u.csrf)
-	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
-	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+	u.setHeaders(req, params)
 
-	if u.Client.Jar != nil {
-		parsedURL, _ := url.Parse(req.URL.String())
-		u.DebugLog("Requesting %s, with params: %v, cookies: %d", req.URL, params != "", len(u.Client.Jar.Cookies(parsedURL)))
-	} else {
-		u.DebugLog("Requesting %s, with params: %v,", req.URL, params != "")
+	return
+}
+
+// UniReqPut is the Put call equivalent to UniReq
+func (u *Unifi) UniReqPut(apiPath string, params string) (req *http.Request, err error) {
+	switch apiPath = u.path(apiPath); params {
+	case "":
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Put with no parameters. Use UniReq()")
+	default:
+		req, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", u.URL+apiPath, bytes.NewBufferString(params))
 	}
 
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	u.setHeaders(req, params)
+
 	return
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +227,21 @@ func (u *Unifi) GetJSON(apiPath string, params ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return []byte{}, err
 	}
 
+	return u.do(req)
+}
+
+// PutJSON uses a PUT call and returns the raw JSON in the same way as GetData
+// Use this if you want to change data via the REST API
+func (u *Unifi) PutJSON(apiPath string, params ...string) ([]byte, error) {
+	req, err := u.UniReqPut(apiPath, strings.Join(params, " "))
+	if err != nil {
+		return []byte{}, err
+	}
+
+	return u.do(req)
+}
+
+func (u *Unifi) do(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
 	resp, err := u.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []byte{}, err
@@ -227,3 +265,17 @@ func (u *Unifi) GetJSON(apiPath string, params ...string) ([]byte, error) {
 
 	return body, err
 }
+
+func (u *Unifi) setHeaders(req *http.Request, params string) {
+	// Add the saved CSRF header.
+	req.Header.Set("X-CSRF-Token", u.csrf)
+	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+
+	if u.Client.Jar != nil {
+		parsedURL, _ := url.Parse(req.URL.String())
+		u.DebugLog("Requesting %s, with params: %v, cookies: %d", req.URL, params != "", len(u.Client.Jar.Cookies(parsedURL)))
+	} else {
+		u.DebugLog("Requesting %s, with params: %v,", req.URL, params != "")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/unifi/unifi_test.go b/core/unifi/unifi_test.go
index 28204201..1ef3725f 100644
--- a/core/unifi/unifi_test.go
+++ b/core/unifi/unifi_test.go
@@ -56,6 +56,32 @@ func TestUniReq(t *testing.T) {
 	a.EqualValues(k, string(d), "POST parameters improperly encoded")
 }
 
+func TestUniReqPut(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	a := assert.New(t)
+	p := "/test/path"
+	u := "http://some.url:8443"
+	// Test empty parameters.
+	authReq := &Unifi{Client: &http.Client{}, Config: &Config{URL: u, DebugLog: discardLogs}}
+	r, err := authReq.UniReqPut(p, "")
+	a.NotNil(err, "empty params must produce an error")
+
+	// Test with parameters
+	k := "key1=value9&key2=value7"
+	authReq = &Unifi{Client: &http.Client{}, Config: &Config{URL: "http://some.url:8443", DebugLog: discardLogs}}
+	r, err = authReq.UniReqPut(p, k)
+	a.Nil(err, "newrequest must not produce an error")
+	a.EqualValues(p, r.URL.Path,
+		"the provided apiPath was not added to http request")
+	a.EqualValues(u, r.URL.Scheme+"://"+r.URL.Host, "URL improperly encoded")
+	a.EqualValues("PUT", r.Method, "with parameters the method must be POST")
+	a.EqualValues("application/json", r.Header.Get("Accept"), "Accept header must be set to application/json")
+	// Check the parameters.
+	d, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	a.Nil(err, "problem reading request body, PUT parameters may be malformed")
+	a.EqualValues(k, string(d), "PUT parameters improperly encoded")
+}
+
 /* NOT DONE: OPEN web server, check parameters posted, more. This test is incomplete.
 a.EqualValues(`{"username": "user1","password": "pass2"}`, string(post_params),
 	"user/pass json parameters improperly encoded")