I need a way to handle conflicts

[dsog]

Error attempting POST => https://api.balancedpayments.com/v1/marketplaces/TEST-MK98f1c1d4844011e1911d024f5cb9b783/accounts:
409 CONFLICT
{
  "status": "Conflict", 
  "category_code": "duplicate-email-address", 
  "additional": null, 
  "status_code": 409, 
  "category_type": "logical", 
  "extras": {
    "account_uri": "/v1/marketplaces/TEST-MK98f1c1d4844011e1911d024f5cb9b783/accounts/AC1y0WNSEZTl6jb1yTyAh9fM"
  }, 
  "request_id": "OHMa9c73994bf1911e1bd3d026ba7e239a9", 
  "description": "Account with email address \"[email protected]\" already exists. Your request id is OHMa9c73994bf1911e1bd3d026ba7e239a9."
} at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.1/Business/BalancedPayments/HTTP.pm line 64.

There should be a way to query with the account_uri and get the account if it already exists. OR maybe the client should just do that step and return the object if it exists.