Benchling Bulk Export API

The BulkExport API from Benchling — 1 operation(s) for bulkexport.

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POST /bulk-export Create a bulk export task #

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OpenAPI Specification

benchling-bulkexport-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  title: Benchling Bulk Export API
  version: 2.0.0
servers:
- url: /api/v3
security:
- oAuth: []
- basicApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: BulkExport
paths:
  /bulk-export:
    post:
      description: 'Create a bulk export task that will export data from the requested list of models into data files.

        The data files would be in serialized JSON format matching v3 api response spec of the models.

        The task will run asynchronously and the results can be retrieved using the bulk-export task ID.

        '
      operationId: BulkExport.Create
      parameters:
      - description: Set to true to access beta operations via /api/v3.
        in: header
        name: EARLY-ACCESS
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              properties:
                models:
                  additionalProperties:
                    type: object
                  example:
                    Box: {}
                    Container:
                      filters:
                        modifiedAt:
                          gte: '2025-09-15T05:22:30Z'
                  maxItems: 100
                  minItems: 1
                  type: object
              required:
              - models
              type: object
        description: Provide the list of model names to be exported.
      responses:
        '202':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                properties:
                  pollingUri:
                    type: string
                  taskId:
                    type: string
                type: object
          description: Task started
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      summary: Create a bulk export task
      tags:
      - BulkExport
      x-bnch-rate-limit-tier: 4
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeneralError'
      description: Not Found
    TooManyRequests:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeneralError'
      description: Too Many Requests
    BadRequest:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeneralError'
      description: Bad Request
    Forbidden:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeneralError'
      description: Forbidden
    InternalServerError:
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
      description: Internal Server Error
  schemas:
    InternalServerError:
      properties:
        detail:
          type:
          - 'null'
          - string
          - object
        errorId:
          type: string
        instance:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type:
          - 'null'
          - string
        type:
          type: string
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - status
      - instance
      type: object
    GeneralError:
      properties:
        detail:
          type:
          - 'null'
          - string
          - object
        instance:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        title:
          type:
          - 'null'
          - string
        type:
          type: string
      required:
      - type
      - title
      - detail
      - status
      - instance
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    basicApiKeyAuth:
      description: Use issued API key for standard access to the API
      scheme: basic
      type: http
    basicClientIdSecretAuth:
      description: Auth used as part of client credentials OAuth flow prior to receiving a bearer token.
      scheme: basic
      type: http
    oAuth:
      description: OAuth2 Client Credentials flow intended for service access
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          scopes: {}
          tokenUrl: /oauth/token
      type: oauth2