Benchling Codon Usage Tables API

Benchling curates codon usage data for a variety of organisms to support operations such as Codon Optimization and Back Translation.

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GET /codon-usage-tables List codon usage tables for organisms #

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OpenAPI Specification

benchling-codon-usage-tables-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 AA Sequences Codon Usage Tables API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: 'AA Sequences are the working units of cells that make everything run (they help make structures, catalyze reactions and allow for signaling - a kind of internal cell communication). On Benchling, these are comprised of a string of amino acids and collections of other attributes, such as annotations.

    '
servers:
- url: /api/v2
security:
- oAuth: []
- basicApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- description: Benchling curates codon usage data for a variety of organisms to support operations such as Codon Optimization and Back Translation.
  name: Codon Usage Tables
paths:
  /codon-usage-tables:
    get:
      description: 'List tables with codon usage data for organisms that can be specified for other Benchling operations.

        '
      operationId: listCodonUsageTables
      parameters:
      - description: 'Number of results to return. Defaults to 50, maximum of 100.

          '
        in: query
        name: pageSize
        schema:
          default: 50
          maximum: 100
          minimum: 0
          type: integer
      - description: Token for pagination
        in: query
        name: nextToken
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: sort
        schema:
          default: name:asc
          description: 'Method by which to order search results. Valid sort is name (entity name, alphabetical). Optionally add :asc or :desc to specify ascending or descending order.

            '
          enum:
          - name
          - name:asc
          - name:desc
          type: string
      - description: Name of a codon usage table (tables are named for the organisms that they represent). Restricts results to those with the specified name.
        in: query
        name: name
        schema:
          example: Arabidopsis thaliana
          type: string
      - description: Name substring of a codon usage table (tables are named for the organisms that they represent). Restricts results to those with names that include the provided substring.
        in: query
        name: nameIncludes
        schema:
          example: thaliana
          type: string
      - description: 'Comma-separated list of ids. Matches all of the provided IDs, or returns a 400 error that includes a list of which IDs are invalid.

          '
        in: query
        name: ids
        schema:
          example: codtab_VfVOART1,codtab_RFhDGaaC
          type: string
      - description: 'Comma-separated list of names. Restricts results to those that match any of the specified names.

          '
        in: query
        name: names.anyOf
        schema:
          example: Arabidopsis thaliana,Anopheles stephensi
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CodonUsageTablesPaginatedList'
          description: OK
          headers:
            Result-Count:
              description: The total number of items that match the given query
              schema:
                type: integer
            x-rate-limit-limit:
              description: The number of allowed requests in the current rate-limit period
              schema:
                type: integer
            x-rate-limit-remaining:
              description: The number of requests remaining in the current rate-limit period
              schema:
                type: integer
            x-rate-limit-reset:
              description: The number of seconds remaining in the current rate-limit period
              schema:
                type: integer
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestError'
          description: Bad Request
      summary: List codon usage tables for organisms
      tags:
      - Codon Usage Tables
components:
  schemas:
    Pagination:
      properties:
        nextToken:
          type: string
    CodonUsageTablesPaginatedList:
      additionalProperties: false
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
      - properties:
          codonUsageTables:
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CodonUsageTable'
            type: array
      type: object
    CodonUsageTable:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        id:
          example: codtab_VfVOART1
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
      type: object
    BadRequestError:
      properties:
        error:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseError'
          - properties:
              type:
                enum:
                - invalid_request_error
                type: string
      type: object
    BaseError:
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        userMessage:
          type: string
      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: /api/v2/token
      type: oauth2
externalDocs:
  description: Additional API Documentation
  url: https://docs.benchling.com