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Benchling Container API

A Container is a physical vessel (such as a tube, vial, or cryotube) that holds biological or chemical samples in Benchling's inventory system. Containers track their contents (see ContainerContent), quantity, location within storage (via parentStorage which can be a Box, Plate, or Location), and lifecycle information including expiration and freeze-thaw cycles. Each container has a barcode for physical identification and conforms to a ContainerSchema that defines its type and schema fields. Containers support checkout tracking (see CheckoutRecord) and can be associated with Studies. Also known as "tubes" or "sample containers" in laboratory contexts.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Compound & Library Management BC-1500.60

Operations 12

POST /container Create Container #
GET /container/items List Container items #
GET /container/{container_id} Get Container by ID #
PATCH /container/{container_id} Update Container #
POST /container/{container_id}:remove-content Remove Container content #
POST /container/{container_id}:update-content-concentration Update Container content concentration #
POST /container:batch-create Batch create Container #
PATCH /container:batch-update Batch update Container #
POST /container:bulk-create Bulk create Container #
PATCH /container:bulk-update Bulk update Container #
POST /container:transfer Transfer Container contents #
GET /tasks/container/transfer/{task_id} Poll async task status #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.benchling.com/docs/developer-platform-overview
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APIReference
https://benchling.com/api/v3/reference
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Authentication
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/authentication/benchling-authentication.yml
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RateLimits
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/rate-limits/benchling-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/openapi/benchling-container-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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OpenAPIRemote
https://benchling.com/api/v3/openapi.yaml
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Conventions
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/conventions/benchling-conventions.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/errors/benchling-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/data-model/benchling-data-model.yml
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Webhooks
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/asyncapi/benchling-webhooks.yml
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Lifecycle
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/lifecycle/benchling-lifecycle.yml
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ChangeLog
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/changelog/benchling-changelog.yml
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StabilityPolicy
https://docs.benchling.com/docs/stability-guidelines
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SDKs
https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/packages/benchling-packages.yml

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benchling-container-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Benchling Container API
  version: 2.0.0
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  description: 'Operations tagged Container across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: benchling-openapi.yml, benchling-v3-openapi.yaml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /api/v3
security:
- oAuth: []
- basicApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/benchling/openapi/benchling-container-api-openapi.yml