Benchling Dropdown Option API

An individual selectable value within a Dropdown. Each DropdownOption represents one valid choice that users can select when populating a schema field configured with the parent Dropdown. Options can be archived to remove them from the available choices while preserving historical data that references them. The option's name is displayed to users when selecting values.

Operations 2

GET /dropdown-option/items List DropdownOption items #
GET /dropdown-option/{dropdown_option_id} Get DropdownOption by ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

benchling-dropdownoption-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 Dropdown Option API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: 'An individual selectable value within a Dropdown. Each DropdownOption represents one valid

    choice that users can select when populating a schema field configured with the parent

    Dropdown. Options can be archived to remove them from the available choices while preserving

    historical data that references them. The option''s name is displayed to users when selecting

    values.'
servers:
- url: /api/v3
security:
- oAuth: []
- basicApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- description: 'An individual selectable value within a Dropdown. Each DropdownOption represents one valid

    choice that users can select when populating a schema field configured with the parent

    Dropdown. Options can be archived to remove them from the available choices while preserving

    historical data that references them. The option''s name is displayed to users when selecting

    values.'
  name: DropdownOption
  x-bnch-organization: Benchling
paths:
  /dropdown-option/items:
    get:
      description: List DropdownOption items.
      operationId: DropdownOption.List
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id.anyOf'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/nextToken'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/omit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pageSize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/returning'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DropdownOptionPaginatedList'
          description: OK
          headers: {}
        '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: List DropdownOption items
      tags:
      - DropdownOption
      x-bnch-rate-limit-tier: 4
  /dropdown-option/{dropdown_option_id}:
    get:
      description: Get a single DropdownOption by ID.
      operationId: DropdownOption.Get
      parameters:
      - description: ID of the DropdownOption.
        in: path
        name: dropdown_option_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/returning'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/omit'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DropdownOption'
          description: OK
          headers: {}
        '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: Get DropdownOption by ID
      tags:
      - DropdownOption
      x-bnch-rate-limit-tier: 5
components:
  schemas:
    DropdownOptionPaginatedList:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        items:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DropdownOption'
          type: array
        nextToken:
          type: string
      type: object
    DropdownOption:
      description: 'An individual selectable value within a Dropdown. Each DropdownOption represents one valid

        choice that users can select when populating a schema field configured with the parent

        Dropdown. Options can be archived to remove them from the available choices while preserving

        historical data that references them. The option''s name is displayed to users when selecting

        values.'
      properties:
        __typename:
          type: string
        archiveReason:
          type:
          - 'null'
          - string
        archived:
          type: boolean
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
      type: object
    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
  parameters:
    pageSize:
      description: Number of results to return. Defaults to 50, maximum of 100.
      in: query
      name: pageSize
      schema:
        type: integer
    returning:
      description: Comma-separated list of top-level fields to include in each returned item. Cannot overlap with omit.
      explode: false
      in: query
      name: returning
      schema:
        items:
          type: string
        type: array
    id.anyOf:
      description: Restricts results to those matching any of the specified IDs. Comma-separated list.
      explode: false
      in: query
      name: id.anyOf
      schema:
        items:
          type: string
        maxItems: 100
        type: array
    nextToken:
      description: Token for pagination
      in: query
      name: nextToken
      schema:
        type: string
    omit:
      description: Comma-separated list of top-level fields to omit from each returned item. Cannot overlap with returning.
      explode: false
      in: query
      name: omit
      schema:
        items:
          type: string
        type: array
  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
  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