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Benchling Entry API

An Entry is the core document type in Benchling's Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), used by scientists to record experimental work and observations. Entries are organized into sections (days) containing various content types such as text, tables, file attachments, and structured data tables for results. Entries support rich collaboration features including authorship tracking, review workflows (see `Review` and `ReviewProcess`), access control through Projects and Folders, and can be linked to Studies. Entries may optionally conform to an `EntrySchema` that defines custom fields. They can be created from scratch or from an `EntryTemplate` to ensure consistent structure. Entry mutation endpoints are currently in closed LA.

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Business capability
Experimentation & Prototyping Management BC-810.30

Operations 11

POST /entry Create Entry #
GET /entry/items List Entry items #
GET /entry/{entry_id} Get Entry by ID #
PATCH /entry/{entry_id} Update Entry #
GET /entry/{entry_id}/applicable-review-processes/items List ReviewProcess items #
GET /entry/{entry_id}/authors/items List Principal items #
GET /entry/{entry_id}/parts/items List DocumentPart items #
POST /entry:batch-create Batch create Entry #
PATCH /entry:batch-update Batch update Entry #
POST /entry:bulk-create Bulk create Entry #
PATCH /entry:bulk-update Bulk update Entry #

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-entry-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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OpenAPI Specification

benchling-entry-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Benchling Entry API
  version: 2.0.0
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  description: 'Operations tagged Entry 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-entry-api-openapi.yml