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Benchling Legacy Requests API

Legacy Requests allow scientists and teams to collaborate around experimental assays and workflows.

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Operations 11

GET /request-fulfillments List Legacy Request Fulfillments #
GET /request-fulfillments/{request_fulfillment_id} Get a Legacy Request's fulfillment #
GET /requests List Legacy Requests #
POST /requests Create a Legacy Request #
GET /requests/{request_id} Get a Legacy Request by ID #
PATCH /requests/{request_id} Update a Legacy Request #
GET /requests/{request_id}/response Get a Legacy Request's response #
POST /requests/{request_id}/tasks:bulk-create Create Legacy Request Tasks for a Legacy Request #
POST /requests/{request_id}/tasks:bulk-update Bulk update Legacy Request Tasks for a Legacy Request #
POST /requests/{request_id}:execute-sample-groups Update the status of sample groups in a Legacy Request #
GET /requests:bulk-get Bulk get requests #

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RateLimits
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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/refs/heads/main/openapi/benchling-legacy-requests-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

benchling-legacy-requests-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 Legacy Requests API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: Legacy Requests allow scientists and teams to collaborate around experimental assays and workflows.
servers:
- url: /api/v2
security:
- oAuth: []
- basicApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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