Benchling

Benchling Plates API

Plates are a structured inventory type, grids of wells that each function like containers. Plates come in two types: a traditional "fixed" type, where the wells cannot move, and a "matrix" type. A matrix plate has similar functionality to a box, where the containers inside can be moved around and removed altogether. Plates are all associated with schemas, which define the type of the plate (e.g. "96 Well Plate") along with the fields that are tracked, the dimensions of the plate, and whether or not the plate is a matrix plate or a traditional well plate. Like all inventory, every Plate has a barcode that is unique across the registry.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

GET /plates List plates #
POST /plates Create a plate #
GET /plates/{plate_id} Get a plate #
PATCH /plates/{plate_id} Update a plate #
POST /plates:archive Archive plates #
GET /plates:bulk-get BulkGet plates #
POST /plates:unarchive Unarchive plates #

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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/developer-platform-overview
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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-benchling-apps
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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/rate-limiting
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/benchling-rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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

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https://benchling.com/api/reference
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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-with-webhooks
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https://benchling.com/webhooks/reference
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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/events-getting-started
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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/events-reference
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https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-with-the-sdk
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https://pypi.org/project/benchling-sdk/
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https://github.com/benchling
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https://github.com/benchling/integration-examples
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https://github.com/benchling/app-examples-python
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https://docs.benchling.com/changelog/benchling-developer-changelog
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Status
https://benchling.betteruptime.com/
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https://www.benchling.com/blog
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DeveloperPlatform
https://www.benchling.com/developer-platform
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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/refs/heads/main/plans/benchling-plans-pricing.yml
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FinOps
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/refs/heads/main/finops/benchling-finops.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

benchling-plates-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 Plates API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: Plates are a structured inventory type, grids of wells that each function like containers.
servers:
- url: /api/v2
security:
- oAuth: []
- basicApiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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