Benchling

Benchling Worklist API

A typed collection of items used to group related objects for batch operations. Unlike folders, items can belong to multiple worklists simultaneously, making worklists useful as temporary holding grounds for arbitrary groups of items. Each worklist has an `itemType` that restricts what kinds of objects it can contain (containers, entities, or plates). Common use cases include scanning containers into a worklist before adding them to a transfer table, or grouping entities for bulk export. Worklists have an `owner` and support `collaborations` for access control (see `Collaboratable` interface). The `items` field returns the collection of `Worklistable` objects currently in the worklist.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 11

POST /worklist Create Worklist #
GET /worklist/items List Worklist items #
DELETE /worklist/{worklist_id} Delete Worklist #
GET /worklist/{worklist_id} Get Worklist by ID #
PATCH /worklist/{worklist_id} Update Worklist #
GET /worklist/{worklist_id}/items/items List Worklistable items #
POST /worklist:batch-create Batch create Worklist #
POST /worklist:batch-delete Batch delete Worklist #
PATCH /worklist:batch-update Batch update Worklist #
POST /worklist:bulk-create Bulk create Worklist #
PATCH /worklist:bulk-update Bulk update Worklist #

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