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Ingredient

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Properties

Name Type Description
amount string The amount value of this ingredient in its mixture, in string format (to preserve full precision). Pair with `units`. Supports scientific notation (1.23e4). One ingredient on this mixture can have an
catalogIdentifier string
componentEntity object
componentLotContainer object The container representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in "inventory" format.
componentLotEntity object The entity representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in "inventory" format.
componentLotText string Text representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in "text" format.
hasParent boolean
notes string
targetAmount string The target amount for this ingredient such that this ingredient's proportion in its mixture would preserve the equivalent ingredient's proportion in the parent mixture. Pair with `units`.
units object
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JSON Schema

Ingredient.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/benchling/json-schema/Ingredient.json",
  "title": "Ingredient",
  "properties": {
    "amount": {
      "description": "The amount value of this ingredient in its mixture, in string format (to preserve full precision). Pair with `units`. Supports scientific notation (1.23e4). One ingredient on this mixture can have an amount value of `\"QS\"`.\n",
      "example": "12",
      "nullable": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "catalogIdentifier": {
      "example": "DION_004",
      "nullable": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "componentEntity": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityLabels"
        },
        {
          "description": "The entity that uniquely identifies this component."
        }
      ]
    },
    "componentLotContainer": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ContainerLabels"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The container representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in \"inventory\" format.",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "componentLotEntity": {
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityLabels"
        }
      ],
      "description": "The entity representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in \"inventory\" format.",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "componentLotText": {
      "description": "Text representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in \"text\" format.",
      "example": "DION_004-source_001",
      "nullable": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "hasParent": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "notes": {
      "nullable": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "targetAmount": {
      "description": "The target amount for this ingredient such that this ingredient's proportion in its mixture would preserve the equivalent ingredient's proportion in the parent mixture. Pair with `units`.",
      "example": "123",
      "nullable": true,
      "readOnly": true,
      "type": "string"
    },
    "units": {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/IngredientMeasurementUnits"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

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