Benchling · Schema

Request

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
apiURL	string	The canonical url of the Legacy Request in the API.
assignees	array	Array of assignees
createdAt	string	Date and time the Legacy Request was created
creator	object
displayId	string	User-friendly ID of the Legacy Request
fields	object
id	string	Unique ID for the Legacy Request
projectId	string	The ID of the project to which the Legacy Request belongs.
requestStatus	object
requestor	object
sampleGroups	array
scheduledOn	string	Date the Legacy Request is scheduled to be executed on, in YYYY-MM-DD format.
schema	object
tasks	array
webURL	string	URL of the Legacy Request

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/benchling/json-schema/Request.json",
  "title": "Request",
  "allOf": [
    {
      "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestBase"
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "apiURL": {
          "description": "The canonical url of the Legacy Request in the API.",
          "example": "https://benchling.com/api/v2/requests/req_dnn2JtWq",
          "format": "uri",
          "readOnly": true,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "assignees": {
          "description": "Array of assignees",
          "items": {
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestUserAssignee"
              },
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestTeamAssignee"
              }
            ]
          },
          "readOnly": true,
          "type": "array"
        },
        "createdAt": {
          "description": "Date and time the Legacy Request was created",
          "example": "2017-04-23T01:30:50.970926",
          "format": "isoformat",
          "readOnly": true,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "creator": {
          "allOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserSummary"
            },
            {
              "description": "UserSummary of the user who created the Legacy Request"
            },
            {
              "readOnly": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "displayId": {
          "description": "User-friendly ID of the Legacy Request",
          "example": "VP1",
          "readOnly": true,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "fields": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Fields"
        },
        "id": {
          "description": "Unique ID for the Legacy Request",
          "example": "req_JekfeyVS",
          "readOnly": true,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "projectId": {
          "description": "The ID of the project to which the Legacy Request belongs.",
          "example": "src_29pt8Ida",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "requestStatus": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestStatus"
        },
        "requestor": {
          "allOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserSummary"
            },
            {
              "description": "UserSummary of the user making the Legacy Request"
            },
            {
              "readOnly": true
            }
          ]
        },
        "sampleGroups": {
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestSampleGroup"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "scheduledOn": {
          "description": "Date the Legacy Request is scheduled to be executed on, in YYYY-MM-DD format.",
          "example": "2019-09-12",
          "format": "date",
          "nullable": true,
          "type": "string"
        },
        "schema": {
          "allOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SchemaSummary"
            },
            {
              "description": "SchemaSummary for the Legacy Request",
              "example": {
                "id": "assaysch_3IF58QOf",
                "name": "Vector Production"
              },
              "readOnly": true
            }
          ],
          "title": "SchemaProperty"
        },
        "tasks": {
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RequestTask"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "webURL": {
          "description": "URL of the Legacy Request",
          "example": "https://benchling.com/requests/req_JekfeyVS",
          "format": "uri",
          "readOnly": true,
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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