Benchling · Schema
AppConfigItem
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JSON Schema
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"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/main/json-schema/benchling-app-config-item-schema.json",
"title": "AppConfigItem",
"x-generated": "2026-10-12",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/benchling-apps-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/AppConfigItem",
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/ArrayElementAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/DateAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/DatetimeAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/JsonAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/EntitySchemaAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/FieldAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BooleanAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/IntegerAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/FloatAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/TextAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/GenericApiIdentifiedAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SecureTextAppConfigItem"
}
],
"type": "object",
"$defs": {
"AppConfigItemApiMixin": {
"properties": {
"apiURL": {
"format": "uri",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"app": {
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "The id of the Benchling app to which this configuration item belongs",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"createdAt": {
"description": "DateTime the app config item was created",
"format": "date-time",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"id": {
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"modifiedAt": {
"description": "DateTime the app config item was last modified",
"format": "date-time",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"path": {
"description": "Array-based representation of config item's location in the tree in order from top to bottom.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"type": {
"description": "Type of the app config item",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"ArrayElementAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/AppConfigItemApiMixin"
}
]
},
"BaseAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/AppConfigItemApiMixin"
},
{
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"requiredConfig": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"BooleanAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"boolean"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"boolean",
"null"
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"DateAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"date"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
]
},
"DatetimeAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"datetime"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
]
},
"EntitySchemaAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/LinkedAppConfigResourceMixin"
},
{
"properties": {
"subtype": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SchemaDependencySubtypes"
},
"type": {
"enum": [
"entity_schema"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
]
},
"FieldAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/LinkedAppConfigResourceMixin"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"field"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
]
},
"FloatAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"float"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"format": "float",
"type": [
"number",
"null"
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"GenericApiIdentifiedAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/LinkedAppConfigResourceMixin"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"container_schema",
"plate_schema",
"location_schema",
"box_schema",
"run_schema",
"result_schema",
"legacy_request_schema",
"entry_schema",
"workflow_task_schema",
"dropdown",
"dropdown_option",
"registry",
"folder",
"entry",
"worklist",
"project",
"workflow_task_status",
"dna_sequence",
"dna_oligo",
"aa_sequence",
"custom_entity",
"mixture",
"molecule",
"rna_oligo",
"rna_sequence",
"box",
"container",
"location",
"plate"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"InaccessibleResource": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"inaccessibleId": {
"type": "string"
},
"resourceType": {
"enum": [
"inaccessible_resource"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"description": "The type of this inaccessible item. Example values: \"custom_entity\", \"container\", \"plate\", \"dna_sequence\"\n",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"IntegerAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"integer"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"integer",
"null"
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"JsonAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"json"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
]
},
"LinkedAppConfigResource": {
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/LinkedAppConfigResourceSummary"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/InaccessibleResource"
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"LinkedAppConfigResourceMixin": {
"properties": {
"linkedResource": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/LinkedAppConfigResource"
}
]
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"LinkedAppConfigResourceSummary": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"id": {
"description": "The API ID of the linked resource",
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"description": "The name of the resource in Benchling",
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"SchemaDependencySubtypes": {
"enum": [
"aa_sequence",
"dna_sequence",
"custom_entity",
"mixture",
"molecule",
"dna_oligo",
"rna_oligo",
"rna_sequence"
],
"type": "string"
},
"SecureTextAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"secure_text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
},
"TextAppConfigItem": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/BaseAppConfigItem"
},
{
"properties": {
"type": {
"enum": [
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"value": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
}
}
],
"type": "object"
}
}
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