Benchling · Schema
CustomEntity
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | array | |
| apiURL | string | The canonical url of the Custom Entity in the API. |
| archiveRecord | object | |
| authors | array | |
| createdAt | string | |
| creator | object | |
| customFields | object | |
| entityRegistryId | stringnull | |
| fields | object | |
| folderId | stringnull | |
| id | string | |
| modifiedAt | string | |
| name | string | |
| registrationOrigin | object | |
| registryId | stringnull | |
| schema | object | |
| url | string | The path of the web URL, omitting the tenant domain |
| webURL | string |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/main/json-schema/benchling-custom-entity-schema.json",
"title": "CustomEntity",
"x-generated": "2026-10-12",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/benchling-custom-entities-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/CustomEntity",
"properties": {
"aliases": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"apiURL": {
"description": "The canonical url of the Custom Entity in the API.",
"format": "uri",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"archiveRecord": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/ArchiveRecord"
}
]
},
"authors": {
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/UserSummary"
},
"type": "array"
},
"createdAt": {
"format": "date-time",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"creator": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/UserSummary"
},
{
"readOnly": true
}
]
},
"customFields": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/CustomFields"
},
"entityRegistryId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"fields": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Fields"
},
"folderId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"modifiedAt": {
"format": "date-time",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"registrationOrigin": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/RegistrationOrigin"
}
],
"readOnly": true
},
"registryId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"schema": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SchemaSummary"
}
]
},
"url": {
"description": "The path of the web URL, omitting the tenant domain",
"type": "string"
},
"webURL": {
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object",
"$defs": {
"ArchiveRecord": {
"properties": {
"reason": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"CustomField": {
"properties": {
"value": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"CustomFields": {
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/CustomField"
},
"type": "object"
},
"Field": {
"properties": {
"displayValue": {
"readOnly": true,
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"isMulti": {
"readOnly": true,
"type": "boolean"
},
"textValue": {
"readOnly": true,
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"type": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/FieldType"
}
],
"readOnly": true
},
"value": {
"description": "For single link fields, use the id of the item you want to link (eg. \"seq_jdf8BV24\").\nFor multi-link fields, use an array of ids of the items you want to link (eg. [\"seq_jdf8BV24\"])\n",
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "number"
},
{
"type": "object"
},
{
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
"value"
],
"type": "object"
},
"FieldType": {
"enum": [
"dna_sequence_link",
"aa_sequence_link",
"custom_entity_link",
"entity_link",
"mixture_link",
"molecule_link",
"dropdown",
"part_link",
"translation_link",
"aa_part_link",
"base_molecule_link",
"blob_link",
"text",
"long_text",
"batch_link",
"storage_link",
"entry_link",
"assay_request_link",
"assay_result_link",
"assay_run_link",
"boolean",
"float",
"integer",
"datetime",
"date",
"json"
],
"type": "string"
},
"Fields": {
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Field"
},
"type": "object"
},
"PartySummary": {
"properties": {
"handle": {
"type": "string"
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"RegistrationOrigin": {
"properties": {
"originEntryId": {
"readOnly": true,
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"registeredAt": {
"format": "date-time",
"readOnly": true,
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"SchemaSummary": {
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"UserSummary": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/PartySummary"
},
{}
]
}
}
}
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