Benchling · Schema

MonomerCreate

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benchling-monomer-create-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/main/json-schema/benchling-monomer-create-schema.json",
  "title": "MonomerCreate",
  "x-generated": "2026-10-12",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/benchling-monomers-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/MonomerCreate",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "allOf": [
    {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/MonomerBaseRequest"
    },
    {
      "properties": {
        "naturalAnalog": {
          "description": "Symbol for the natural equivalent of the monomer. Acceptable natural analog values include IUPAC bases, r, and p.",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "required": [
        "smiles",
        "name",
        "naturalAnalog",
        "symbol"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "$defs": {
    "MonomerBaseRequest": {
      "properties": {
        "color": {
          "description": "The hex color code of the monomer visual symbol",
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "customMolecularWeight": {
          "description": "Optional molecular weight value that the user can provide to override the calculated molecular weight",
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "name": {
          "description": "Name of the monomer",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "smiles": {
          "description": "The chemical structure in SMILES format.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "symbol": {
          "description": "User-defined identifier of the monomer, unique on the monomer type.",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "visualSymbol": {
          "allOf": [
            {
              "$ref": "#/$defs/MonomerVisualSymbol"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    },
    "MonomerVisualSymbol": {
      "description": "The shape of the monomer visual symbol.",
      "enum": [
        "DIAMOND_FILLED",
        "DIAMOND_HOLLOW",
        "DIAMOND_DASHED",
        "STAR_FILLED",
        "STAR_HOLLOW",
        "TRIANGLE_FILLED",
        "TRIANGLE_HOLLOW",
        "DYAD_FILLED",
        "DYAD_HOLLOW",
        "CLOVER_FILLED",
        "CLOVER_HOLLOW",
        "TRIAD_FILLED",
        "TRIAD_HOLLOW",
        "RECTANGLE_FILLED",
        "RECTANGLE_HOLLOW",
        "LETTERS_P",
        "LETTERS_PS"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}

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