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Benchling App Session API

Represents a running or completed session for a Benchling App. App sessions tracklong-running app operations, providing status updates and user-facing messages.Each session belongs to a single app installation and progresses through a lifecyclefrom RUNNING to a terminal status. Sessions are updated by appending new versions,which can change the status, timeout, and displayed messages.

Benchling App Session API is one of 203 APIs that Benchling publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include AppSession. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.

This API exposes 8 operations across 7 paths, and defines 12 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api/v3.

8 operations 7 paths 12 schemas 2 GET3 PATCH3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://{tenant}.benchling.com/api/v2
Authentication
HTTP Basic, HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Benchling App Session API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicApiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicClientIdSecretAuth). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oAuth) using the clientCredentials flow. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicApiKeyAuth — Use issued API key for standard access to the API
  • basicClientIdSecretAuth — Auth used as part of client credentials OAuth flow prior to receiving a bearer token.
  • oAuth — OAuth2 Client Credentials flow intended for service access

Paths & Operations 8

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 GET, 3 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

AppSession 8

Represents a running or completed session for a Benchling App. App sessions track long-running app operations, providing status updates and user-facing messages. Each session belo…

POST
/app-session
Create AppSession
AppSession.Create 1 param body → 201400403404429500
GET
/app-session/items
List AppSession items
AppSession.List 15 params → 200400403404429500
GET
/app-session/{app_session_id}
Get AppSession by ID
AppSession.Get 4 params → 200400403404429500
PATCH
/app-session/{app_session_id}
Update AppSession
AppSession.Update 2 params body → 200400403404429500
POST
/app-session:batch-create
Batch create AppSession
AppSession.BatchCreate 1 param body → 201400403404429500
PATCH
/app-session:batch-update
Batch update AppSession
AppSession.BatchUpdate 1 param body → 200400403404429500
POST
/app-session:bulk-create
Bulk create AppSession
AppSession.BulkCreate 1 param body → 202400403404429500
PATCH
/app-session:bulk-update
Bulk update AppSession
AppSession.BulkUpdate 1 param body → 202400403404429500

Schemas 12

The contract defines 12 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AppSession (9 properties), InternalServerError (6 properties), GeneralError (5 properties), CreateAppSessionInput (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

IAppInstallationRef
object
2 properties
UpdateAppSessionInputWithPathParams
object
4 properties 1 required
UpdateAppSessionInput
object
3 properties
CreateAppSessionInput
object
4 properties 3 required
AppSessionPaginatedList
object
2 properties
AppSession
object
Represents a running or completed session for a Benchling App. App sessions track long-running app operations, providing status updates and user-facing message…
9 properties
InternalServerError
object
6 properties 5 required
AsyncTaskLink
object
2 properties
BulkImport
object
1 property 1 required
AppSessionMessage
object
A status message displayed to the user within an app session. Messages convey progress, warnings, results, or errors from a running Benchling App. Each message…
3 properties
AppSessionMessageInput
object
2 properties 1 required
GeneralError
object
5 properties 5 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-appsession-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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