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Benchling Custom Notations API

Benchling allows users to configure their own fully-custom string representation formats for import/export of nucleotide sequences (including chemical modifications).

Benchling Custom Notations API is one of 58 APIs that Benchling publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Custom Notations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a changelog, and a status page.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /api/v2.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
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 Custom Notations 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Custom Notations 1

Benchling allows users to configure their own fully-custom string representation formats for import/export of nucleotide sequences (including chemical modifications).

GET
/custom-notations
List custom notations
listCustomNotations 2 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CustomNotationAlias (9 properties), CustomNotation (3 properties), Pagination (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CustomNotationsPaginatedList
object
CustomNotation
object
3 properties
CustomNotationAlias
object
9 properties
Pagination
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-custom-notations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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