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Benchling Dropdowns API

Dropdowns are registry-wide enums. Use dropdowns to standardize on spelling and naming conventions, especially for important metadata like resistance markers.

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

Tagged areas include Dropdowns. 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 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.0.

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

6 operations 4 paths 16 schemas 2 GET1 PATCH3 POST

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 Dropdowns 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 6

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Dropdowns 6

Dropdowns are registry-wide enums. Use dropdowns to standardize on spelling and naming conventions, especially for important metadata like resistance markers.

GET
/dropdowns
List dropdowns
listDropdowns 2 params → 200400
POST
/dropdowns
Create a dropdown
createDropdown body → 200400
GET
/dropdowns/{dropdown_id}
Get a dropdown
getDropdown 1 param → 200400403404
PATCH
/dropdowns/{dropdown_id}
Update a dropdown
updateDropdown 1 param body → 200400403404
POST
/dropdowns/{dropdown_id}/options:archive
Archive dropdown options
archiveDropdownOptions 1 param body → 200400403404
POST
/dropdowns/{dropdown_id}/options:unarchive
Unarchive dropdown options
unarchiveDropdownOptions 1 param body → 200400403404

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DropdownOption (3 properties), BaseError (3 properties), DropdownCreate (3 properties), DropdownOptionsArchive (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DropdownOptionsArchive
object
2 properties
BadRequestError
object
1 property
DropdownOption
object
3 properties
DropdownSummariesPaginatedList
object
2 properties
NotFoundError
object
1 property
ForbiddenError
object
1 property
DropdownOptionsUnarchive
object
1 property
DropdownUpdate
object
1 property 1 required
DropdownOptionCreate
object
1 property 1 required
Dropdown
Dropdowns are registry-wide enums. Use dropdowns to standardize on spelling and naming conventions, especially for important metadata like resistance markers.
BaseError
object
3 properties
ArchiveRecord
object
1 property
DropdownOptionsArchivalChange
object
IDs of all items that were archived or unarchived.
1 property
DropdownSummary
object
2 properties
DropdownCreate
object
3 properties 2 required
DropdownOptionUpdate
object
2 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-dropdowns-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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