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Benchling Feature Libraries API

Feature Libraries are collections of shared canonical patterns that can be used to generate annotations on matching regions of DNA Sequences or AA Sequences.

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

Tagged areas include Feature Libraries. 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 9 operations across 5 paths, and defines 20 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.0.

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

9 operations 5 paths 20 schemas 4 GET2 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 Feature Libraries 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 9

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 4 GET, 2 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Feature Libraries 9

Feature Libraries are collections of shared canonical patterns that can be used to generate annotations on matching regions of DNA Sequences or AA Sequences.

GET
/feature-libraries
List Feature Libraries
listFeatureLibraries 9 params → 200400
POST
/feature-libraries
Create a Feature Library
createFeatureLibrary body → 201400
GET
/feature-libraries/{feature_library_id}
Get a feature library by ID
getFeatureLibrary 2 params → 200404
PATCH
/feature-libraries/{feature_library_id}
Update a feature library
updateFeatureLibrary 1 param body → 200400404
GET
/features
List Features
listFeatures 9 params → 200400
POST
/features
Create a Feature
createFeature body → 201400
GET
/features/{feature_id}
Get a feature by ID
getFeature 2 params → 200404
PATCH
/features/{feature_id}
Update a feature
updateFeature 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/features:bulk-create
Bulk create Features
bulkCreateFeatures body → 202400

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FeatureBase (5 properties), BaseError (3 properties), PartySummary (3 properties), Organization (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FeatureBulkCreate
FeatureUpdate
object
Inputs for updating a feature
FeaturesBulkCreateRequest
object
Inputs for bulk creating a new feature
1 property
FeatureLibrariesPaginatedList
object
A paginated list of feature libraries
BadRequestError
object
1 property
FeatureLibraryUpdate
object
Inputs for updating a feature library
FeatureLibrary
object
A feature library
BaseError
object
3 properties
Pagination
object
1 property
FeatureCreate
object
Inputs for a new feature
UserSummary
PartySummary
object
3 properties
FeatureBase
object
5 properties
AsyncTaskLink
object
1 property
Feature
object
A feature from a feature library
NotFoundError
object
1 property
Organization
object
3 properties
FeaturesPaginatedList
object
A paginated list of features
FeatureLibraryBase
object
2 properties
FeatureLibraryCreate
object
Inputs for creating a feature library

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-feature-libraries-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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