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Benchling Oligos API

Oligos are short linear DNA sequences that can be attached as primers to full DNA sequences. Just like other entities, they support schemas, tags, and aliases.Please migrate to the corresponding DNA Oligos endpoints so that we can support RNA Oligos.

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

Tagged areas include Oligos. 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 8 operations across 6 paths, and defines 35 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.0.

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

8 operations 6 paths 35 schemas 3 GET1 PATCH4 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 Oligos 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 6 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 3 GET, 1 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Oligos 8

Oligos are short linear DNA sequences that can be attached as primers to full DNA sequences. Just like other entities, they support schemas, tags, and aliases. Please migrate to t…

GET
/oligosdeprecated
List Oligos
listOligos 20 params → 200400
POST
/oligosdeprecated
Create an Oligo
createOligo body → 201400503
GET
/oligos/{oligo_id}deprecated
Get an Oligo
getOligo 2 params → 200400
PATCH
/oligos/{oligo_id}deprecated
Update an Oligo
updateOligo 1 param body → 200400
POST
/oligos:archivedeprecated
Archive Oligos
archiveOligos body → 200400
POST
/oligos:bulk-createdeprecated
Bulk Create DNA Oligos
bulkCreateOligos body → 202400
GET
/oligos:bulk-get
Bulk get Oligos by ID
bulkGetOligos 2 params → 200400
POST
/oligos:unarchivedeprecated
Unarchive Oligos
unarchiveOligos body → 200400

Schemas 35

The contract defines 35 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Oligo (20 properties), OligoBaseRequest (8 properties), Field (5 properties), SequenceFeatureBase (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OligosArchive
object
The request body for archiving Oligos.
2 properties 2 required
OligosBulkCreateRequest
object
1 property
Fields
object
CustomField
object
1 property
BadRequestError
object
1 property
SequenceFeatureCustomField
object
A name and value pair associated with a sequence feature (annotation or translation). For genbank imports, these are the qualifiers associated with each featur…
2 properties
DnaAnnotation
SequenceFeatureBase
object
4 properties
SchemaFieldsQueryParam
object
BaseError
object
3 properties
RnaOligo
Pagination
object
1 property
ArchiveRecord
object
1 property
DnaOligo
FieldType
string
OligoBaseRequestForCreate
OligoBaseRequest
object
8 properties
OligosUnarchive
object
The request body for unarchiving Oligos.
1 property 1 required
NamingStrategy
string
Specifies the behavior for automatically generated names when registering an entity. - NEWIDS: Generate new registry IDs - IDSFROMNAMES: Generate registry IDs…
UserSummary
OligosArchivalChange
object
IDs of all items that were archived or unarchived, grouped by resource type. This includes the IDs of Oligos along with any IDs of batches that were archived /…
2 properties
OligosPaginatedList
Field
object
5 properties 1 required
PartySummary
object
3 properties
OligosBulkGet
object
1 property
OligoCreate
AsyncTaskLink
object
1 property
CustomFields
object
Oligo
object
20 properties
RegistrationOrigin
object
2 properties
CreateEntityIntoRegistry
object
4 properties
RnaAnnotation
OligoUpdate
SchemaSummary
object
2 properties
EntityArchiveReason
string
The reason for archiving the provided entities. Accepted reasons may differ based on tenant configuration.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-oligos-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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