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Benchling Tasks API

Endpoints that perform expensive computations launch long-running tasks. These endpoints return the task ID (a UUID) in the response body.After launching a task, periodically invoke the [Get a task](#/Tasks/getTask) endpoint with the task UUID (e.g., every 10 seconds), until the status is no longer RUNNING.You can access a task for up to 30 minutes after its completion, after which its data will no longer be available.

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

Tagged areas include Task. 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 108 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 108 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 Tasks 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.

Tasks 1

Endpoints that perform expensive computations launch long-running tasks. These endpoints return the task ID (a UUID) in the response body. After launching a task, periodically inv…

GET
/tasks/{task_id}
Get a task by id
getTask 1 param → 200404

Schemas 108

The contract defines 108 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RnaSequence (29 properties), DnaSequence (27 properties), Container (21 properties), Mixture (21 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Primer
object
9 properties
DeprecatedContainerVolumeForResponse
ExperimentalWellRole
object
3 properties
ArchiveRecord
object
1 property
BulkUpdateAaSequencesAsyncTask
object
CreateNucleotideTemplateAlignmentAsyncTask
object
FieldType
string
MixtureWithEntityType
object
NucleotideAlignmentSummary
object
7 properties
ContainerLabels
object
3 properties
AutofillPartsAsyncTask
object
AaSequenceSummary
object
3 properties
DnaSequenceTranscription
object
4 properties
FeatureBase
object
5 properties
BulkUpdateRnaOligosAsyncTask
object
Batch
object
11 properties
RnaSequenceWithEntityType
object
BulkCreateRnaSequencesAsyncTask
object
NotFoundError
object
1 property
AutofillTranscriptionsAsyncTask
object
MixtureMeasurementUnits
string
Container
object
21 properties
BulkUpdateCustomEntitiesAsyncTask
object
AaSequence
object
21 properties
CustomEntity
object
18 properties
RnaOligoWithEntityType
object
TeamSummary
AaSequenceWithEntityType
object
Blob
object
5 properties
RnaSequencePart
CustomEntityWithEntityType
object
CustomField
object
1 property
AutomationOutputProcessor
EntityOrInaccessibleResource
object
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
Entity
object
AaAnnotation
object
7 properties
SampleRestrictionStatus
string
SequenceFeatureBase
object
4 properties
IngredientMeasurementUnits
string
AOPProcessOutputAsyncTask
object
CreateTemplateAlignmentAsyncTask
object
BulkCreateFeaturesAsyncTask
object
CustomEntitySummary
object
3 properties
Feature
object
A feature from a feature library
BulkRegisterEntitiesAsyncTask
object
RnaSequence
object
29 properties
RnaAnnotation
ContainerContent
object
3 properties
DnaSequence
object
27 properties
AlignedSequence
object
7 properties
SchemaSummary
object
2 properties
Molecule
object
19 properties
BulkCreateAaSequencesAsyncTask
object
DnaSequenceWithEntityType
object
ContainerQuantity
object
Quantity of a container, well, or transfer. Supports mass, volume, and other quantities.
2 properties
Fields
object
BulkCreateDnaSequencesAsyncTask
object
NucleotideAlignment
object
BulkCreateRnaOligosAsyncTask
object
Measurement
object
2 properties 2 required
NucleotideSequencePart
object
3 properties
DnaOligoWithEntityType
object
ExportsAsyncTask
object
BaseError
object
3 properties
RnaOligo
FindMatchingRegionsAsyncTask
object
BulkCreateContainersAsyncTask
object
AIGGenerateInputAsyncTask
object
MoleculeWithEntityType
object
PartySummary
object
3 properties
DnaSequencePart
CheckoutRecord
object
assignee field is set if status is "RESERVED" or "CHECKEDOUT", or null if status is "AVAILABLE". comment field is set when container was last reserved, checked…
4 properties
CustomFields
object
AlignedNucleotideSequence
object
7 properties
AutomationFile
object
5 properties
AutomationInputGenerator
InaccessibleResource
object
3 properties
EntityLabels
object
3 properties
LabAutomationTransform
object
9 properties
BulkUpdateDnaSequencesAsyncTask
object
FindMatchingRegionsDnaAsyncTask
object
CreateNucleotideConsensusAlignmentAsyncTask
object
BulkCreateDnaOligosAsyncTask
object
AutofillTranslationsAsyncTask
object
DnaAnnotation
DnaOligo
DnaAlignmentSummary
object
7 properties
TransfersAsyncTask
object
UserSummary
Mixture
object
21 properties
DnaSequenceSummary
object
3 properties
Translation
Field
object
5 properties 1 required
AsyncTask
object
4 properties 1 required
AutomationProgressStats
object
Processing progress information.
3 properties
BatchOrInaccessibleResource
DnaAlignment
object
LabAutomationBenchlingAppErrors
object
1 property
Oligo
object
20 properties
ExportAuditLogAsyncTask
object
RegistrationOrigin
object
2 properties
BulkUpdateContainersAsyncTask
object
BulkUpdateRnaSequencesAsyncTask
object
BulkUpdateDnaOligosAsyncTask
object
CreateConsensusAlignmentAsyncTask
object
Ingredient
object
10 properties
BulkCreateCustomEntitiesAsyncTask
object

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-tasks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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