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Benchling Users API

Manage user objects.

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

Tagged areas include User. 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 17 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 17 schemas 4 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 Users 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 — 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 8

Manage user objects.

GET
/users
List users
listUsers 14 params → 200400
POST
/users
Create a user
createUser body → 201400
GET
/users/{user_id}
Get a user by ID
getUser 1 param → 200404
PATCH
/users/{user_id}
Update a user by ID
updateUser 1 param body → 200400403404
GET
/users/{user_id}/activity
Last user activity
getUserActivity 1 param → 200404
GET
/users/{user_id}/warehouse-credentials
User warehouse credentials
getUserWarehouseLogins 1 param → 200404
POST
/users:bulk-create
Bulk Create Users
bulkCreateUsers body → 202400
POST
/users:bulk-update
Bulk Update Users.
bulkUpdateUsers body → 202400

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are WarehouseCredentialSummary (6 properties), UserUpdate (4 properties), BaseError (3 properties), PartySummary (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

User
object
UserSummary
BadRequestError
object
1 property
ForbiddenError
object
1 property
UserActivity
object
2 properties
NotFoundError
object
1 property
UserBulkCreateRequest
object
1 property
PartySummary
object
3 properties
BaseError
object
3 properties
UserBulkUpdateRequest
object
1 property
Pagination
object
1 property
UserUpdate
object
4 properties
UserCreate
object
3 properties 3 required
WarehouseCredentialSummary
object
6 properties
UsersPaginatedList
AsyncTaskLink
object
1 property
UserBulkUpdate

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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