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Benchling Workflow Tasks API

Workflow tasks encapsulate a single unit of work

Benchling Workflow 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 Workflow Tasks. 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 10 operations across 8 paths, and defines 33 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 2.0.0.

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

10 operations 8 paths 33 schemas 2 GET1 PATCH7 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 Workflow 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 10

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 7 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Workflow Tasks 10

Workflow tasks encapsulate a single unit of work

GET
/workflow-tasks
List workflow tasks
listWorkflowTasks 26 params → 200400
POST
/workflow-tasks
Create a new workflow task
createWorkflowTask body → 201400
GET
/workflow-tasks/{workflow_task_id}
Get a workflow task
getWorkflowTask 1 param → 200404
PATCH
/workflow-tasks/{workflow_task_id}
Update a workflow task
updateWorkflowTask 1 param body → 200400404
POST
/workflow-tasks/{workflow_task_id}:copy
Creates a new workflow task with the same fields and assignee as the provided task and creates a relationship between the two tasks
copyWorkflowTask 1 param → 201400404
POST
/workflow-tasks:archive
Archive one or more workflow tasks
archiveWorkflowTasks body → 200400
POST
/workflow-tasks:bulk-copy
Bulk creates new workflow tasks where each new task has the same fields and assignee as one of the provided tasks and creates a relationship between the provided task and its copy
bulkCopyWorkflowTasks body → 202400
POST
/workflow-tasks:bulk-create
Create one or more workflow tasks
bulkCreateWorkflowTasks body → 202400
POST
/workflow-tasks:bulk-update
Update one or more workflow task
bulkUpdateWorkflowTasks body → 202400
POST
/workflow-tasks:unarchive
Unarchive one or more workflow tasks
unarchiveWorkflowTasks body → 200400

Schemas 33

The contract defines 33 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Field (5 properties), CreationOrigin (4 properties), WorkflowTaskStatus (3 properties), WorkflowTaskWriteBase (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WorkflowTaskSummary
object
2 properties
WorkflowTaskCreate
WorkflowTasksArchivalChange
object
IDs of all items that were archived or unarchived, grouped by resource type
1 property
WorkflowTaskBase
Fields
object
CreationOrigin
object
4 properties
WorkflowTaskBulkUpdate
object
WorkflowTaskStatus
object
3 properties
WorkflowTaskUpdate
object
BadRequestError
object
1 property
WorkflowTaskWriteBase
object
3 properties
WorkflowTasksPaginatedList
object
2 properties
SchemaFieldsQueryParam
object
BaseError
object
3 properties
WorkflowTasksUnarchive
object
1 property 1 required
WorkflowTaskArchiveReason
string
The reason for archiving the provided workflow tasks. Accepted reasons may differ based on tenant configuration.
ArchiveRecord
object
1 property
FieldType
string
WorkflowTaskSchemaSummary
object
2 properties
UserSummary
Field
object
5 properties 1 required
WorkflowOutputSummary
object
2 properties
PartySummary
object
3 properties
AsyncTaskLink
object
1 property
WorkflowTasksBulkCreateRequest
object
1 property
WorkflowTasksBulkUpdateRequest
object
1 property
WorkflowTaskGroupSummary
object
3 properties
WorkflowTaskExecutionOrigin
object
The context into which a task was executed
3 properties
NotFoundError
object
1 property
WorkflowTask
WorkflowTaskBulkCreate
WorkflowTasksBulkCopyRequest
object
1 property
WorkflowTasksArchive
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

benchling-workflow-tasks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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