aid: benchling
name: Benchling
description: 'Benchling is a life sciences R&D cloud platform offering a comprehensive
  REST API for programmatically managing molecular biology entities, assay results
  and runs, electronic lab notebook entries, DNA/RNA/protein sequences, inventory,
  and experiment workflows. The API enables integrations with lab instruments, ERP
  systems, LIMS, and external databases, as well as bulk data ingest/export and event-driven
  automation via webhooks and AWS EventBridge. API access is available to Professional
  and Enterprise tenants and supports user API keys, OAuth 2.0 client credentials,
  and OIDC authentication.

  '
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/benchling/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Life Sciences
- Biotech
- R&D
- Molecular Biology
- Laboratory Information Management
- Electronic Lab Notebook
- Assay Management
- Inventory Management
- Sequence Management
- Experiment Workflows
- REST
- Webhooks
apis:
- name: Benchling REST API
  description: 'Tenant-scoped REST API (v2) for creating, reading, updating, and deleting
    Benchling entities including DNA sequences, proteins, RNA, molecules, assay results
    and runs, notebook entries, registry entities, inventory containers, batches,
    mixtures, workflow tasks, users, and teams. Supports paginated list endpoints,
    bulk ingest tasks, and batch write operations.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/developer-platform-overview
  baseURL: https://{tenant}.benchling.com/api/v2
  tags:
  - Molecular Biology
  - Assay Results
  - Registry
  - Inventory
  - Notebook
  - Workflows
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/developer-platform-overview
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/llms.txt
  - type: Reference
    url: https://benchling.com/api/reference
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-benchling-apps
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-with-webhooks
  - type: WebhookReference
    url: https://benchling.com/webhooks/reference
  - type: Events
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/events-getting-started
  - type: EventsReference
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/events-reference
  - type: SDK
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-with-the-sdk
  - type: SDKPython
    url: https://pypi.org/project/benchling-sdk/
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/benchling
  - type: IntegrationExamples
    url: https://github.com/benchling/integration-examples
  - type: AppExamples
    url: https://github.com/benchling/app-examples-python
  - type: Changelog
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/changelog
  - type: DeveloperChangelog
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/changelog/benchling-developer-changelog
  - type: Status
    url: https://benchling.betteruptime.com/
  - type: Blog
    url: https://www.benchling.com/blog
  - type: DeveloperPlatform
    url: https://www.benchling.com/developer-platform
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/rate-limiting
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/benchling-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/benchling-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/benchling-finops.yml
  - url: graphql/benchling-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/developer-platform-overview
- type: Reference
  url: https://benchling.com/api/reference
- type: Authentication
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-benchling-apps
- type: SDK
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-with-the-sdk
- type: SDKPython
  url: https://pypi.org/project/benchling-sdk/
- type: Webhooks
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-started-with-webhooks
- type: WebhookReference
  url: https://benchling.com/webhooks/reference
- type: Events
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/events-getting-started
- type: Changelog
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/changelog
- type: DeveloperChangelog
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/changelog/benchling-developer-changelog
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.benchling.com/blog
- type: Status
  url: https://benchling.betteruptime.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/benchling
- type: DeveloperPlatform
  url: https://www.benchling.com/developer-platform
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/rate-limiting
- type: Plans
  url: plans/benchling-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/benchling-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/benchling-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com