Analyses APIs promoted to beta stability
The Analyses APIs have been promoted from alpha to beta stability. This includes changes to a number of endpoints, as well as behavior changes to existing endpoints. Expand for more details.
[DEPRECATED] Batches API
The Batches API is now marked deprecated, and will be fully sunset on May 20th 2024
Python 3.7 End of Life
Python version 3.7 is approaching end of life on June 27th 2023. Future versions of the Benchling SDK released after that date will no longer support Python 3.7
SDK Version 1.6.1 Release
Version 1.6.0 of the Benchling SDK includes some minor fixes related to AsyncTask
deserialization and Lab Automation models.
`POST /transfers` endpoint to specify `sourceConcentration` as a measurement
The specification for the POST /transfers
endpoint is being updated to denote that the sourceConcentration
field is a Measurement, not just a generic object. There’s no change in functionality for this endpoint, however the name of the corresponding SDK parameter will change from MultipleContainersTransferSourceConcentration
to Measurement
. This change will be going live on September 25th 2023.
Support for sample control features in Container API
Containers in Benchling are being updated to support access restrictions and ownership. This information will be visible via the Containers API, and may impact integration access to containers and samples.
Entries API "Seed data on create" feature promoted to stable
The ability to pre-populate structured tables when creating a notebook entry from a template (i.e. “seeding data”) is being supported in the stable version of the “Create a notebook entry” endpoint. The corresponding beta endpoint is now deprecated, and will be sunset on March 28th 2023.
App Canvas Creation Requires ResourceId
App canvas creation now lists resourceId
as a required field when creating a new canvas.
App Canvas Initialization Experience
App canvas initialization for apps with an ASSAY_RUN
canvas feature responding to webhooks will no longer receive a canvasId
as part of the payload.
Webhook Type for App Canvas Interactions
The two webhook payloads for app canvas interactions and initializations will have their type
key within the message
attribute changed from: