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# Get AppConfigValue by ID

GET https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/app-config-value/{app_config_value_id}

Get a single AppConfigValue by ID.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/app-config-value/get

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `app_config_value_id` (string, required) — ID of the AppConfigValue.

### Query parameters

- `returning` (string, optional) — Comma-separated list of top-level fields to include in each returned item. Cannot overlap with omit.
- `omit` (string, optional) — Comma-separated list of top-level fields to omit from each returned item. Cannot overlap with returning.

### Headers

- `EARLY-ACCESS` (string, optional) — Set to true to access beta operations via /api/v3.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `createdAt` (string, optional, nullable) — DateTime at which the config value was created.
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `modifiedAt` (string, optional, nullable) — DateTime at which the config value was last modified.
- `path` (list of string, optional)
- `valueData` (AppConfigValueValueData, optional, nullable) — Union of BooleanAppConfigValue, IntegerAppConfigValue, FloatAppConfigValue, TextAppConfigValue, SecureTextAppConfigValue, DateAppConfigValue, DateTimeAppConfigValue, JsonAppConfigValue, ArrayElementAppConfigValue, EntitySchemaAppConfigValue, ResourceAppConfigValue

## Errors

### 400 App Config Value Get Request Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 403 App Config Value Get Request Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 404 App Config Value Get Request Not Found Error

Not Found

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 429 App Config Value Get Request Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `detail` (TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)
- `violated-policies` (list of enum, optional) — The budget policies that rejected the request, in canonical order: `user`, `integration`, then `tenant`.
  - Allowed values: `user`, `integration`, `tenant`

### 500 App Config Value Get Request Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `detail` (InternalServerErrorBodyDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `errorId` (string, optional)

## Types

### AppConfigValueValueData

### GeneralErrorDetail

### TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail

### InternalServerErrorBodyDetail

### BooleanAppConfigValue

Stores a boolean value in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (boolean, optional, nullable)

### IntegerAppConfigValue

Stores an integer value in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (integer, optional, nullable)

### FloatAppConfigValue

Stores a floating-point number value in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (double, optional, nullable)

### TextAppConfigValue

Stores a text string value in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

### SecureTextAppConfigValue

Stores a secure (encrypted) text value in an app configuration field. Used for sensitive data like API keys or credentials.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

### DateAppConfigValue

Stores a date value in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (date, optional, nullable)

### DateTimeAppConfigValue

Stores a datetime value in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

### JsonAppConfigValue

Stores a JSON value (as a string) in an app configuration field.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

### ArrayElementAppConfigValue

Stores an element value within an array-type app configuration.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

### EntitySchemaAppConfigValue

Stores a reference to an entity schema in an app configuration field. Kept separate from ResourceAppConfigValue because it carries a subtype identifying the kind of entity (DNA sequence, AA sequence, etc.).

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `subtype` (enum, optional, nullable) — Identifies the entity subtype of the configured schema (e.g. DNA_SEQUENCE, AA_SEQUENCE).
  - Allowed values: `AA_SEQUENCE`, `CUSTOM_ENTITY`, `DNA_OLIGO`, `DNA_SEQUENCE`, `MIXTURE`, `MOLECULE`, `RNA_OLIGO`, `RNA_SEQUENCE`
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

### ResourceAppConfigValue

Stores a reference to any Benchling object or schema that is identified by a resource ID. The type field identifies what kind of resource is referenced, matching the BenchlingAppType values used in app manifests. Covers all linked resource types except EntitySchema (which has a subtype) and array elements.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `type` (enum, optional, nullable)
  - Allowed values: `BOX_SCHEMA`, `CONTAINER_SCHEMA`, `ENTRY_SCHEMA`, `LEGACY_REQUEST_SCHEMA`, `LOCATION_SCHEMA`, `PLATE_SCHEMA`, `RESULT_SCHEMA`, `RUN_SCHEMA`, `WORKFLOW_TASK_SCHEMA`, `AA_SEQUENCE`, `ASSAY_RESULT`, `ASSAY_RUN`, `AUTOMATION_INPUT_GENERATOR`, `AUTOMATION_OUTPUT_PROCESSOR`, `BLOB`, `BOX`, `CONTAINER`, `CUSTOM_ENTITY`, `DNA_ALIGNMENT`, `DNA_OLIGO`, `DNA_SEQUENCE`, `DROPDOWN`, `DROPDOWN_OPTION`, `ENTRY`, `FIELD`, `FOLDER`, `LEGACY_REQUEST`, `LOCATION`, `MIXTURE`, `MOLECULE`, `PLATE`, `PROJECT`, `REGISTRY`, `RNA_OLIGO`, `RNA_SEQUENCE`, `WORKFLOW_TASK_STATUS`, `WORKLIST`
- `value` (string, optional, nullable)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "__typename": "__typename",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "description": "description",
  "id": "id",
  "modifiedAt": "modifiedAt",
  "path": [
    "path"
  ],
  "valueData": {
    "__typename": "__typename",
    "value": true
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/app-config-value/app_config_value_id"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/app-config-value/app_config_value_id';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```