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# List AuditLog items

GET https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/audit-log/items

List AuditLog items.

This endpoint is paginated. It returns 50 rows by default and accepts a maximum of 100 rows per request. Use `pageSize` and `nextToken` to retrieve additional pages.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/audit-log/list

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Query parameters

- `action.anyOf` (string, optional) — Restricts results to audit logs matching any of the specified action display names (e.g. 'Updated name', 'Created'). Comma-separated list.
- `createdAt.gt` (string, optional) — Datetime, in RFC 3339 format. Time zone defaults to UTC. Restricts results to those created after the specified time. e.g. > 2017-04-30.
- `createdAt.gte` (string, optional) — Datetime, in RFC 3339 format. Time zone defaults to UTC. Restricts results to those created at or after the specified time. e.g. >= 2017-04-30.
- `createdAt.lt` (string, optional) — Datetime, in RFC 3339 format. Time zone defaults to UTC. Restricts results to those created before the specified time. e.g. \< 2017-04-30.
- `createdAt.lte` (string, optional) — Datetime, in RFC 3339 format. Time zone defaults to UTC. Restricts results to those created at or before the specified time. e.g. \<= 2017-04-30.
- `id.anyOf` (string, optional) — Restricts results to those matching any of the specified IDs. Comma-separated list.
- `nextToken` (string, optional) — Token for pagination
- `objectId.anyOf` (string, optional) — Retrieves audit logs for the specified object API IDs. A maximum of 10 IDs can be specified. Comma-separated list.
- `omit` (string, optional) — Comma-separated list of top-level fields to omit from each returned item. Cannot overlap with returning.
- `pageSize` (integer, optional) — Number of results to return. Defaults to 50, maximum of 100.
- `reasonCode.anyOf` (string, optional) — Restricts results to audit logs with any of the specified reason codes. Comma-separated list.
- `returning` (string, optional) — Comma-separated list of top-level fields to include in each returned item. Cannot overlap with omit.
- `userId.anyOf` (string, optional) — Restricts results to those associated with any of the specified user API IDs. Comma-separated list.
- `sort` (enum, optional, default: createdAt:asc) — Method by which to order results. Valid sorts are: createdAt (created time, oldest first). Use :asc or :desc to specify ascending or descending order. Default is createdAt:asc.
  - Allowed values: `createdAt:asc`, `createdAt:desc`

### Headers

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

## Response

### 200

OK

- `items` (list of AuditLog, optional)
- `nextToken` (string, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Audit Log List 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 Audit Log List 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 Audit Log List 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 Audit Log List 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 Audit Log List 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

### AuditLog

Represents a single entry in an object's audit log. Each entry captures what changed, who made the change, and contextual information about the affected object hierarchy.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `action` (string, optional)
- `chatSessionId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `clientId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `clientName` (string, optional, nullable)
- `createdAt` (string, optional)
- `delegateUser` (string, optional, nullable)
- `electronicallySigned` (string, optional)
- `eventDescription` (string, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `ipAddress` (string, optional)
- `item` (string, optional)
- `itemDeveloperId` (string, optional)
- `itemId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `itemType` (string, optional)
- `newValue` (string, optional, nullable)
- `oldValue` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem1` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem1DeveloperId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem1Type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem2` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem2DeveloperId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem2Type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem3` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem3DeveloperId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `parentItem3Type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `reasonCode` (string, optional, nullable)
- `reasonComment` (string, optional, nullable)
- `transactionId` (string, optional)
- `userHandle` (string, optional)
- `userId` (string, optional)
- `userName` (string, optional)

### GeneralErrorDetail

### TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail

### InternalServerErrorBodyDetail

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "__typename": "__typename",
      "action": "action",
      "chatSessionId": "chatSessionId",
      "clientId": "clientId",
      "clientName": "clientName",
      "createdAt": "createdAt",
      "delegateUser": "delegateUser",
      "electronicallySigned": "electronicallySigned",
      "eventDescription": "eventDescription",
      "id": "id",
      "ipAddress": "ipAddress",
      "item": "item",
      "itemDeveloperId": "itemDeveloperId",
      "itemId": "itemId",
      "itemType": "itemType",
      "newValue": "newValue",
      "oldValue": "oldValue",
      "parentItem1": "parentItem1",
      "parentItem1DeveloperId": "parentItem1DeveloperId",
      "parentItem1Type": "parentItem1Type",
      "parentItem2": "parentItem2",
      "parentItem2DeveloperId": "parentItem2DeveloperId",
      "parentItem2Type": "parentItem2Type",
      "parentItem3": "parentItem3",
      "parentItem3DeveloperId": "parentItem3DeveloperId",
      "parentItem3Type": "parentItem3Type",
      "reasonCode": "reasonCode",
      "reasonComment": "reasonComment",
      "transactionId": "transactionId",
      "userHandle": "userHandle",
      "userId": "userId",
      "userName": "userName"
    }
  ],
  "nextToken": "nextToken"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/audit-log/items"

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/audit-log/items';
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);
}
```