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# Transfer Container contents

POST https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/container:transfer
Content-Type: application/json

Transfer contents from sources into destination containers. Each row specifies a destination container and exactly one source (container or entity), the quantity to transfer, an optional final quantity to dilute the destination to, and an optional source concentration override.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/container/transfer

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `transfers` (list of SingleTransferInput, required)

## Response

### 202

Task started

- `pollingUri` (string, optional)
- `taskId` (string, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Container Transfer 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 Container Transfer 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 Container Transfer 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)

### 409 Container Transfer Request Conflict Error

Conflict

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

### 429 Container Transfer 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 Container Transfer 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

### SingleTransferInput

- `destinationContainerId` (string, required)
- `transferQuantity` (MeasurementInput, required)
- `finalQuantity` (MeasurementInput, optional)
- `sourceConcentration` (MeasurementInput, optional)
- `sourceContainerId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `sourceEntityId` (string, optional, nullable)

### GeneralErrorDetail

### TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail

### InternalServerErrorBodyDetail

### MeasurementInput

- `unitId` (string, required, nullable)
- `value` (double, required, nullable)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "transfers": [
    {
      "destinationContainerId": "destinationContainerId",
      "transferQuantity": {}
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "pollingUri": "pollingUri",
  "taskId": "taskId"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/container:transfer"

payload = { "transfers": [
        {
            "destinationContainerId": "destinationContainerId",
            "transferQuantity": {}
        }
    ] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/container:transfer';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"transfers":[{"destinationContainerId":"destinationContainerId","transferQuantity":{}}]}'
};

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