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# Batch create CreditLimit

POST https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/credit-limit:batch-create
Content-Type: application/json

Batch create CreditLimit synchronously in one transaction. Maximum 25 items per request.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/credit-limit/batchcreate

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Headers

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

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `items` (list of CreateCreditLimitInput, required)

## Response

### 201

Created

- `items` (list of CreditLimit, required)

## Errors

### 400 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 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

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

### 404 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 Conflict Error

Conflict

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

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

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

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

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

## Types

### CreateCreditLimitInput

- `groupType` (enum, required) — The group scope the limit applies to: the whole tenant, a single team, or a single organization.
  - Allowed values: `TENANT`, `TEAM`, `ORGANIZATION`
- `monthlyLimit` (integer, required) — The maximum number of AI credits each user in the group may consume per month. Must be a positive integer.
- `organizationId` (string, optional) — The ID of the organization the limit applies to. Required when groupType is ORGANIZATION and must be omitted otherwise.
- `teamId` (string, optional) — The ID of the team the limit applies to. Required when groupType is TEAM and must be omitted otherwise.

### CreditLimit

The per-user cap on credit usage that applies to the members of one group. A limit is scoped to exactly one group -- the whole tenant, a single team, or a single organization -- recorded by `groupType` and, for team- and organization-scoped limits, the corresponding `team` or `organization` reference.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `createdAt` (string, optional)
- `groupType` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `TENANT`, `TEAM`, `ORGANIZATION`
- `id` (string, optional)
- `modifiedAt` (string, optional)
- `monthlyLimit` (integer, optional)
- `organization` (OrganizationRef, optional, nullable)
- `team` (TeamRef, optional, nullable)

### GeneralErrorDetail

- string
- map from string to any

### TooManyRequestsErrorDetail

- string
- map from string to any

### InternalServerErrorDetail

- string
- map from string to any

### OrganizationRef

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)

### TeamRef

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "groupType": "TENANT",
      "monthlyLimit": 1
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "__typename": "string",
      "createdAt": "string",
      "groupType": "TENANT",
      "id": "string",
      "modifiedAt": "string",
      "monthlyLimit": 1,
      "organization": {
        "__typename": "string",
        "id": "string"
      },
      "team": {
        "__typename": "string",
        "id": "string"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/credit-limit:batch-create"

payload = { "items": [
        {
            "groupType": "TENANT",
            "monthlyLimit": 1
        }
    ] }
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/credit-limit:batch-create';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"items":[{"groupType":"TENANT","monthlyLimit":1}]}'
};

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