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# Batch update Project

PATCH https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/project:batch-update
Content-Type: application/json

Batch update Project synchronously in one transaction. Maximum 25 items per request.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/project/batchupdate

## 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 UpdateProjectInputWithPathParams, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `items` (list of Project, required)

## Errors

### 400 Project Batch Update 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 Project Batch Update 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 Project Batch Update 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 Project Batch Update 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 Project Batch Update 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 Project Batch Update 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

### UpdateProjectInputWithPathParams

- `id` (string, required)
- `archiveReason` (string, optional)
- `archived` (boolean, optional)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `hideParentFolderNamesForSharedItems` (boolean, optional)
- `lockSequences` (boolean, optional)
- `name` (string, optional)
- `ownerId` (string, optional)
- `public` (boolean, optional)

### Project

A top-level organizational container in Benchling that groups related work and controls access permissions. Projects contain Folders (see `Folder`) which in turn hold entities, notebook entries, and other items. Each project has an owner (see `Owner`—typically a User or Organization) and access is managed through collaborations (see `Collaboration`). Projects serve as the primary unit for sharing and permission management: users who are not collaborators on a project cannot access its contents. The isDataModsEnabled flag controls whether data modification tracking is active for items in this project.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `archiveReason` (string, optional, nullable)
- `archived` (boolean, optional)
- `collaborations` (string, optional, nullable) — List of access control information for this object.
- `createdAt` (string, optional, nullable)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `hideParentFolderNamesForSharedItems` (boolean, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `isDataModsEnabled` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `lockSequences` (boolean, optional)
- `modifiedAt` (string, optional, nullable)
- `name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `owner` (OwnerRef, optional, nullable)
- `public` (boolean, optional)
- `reviewProcesses` (string, optional) — Review processes (a.k.a. review lifecycles) configured for this project.

### GeneralErrorDetail

### TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail

### InternalServerErrorBodyDetail

### OwnerRef

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

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "id"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "__typename": "__typename",
      "archiveReason": "archiveReason",
      "archived": true,
      "collaborations": "collaborations",
      "createdAt": "createdAt",
      "description": "description",
      "hideParentFolderNamesForSharedItems": true,
      "id": "id",
      "isDataModsEnabled": true,
      "lockSequences": true,
      "modifiedAt": "modifiedAt",
      "name": "name",
      "public": true,
      "reviewProcesses": "reviewProcesses"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/project:batch-update"

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/project:batch-update';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"items":[{"id":"id"}]}'
};

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