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# Batch update Solvent

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

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

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/solvent/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 UpdateSolventInputWithPathParams, required)

## Response

### 200

OK

- `items` (list of Solvent, required)

## Errors

### 400 Solvent 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 Solvent 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 Solvent 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 Solvent 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 Solvent 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 Solvent 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

### UpdateSolventInputWithPathParams

- `id` (string, required)
- `archiveReason` (string, optional)
- `archived` (boolean, optional)
- `code` (string, optional, nullable) — Configurable identifier for this solvent. Must be unique (case-insensitive) across all salts and solvents in the tenant.
- `name` (string, optional) — The name of the solvent. Must be unique (case-insensitive) within the solvent library.

### Solvent

A Solvent is a compound in which solvent molecules are incorporated into the crystal lattice, used to represent the solvent form of a chemical compound in a tenant's solvent library. Solvents are referenced when creating molecules to describe the final form of a compound. Each solvent has a required SMILES from which the molecular formula is derived.

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `archiveReason` (string, optional, nullable)
- `archived` (boolean, optional)
- `calculatedMolecularWeight` (double, optional, nullable) — The molecular weight of the solvent.
- `canonicalSmiles` (string, optional) — The SMILES representation of the solvent after standardization.
- `code` (string, optional, nullable) — Optional company-specific identifier for this solvent (e.g., "MH", "DH"). Unique across both salts and solvents within a tenant.
- `createdAt` (string, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)
- `modifiedAt` (string, optional)
- `molecularFormula` (string, optional) — The molecular formula (e.g., "H2O").
- `molfile` (string, optional) — The molfile representation of the solvent.
- `name` (string, optional)

### GeneralErrorDetail

### TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail

### InternalServerErrorBodyDetail

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "slvt_Xk9mLpQr",
      "code": "H2O",
      "name": "Water"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "__typename": "__typename",
      "archiveReason": "archiveReason",
      "archived": true,
      "calculatedMolecularWeight": 1.1,
      "canonicalSmiles": "canonicalSmiles",
      "code": "code",
      "createdAt": "createdAt",
      "id": "id",
      "modifiedAt": "modifiedAt",
      "molecularFormula": "molecularFormula",
      "molfile": "molfile",
      "name": "name"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

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

payload = { "items": [
        {
            "id": "slvt_Xk9mLpQr",
            "code": "H2O",
            "name": "Water"
        }
    ] }
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/solvent:batch-update';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"items":[{"id":"slvt_Xk9mLpQr","code":"H2O","name":"Water"}]}'
};

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