Create or update a registered custom entity

Deprecated

PATCH

https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v2-beta/custom-entities/:entity_registry_id:upsert

PATCH

/api/v2-beta/custom-entities/:entity_registry_id:upsert

curl -X PATCH https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v2-beta/custom-entities/entity_registry_id_001:upsert \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
  "name": "string",
  "registryId": "string",
  "schemaId": "string"
}'

{
  "aliases": [
    "sBN000"
  ],
  "apiURL": "https://benchling.com/api/v2/custom-entities/bfi_xCUXNVyG",
  "archiveRecord": {
    "reason": "Made in error"
  },
  "authors": [
    {
      "handle": "string",
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string"
    }
  ],
  "createdAt": "2017-04-18T05:54:56.247545+00:00",
  "creator": {
    "handle": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "customFields": {
    "Legacy ID": {
      "value": "STR100"
    }
  },
  "entityRegistryId": "sBN000",
  "fields": {},
  "folderId": "lib_R8KcsjhW",
  "id": "bfi_xCUXNVyG",
  "modifiedAt": "2017-04-18T05:55:48.685345+00:00",
  "name": "sBN000",
  "registrationOrigin": {
    "originEntryId": "string",
    "registeredAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
  },
  "registryId": "src_NetYd96a",
  "schema": {
    "id": "ts_EM122lfJ",
    "name": "Strain"
  },
  "url": "string",
  "webURL": "https://benchling.com/benchling/f/R8KcsjhW-academic-registry/bfi-xCUXNVyG-sbn000/edit"
}

Create or update a registered custom entity.

Schema field links can be populated using entity registry IDs or API IDs. In the value field of the Field resource, the object {"entityRegistryId": ENTITY_REGISTRY_ID} may be provided instead of the API ID if desired (see example value).

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

entity_registry_idstringRequired

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

namestringRequired

registryIdstringRequired

schemaIdstringRequired

archiveRecordobjectOptional

Currently, we only support setting a null value for archiveRecord, which unarchives the item

fieldsmap from strings to objectsOptional

Schema fields to set on the custom entity. Must correspond with the schema's field definitions. Every field should have its name as a key, mapping to an object with information about the value of the field.

aliaseslist of stringsOptional

Aliases to add to the custom entity

authorIdslist of stringsOptional

IDs of users to set as the custom entity's authors.

customFieldsmap from strings to objectsOptional

Custom fields to add to the custom entity. Every field should have its name as a key, mapping to an object with information about the value of the field.

folderIdstringOptional

ID of the folder that the entity is moved into

Response

Updated

aliaseslist of stringsOptional

apiURLstringOptionalRead-onlyformat: "uri"

The canonical url of the Custom Entity in the API.

archiveRecordobject or nullOptional

authorslist of objectsOptional

createdAtdatetimeOptionalRead-only

creatorobjectOptional

customFieldsmap from strings to objectsOptional

entityRegistryIdstring or nullOptional

fieldsmap from strings to objectsOptional

folderIdstring or nullOptional

idstringOptional

modifiedAtdatetimeOptionalRead-only

namestringOptional

registrationOriginobject or nullOptional

registryIdstring or nullOptional

schemaobject or nullOptional

urlstringOptional

The path of the web URL, omitting the tenant domain

webURLstringOptionalRead-only

Errors

400

Bad Request Error