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Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.
Request
This endpoint expects an object.
schemaIdstringRequired
barcodestringOptional
fieldsmap from strings to objectsOptional
namestringOptional
parentStorageIdstringOptional
ID of containing parent inventory, can also specify a coordinate for plates and boxes (e.g. plt_2bAks9dx:a2).
projectIdstring or nullOptional
restrictedSamplePartyIdslist of stringsOptional
IDs of users or teams who have access to use a restricted container. Well plate wells and unrestricted containers do not have restricted sample parties.
restrictionStatusenumOptional
Either RESTRICTED or UNRESTRICTED. This only applies to stand-alone containers (Plate wells are always set to NOT_APPLICABLE).
Allowed values:
sampleOwnerIdslist of stringsOptional
IDs of users or teams who are sample owners for the container. Well plate wells do not have sample owners.
Response
Created
archiveRecordobject or nullOptional
barcodestring or nullOptional
checkoutRecordobjectOptional
assignee field is set if status is “RESERVED” or “CHECKED_OUT”, or null if status is “AVAILABLE”.
comment field is set when container was last reserved, checked out, or checked into.
modifiedAt field is the date and time when container was last checked out, checked in, or reserved
contentslist of objectsOptionalRead-only
createdAtdatetimeOptionalRead-only
creatorobjectOptional
fieldsmap from strings to objectsOptional
idstringOptionalRead-only
modifiedAtdatetimeOptionalRead-only
namestringOptional
parentStorageIdstring or nullOptional
parentStorageSchemaobject or nullOptional
projectIdstring or nullOptional
quantityobjectOptional
Quantity of a container, well, or transfer. Supports mass, volume, and other quantities.
restrictedSamplePartieslist of objectsOptional
restrictionStatusenumOptional
Allowed values:
roleobject or nullOptional
sampleOwnerslist of objectsOptional
schemaobject or nullOptional
volumeobjectOptional
The deprecated “volume” type key in API responses can also contain non-volume quantities for back-compatibility purposes. Use the “quantity” type key instead.
