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# Recipes

## Docs

- [Uploading Results to Benchling through the API](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/example-creating-results.md): Create assay results directly, transactionally, or in bulk into a Notebook results table.
- [Registering Entities](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/registering-entities.md): Move entities into your Registry with create, update, or bulk registration endpoints.
- [Uploading an Attachment to Benchling](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/uploading-an-attachment-to-benchling.md): Upload files to Benchling as attachments, then link them to schema fields or add them to notebook entries.
- [Creating a new Notebook Entry containing Results](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/creating-a-new-notebook-entry-containing-results.md): Create a notebook entry, add a results table to it, and fill the table with assay results, using the V3 SDK.
- [Getting Information on Project Collaborators](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/getting-information-on-project-collaborators.md): Work out who can access what by combining the V3 collaboration, group membership, and policy endpoints. Two listing endpoints answer these questions in either direction.
- [User Management via the API](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/user-management-via-the-api.md): Read, create, update, and suspend Benchling users programmatically from an Enterprise tenant.
- [Push Benchling Request Notification to Slack](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/example-push-benchling-request-notification-to-slack.md): A serverless event-driven integration that posts new Benchling Requests to a Slack channel.
- [Introduction to Transfers](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/introduction-to-transfers.md): An overview of how to perform transfers using the Benchling Containers API.
- [Use APIs to process files with Benchling Connect](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/use-apis-to-process-outputfile-with-lab-automation.md): Generate input files, upload output files, and process Benchling Connect runs inside Notebook entries.
- [Custom Transforms in Benchling Connect](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/custom-transforms-in-lab-automation.md): Inject your own logic into the Benchling Connect processing pipeline with a Benchling App.
- [Interacting with the API using R](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/interacting-with-the-api-using-r.md): Retrieve, create, update, and archive custom entities from R using httr and jsonlite.
- [Working with Datasets using R](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/working-with-datasets-using-r.md): Export a Benchling dataset into R, run an IC50 analysis, and upload the results back as analysis outputs.
- [Image File Upload](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/image-file-upload.md): Read an image out of a spreadsheet cell and upload it to Benchling as an attachment with an image preview.
- [Large Attachment Upload](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/large-attachment-upload.md): Stream a large file from disk to Benchling in one upload with the V3 API, or split it into parts with V2.
- [Single Transfer: Source Container](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/single-transfer-source-container.md): Transfer the entire contents of one container into an empty destination container.
- [Single Transfer: Unlimited Source](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/single-transfer-unlimited-source.md): Transfer an entity into a container without drawing from a source container, using the entity itself as the source.
- [Single Transfer: Transfer Into Non-Empty Container](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/single-transfer-transfer-into-non-empty-container.md): Transfer a fixed volume into a container that already has contents, then read back the combined contents.
- [Bulk Transfer: Create and Fill (JavaScript)](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/bulk-transfer-create-and-fill-javascript.md): Create a plate, transfer an entity into every well with one bulk call, and poll the resulting async task to completion.
- [Find Users Using the V3 SDK](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/find-users-using-the-benchling-sdk.md): Resolve a Benchling user from a username, a display name, or an API ID.
- [Create a Dropdown Field Using the V3 SDK](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/create-a-dropdown-field-using-the-sdk.md): Build a list of dropdown options and create the dropdown in your tenant's registry.
- [Move a Box to a New Location Using the V3 SDK](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/move-a-box-to-a-new-location-using-the-sdk.md): Find a box by name, then update its parent storage to move it.
- [Convert SDK Objects to JSON](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/convert-sdk-objects-to-json.md): Page through every plate in a tenant and serialize the returned SDK models to a JSON file.
- [Get a Large Number of Entities by Name](https://docs.benchling.com/docs/get-a-large-number-of-entities-by-name.md): Look up thousands of custom entities by name, staying within the per-request name filter limit by chunking the name list.


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# Recipes

These recipes collect task-oriented examples for common Benchling developer workflows across the
API, apps, webhooks, Benchling Connect, and R-based analysis. Python examples use the
[V3 Python SDK](/docs/getting-started-with-the-v3-sdk) against the [V3 API](/docs/v3-api-overview),
including beta endpoints, so set `early_access="true"` on the client as each recipe shows. A few
recipes still call V2 for steps that V3 doesn't cover yet, and say so where they do.

#### [Upload results with the API](/docs/example-creating-results)

Create results one at a time, in an all-or-nothing batch, or in bulk.

#### [Register entities](/docs/registering-entities)

Move entities into the Registry with create, update, or bulk registration flows.

#### [Upload an attachment](/docs/uploading-an-attachment-to-benchling)

Upload a file as an attachment, then link it to a field or a notebook entry.

#### [Create notebook entries with results](/docs/creating-a-new-notebook-entry-containing-results)

Build notebook entries that capture and organize uploaded results.

#### [Get project collaborators](/docs/getting-information-on-project-collaborators)

Read project membership and the permissions behind it.

#### [Manage users via the API](/docs/user-management-via-the-api)

Create, update, and suspend Benchling users programmatically.

#### [Push request notifications to Slack](/docs/example-push-benchling-request-notification-to-slack)

Outdated: a V2 EventBridge integration that notifies Slack from Benchling requests.

#### [Introduction to transfers](/docs/introduction-to-transfers)

Move volume and mass between containers in Benchling Inventory.

#### [Process output files with Benchling Connect](/docs/use-apis-to-process-outputfile-with-lab-automation)

Send instrument output through Benchling Connect and process it programmatically.

#### [Custom transforms in Benchling Connect](/docs/custom-transforms-in-lab-automation)

Reshape instrument output before it is processed into results.

#### [Work with the API using R](/docs/interacting-with-the-api-using-r)

Retrieve, create, update, and archive Benchling data from R.

#### [Work with datasets using R](/docs/working-with-datasets-using-r)

Pull an analysis data frame into R, fit IC50 curves, and upload the plots back to Benchling.

## Step-by-step walkthroughs

These recipes pair a code panel with prose steps that highlight the lines each step is about.

#### [Image file upload](/docs/image-file-upload)

Read an image out of a spreadsheet cell and upload it as an attachment.

#### [Large attachment upload](/docs/large-attachment-upload)

Stream a large file to Benchling in one request, with the V2 multipart flow as a fallback.

#### [Single transfer: source container](/docs/single-transfer-source-container)

Move a container's entire contents into an empty destination.

#### [Single transfer: unlimited source](/docs/single-transfer-unlimited-source)

Transfer an entity into a container without drawing down a source container.

#### [Single transfer: non-empty container](/docs/single-transfer-transfer-into-non-empty-container)

Transfer into a container that already has contents, then read back the combined contents.

#### [Bulk transfer: create and fill](/docs/bulk-transfer-create-and-fill-javascript)

Create a plate and fill every well in one bulk call, then poll the async task.

#### [Find users with the V3 SDK](/docs/find-users-using-the-benchling-sdk)

Resolve a user from a username, a display name, or an API ID.

#### [Create a dropdown field](/docs/create-a-dropdown-field-using-the-sdk)

Build dropdown options and create the dropdown in your registry.

#### [Move a box](/docs/move-a-box-to-a-new-location-using-the-sdk)

Find a box by name and update its parent storage to move it.

#### [Convert SDK objects to JSON](/docs/convert-sdk-objects-to-json)

Page through results and serialize the returned SDK models to a file.

#### [Get many entities by name](/docs/get-a-large-number-of-entities-by-name)

Chunk a long name list so no request exceeds URL length limits.