benchling-sdk
SDK for interacting with the Benchling Platform.
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Yes. The SDK is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and is positioned for developers who need programmatic access to Benchling's platform. It has no known vulnerabilities and supports current Python versions (3.9–3.11). Install it if you're building Python applications that integrate with Benchling; skip it if you only need ad-hoc API access or don't use the Benchling platform.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later; API credentials from Benchling platform needed for authentication.
- Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained with a recent release.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for both open-source and proprietary projects.
last release 2026-05-14 (92 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 276,552 downloads/mo, #8,163 on PyPI
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pip install benchling-sdk
import benchling_sdk
# Initialize client with API credentials and call Benchling API methods- Specific API coverage and completeness relative to the full Benchling API surface.
- Real-world performance characteristics under typical workload patterns.
- Community adoption and support ecosystem beyond official Benchling support.
What it is and what it does
benchling-sdk is a Python client library for the Benchling platform, a cloud-based scientific data and workflow management system. It wraps Benchling's REST APIs with type hints and a fluent interface, allowing developers to programmatically interact with laboratory data, experiments, and workflows from Python code.
The SDK abstracts away HTTP details and authentication, handling serialization via dataclasses-json and cryptographic operations via jwcrypto. It's designed for Python 3.9+ and maintained actively by Benchling. Typical use cases include automating data ingestion, querying experiment results, and integrating Benchling workflows into larger Python applications or data pipelines.
Use it for
- Automate data ingestion and experiment management workflows within Benchling from Python scripts.
- Query and retrieve laboratory data programmatically for downstream analysis or reporting.
- Integrate Benchling with external tools and databases in a larger scientific data pipeline.
- Build custom applications that read or write to Benchling as a backend data store.
- Automate repetitive laboratory information management tasks via scheduled Python jobs.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The SDK is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and is positioned for developers who need programmatic access to Benchling's platform. It has no known vulnerabilities and supports current Python versions (3.9–3.11). Install it if you're building Python applications that integrate with Benchling; skip it if you only need ad-hoc API access or don't use the Benchling platform.
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benchling-sdk on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Actively maintained with a recent release. Requires Python 3.9 or later and depends on 11 runtime packages including httpx for HTTP, dataclasses-json for serialization, and jwcrypto for authentication.
Requires Python 3.9 or later; API credentials from Benchling platform needed for authentication.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for both open-source and proprietary projects.
Quickstart
pip install benchling-sdk
import benchling_sdk
# Initialize client with API credentials and call Benchling API methodsVerify before relying
- Specific API coverage and completeness relative to the full Benchling API surface.
- Real-world performance characteristics under typical workload patterns.
- Community adoption and support ecosystem beyond official Benchling support.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release <4.0,>=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 11 packagesbackoffdataclasses-jsonhttpxattrspython-dateutilPyYAMLjwcryptobenchling-api-clientcertifiordered-settzdata |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 92 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 276,552 / month, #8,163 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9 |
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