---
title: "Get a mixture"
method: GET
path: "/mixtures/{mixture_id}"
tags: ["mixtures"]
---

# Get a mixture

`GET /mixtures/{mixture_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v2/mixtures/{mixture_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Get a mixture

## Path parameters

- `mixture_id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- Mixture
  - `aliases` string[]
  - `allowMeasuredIngredients` boolean: Derived from the mixture's schema.
  - `amount` string: The positive numerical amount value of this mixture in string format (to preserve full precision). Pair with `units`. Supports scientific notation (1.23e4).
  - `apiURL` string, uri: The canonical url of the Mixture in the API.
  - `archiveRecord` ArchiveRecord
    - `reason` string
  - `authors` UserSummary[]
    - `handle` string
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
  - `createdAt` string, date-time
  - `creator` MixtureCreator
    - `handle` string
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
  - `customFields` CustomFields
  - `entityRegistryId` string, nullable
  - `fields` Fields
  - `folderId` string, nullable
  - `id` string
  - `ingredients` Ingredient[]: List of ingredients on this mixture.
    - `amount` string, nullable: The amount value of this ingredient in its mixture, in string format (to preserve full precision). Pair with `units`. Supports scientific notation (1.23e4). One ingredient on this mixture can have an amount value of `"QS"`.
    - `catalogIdentifier` string, nullable
    - `componentEntity` IngredientComponentEntity: The entity that uniquely identifies this component.
      - `entityRegistryId` string, nullable
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
    - `componentLotContainer` ContainerLabels
      - `barcode` string
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
    - `componentLotEntity` EntityLabels
      - `entityRegistryId` string, nullable
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
    - `componentLotText` string, nullable: Text representing the component lot for this ingredient. This is only present if the mixture schema supports component lots in "text" format.
    - `hasParent` boolean
    - `notes` string, nullable
    - `targetAmount` string, nullable: The target amount for this ingredient such that this ingredient's proportion in its mixture would preserve the equivalent ingredient's proportion in the parent mixture. Pair with `units`.
    - `units` 'nL' | 'uL' | 'mL' | 'L' | 'mg' | 'g' | 'kg' | 'ug' | 'Units' | 'Cells' | 'mol' | 'mmol' | 'umol'
  - `modifiedAt` string, date-time
  - `name` string
  - `registrationOrigin` RegistrationOrigin
    - `originEntryId` string, nullable
    - `registeredAt` string, date-time
  - `registryId` string, nullable
  - `schema` SchemaSummary
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
  - `units` 'nL' | 'uL' | 'mL' | 'L' | 'g' | 'kg' | 'mg' | 'ug' | 'Units'
  - `webURL` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request

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