Check if a sample exists

isSampleExists

URL

/api/v1/isSampleExists

Description

Checks whether there is an existing sample with the sample name that is entered in the call.

Method

POST

Request query parameters

sampleName

String. Mandatory.

Valid sample name.

Example request

https://user1.XYZ.com/api/v1/isSampleExists

Request headers

Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Authorization:API Token

Returns

true if sample with the sample name that is entered already exists in the organization based on the API token for the user is in header.

false if the sample does not exist.

Response fields

Status code

Response message

200

Successful response

400

Bad request

404

Not found

401

User is not authenticated

500

Error occurred

Curl command

curl -X POST -k https://<server name>/api/v1/isSampleExists -H "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -H "Authorization:NjMyZmUwODMzOTY3YzVhYzA1OGE5M2I4ZjMyZWY0ZmY1NWQ0YzgyYzhjOTJmZTBjZjZkZTg2N2QxZjA3MGZlMA" -d "sampleName=IR-57220"