Alianza · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for the Alianza Public API

8 actions 8 updates update extends openapi/alianza-openapi-original.yml
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Alianza publishes. Alianza did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-providerx-apievangelist-profilex-apievangelist-harvestedx-apievangelist-sourcex-apievangelist-referencex-apievangelist-contactx-apievangelist-conventionsx-apievangelist-spec-quality

Targets 5

$.info
$.servers
$.components.securitySchemes['X-Auth-Token']
$.components.schemas.PublicApiException
$.tags

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for the Alianza Public API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/alianza-openapi-original.yml
x-generated: '2026-08-02'
x-method: generated
x-source: >-
  Derived from the enrichment pass over openapi/alianza-openapi-original.yml (harvested verbatim
  from https://developer.alianza.com/openapi.yaml on 2026-08-02). This overlay records API
  Evangelist observations; it never mutates the harvested original.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-apievangelist-provider: alianza
      x-apievangelist-profile: https://apis.io/providers/alianza/
      x-apievangelist-harvested: '2026-08-02'
      x-apievangelist-source: https://developer.alianza.com/openapi.yaml
      x-apievangelist-reference: https://developer.alianza.com/provisioning-api
      x-apievangelist-contact: https://developer.alianza.com/certification-process

  - target: $.info
    description: Record the cross-cutting semantics captured in conventions/alianza-conventions.yml.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-conventions:
        authentication: 'apiKey on the X-AUTH-TOKEN header; token from POST /v2/authorize'
        idempotency: none
        pagination: 'partial - firstResultIndex/maxResult (8 ops) and pageNum/pageSize (2 ops)'
        error_envelope: 'PublicApiException {status, messages[], data} as application/json'
        rfc9457: false
        rate_limit_headers: none
        request_id_header: none
        versioning: 'uri-path /v2'
        async_pattern: '202 Accepted + /v2/job/{jobId} polling'

  - target: $.info
    description: Record the observed spec-quality profile of the harvested description.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-spec-quality:
        operations: 471
        paths: 315
        tags_declared: 57
        operations_with_summary: 471
        operations_with_description: 431
        operations_with_operation_id: 471
        unique_operation_ids: 471
        component_schemas: 259
        security_schemes: 1
        security_applied_globally: true
        deprecated_operations: 50
        responses_with_examples: 14
        note: >-
          Strong on identification and coverage - every operation has a summary and a unique
          operationId, and security is applied at the document root. Weak on examples: only 14 of
          the documented responses carry an example, and no request-body examples are published.

  - target: $.info
    description: Record the surfaces API Evangelist verified for this provider.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-surfaces:
        openapi: https://developer.alianza.com/openapi.yaml
        swagger2_deprecated: https://api.alianza.com/v2/apidocs/swagger.json
        graphql: null
        mcp: null
        agent_card: null
        asyncapi: null
        well_known: none
        llms_txt: null

  - target: $.servers
    description: Annotate the four published environments with their operational role.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-environments:
        - {url: 'https://api.alianza.com', role: production, integrator_facing: true}
        - {url: 'https://api.b2.alianza.com', role: beta, integrator_facing: true, note: 'the environment Alianza requires for API certification'}
        - {url: 'https://api.q2.alianza.com', role: qa, integrator_facing: false}
        - {url: 'https://api.d2.alianza.com', role: development, integrator_facing: false}

  - target: $.components.securitySchemes['X-Auth-Token']
    description: Document how the token is obtained, since the scheme itself only names the header.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-token-acquisition:
        operation: logUserIn
        method: POST
        path: /v2/authorize
        request: '{username, password} - admin-portal credentials issued by an Alianza account manager'
        response_field: authToken
        rotation: 'PUT /v2/authorize/logout invalidates; re-authorize on 401 "Expired Auth Token"'
        rfc6750: false

  - target: $.components.schemas.PublicApiException
    description: Flag the dominant error envelope and its divergence from RFC 9457.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-error-envelope: primary
      x-apievangelist-rfc9457: false
      x-apievangelist-note: >-
        Used by roughly 1,120 of the 1,176 documented 4xx/5xx responses. Served as
        application/json, not application/problem+json, and carries no type URI or instance
        identifier. See errors/alianza-problem-types.yml.

  - target: $.tags
    description: Flag the telecom regulatory surfaces visible in the contract.
    update:
      x-apievangelist-regulatory-surfaces:
        e911: 'E911 address correction and acceptance operations on the Telephone Number tag; E911 callback fields across device, line and user schemas'
        lnp_porting: 'the Port tag implements local number portability including LOA upload'
        emergency_notification: 'Emergency Notification tag plus an emergency notification compliance report'

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