Avalara · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara Authentication API
5 actions
5 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/avalara-authentication-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Avalara's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Avalara publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 5
$.info
$.paths['/auth/token'].post
$.paths['/connect/token'].post
$.paths['/connect/authorize'].get
$.paths['/connect/revocation'].post
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara Authentication API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/avalara-authentication-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 4
- target: $.paths['/auth/token'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get an API token with username and password
effect: write
questions:
- Can I get an API token using just my username and password?
- What does the simple token endpoint need to log me in?
instructions:
- text: Get an authentication token for user {username} with password {password}.
slots:
username: requestBody.username
password: requestBody.password
- text: Log in as {username} using {password} and return a token.
slots:
username: requestBody.username
password: requestBody.password
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/connect/token'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Obtain an OAuth 2.0 access token
effect: write
questions:
- How do I get an OAuth access token with client credentials?
- Can I exchange an authorization code or SAML assertion for an access token?
- Which grant types does the Avalara token endpoint accept?
instructions:
- text: Get an access token with grant type {grant_type} for client {client_id} using secret {client_secret}.
slots:
grant_type: requestBody.grant_type
client_id: requestBody.client_id
client_secret: requestBody.client_secret
- text: Exchange authorization code {code} for a token as client {client_id} with secret {client_secret}, grant {grant_type}.
slots:
code: requestBody.code
client_id: requestBody.client_id
client_secret: requestBody.client_secret
grant_type: requestBody.grant_type
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/connect/authorize'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Start the OAuth authorization code login
effect: read
questions:
- What URL do I send users to so they can log in and authorize my app?
- Can I pass a state value through the OAuth login redirect?
instructions:
- text: Start the authorization flow for client {client_id} redirecting to {redirect_uri} with response type {response_type}.
slots:
client_id: query.client_id
redirect_uri: query.redirect_uri
response_type: query.response_type
- text: Send the user to the login page for client {client_id}, response type {response_type}, scope {scope}, back to {redirect_uri}.
slots:
client_id: query.client_id
response_type: query.response_type
scope: query.scope
redirect_uri: query.redirect_uri
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/connect/revocation'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Revoke an access or refresh token
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I invalidate a refresh token that may have leaked?
- How can I log out an integration by revoking its access token?
instructions:
- text: Revoke token {token}.
slots:
token: requestBody.token
- text: Revoke the {token_type_hint} {token} for client {client_id}.
slots:
token_type_hint: requestBody.token_type_hint
token: requestBody.token
client_id: requestBody.client_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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