Avalara · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara AvaTax Cert Express Invites API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/avalara-certexpressinvites-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/api/v2/companies/{companyId}/customers/{customerCode}/certexpressinvites'].post
$.paths['/api/v2/companies/{companyId}/customers/{customerCode}/certexpressinvites/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/v2/companies/{companyId}/certexpressinvites'].get

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# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara AvaTax Cert Express Invites API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/avalara-certexpressinvites-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 3
- target: $.paths['/api/v2/companies/{companyId}/customers/{customerCode}/certexpressinvites'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Invite a customer to upload exemption certificates
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I invite a customer to self-report their exemption certificate?
      - Can I send a customer a CertExpress link to upload their certificates?
      instructions:
      - text: Send a CertExpress invitation to customer {customerCode} of company {companyId}.
        slots:
          customerCode: path.customerCode
          companyId: path.companyId
      - text: Create a certificate upload invite for customer {customerCode} in company {companyId}.
        slots:
          customerCode: path.customerCode
          companyId: path.companyId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/v2/companies/{companyId}/customers/{customerCode}/certexpressinvites/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a customer's CertExpress invitation
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I check on an invitation I already sent to one customer?
      - What is the status of a specific CertExpress invite?
      instructions:
      - text: Get invitation {id} for customer {customerCode} of company {companyId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          customerCode: path.customerCode
          companyId: path.companyId
      - text: Show CertExpress invite {id} sent to customer {customerCode} in company {companyId}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          customerCode: path.customerCode
          companyId: path.companyId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/v2/companies/{companyId}/certexpressinvites'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List a company's CertExpress invitations
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which certificate invitations has my company sent to customers?
      - Can I see every CertExpress invite across all of a company's customers?
      instructions:
      - text: List CertExpress invitations sent by company {companyId}.
        slots:
          companyId: path.companyId
      - text: Show all certificate upload invites from company {companyId}.
        slots:
          companyId: path.companyId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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