Avalara · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Avalara 1099 & W-9 Filing API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/avalara-filing-api-openapi.yml

Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Avalara's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Avalara publishes.

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x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 3

$.info

$.paths['/filing/submit'].post

$.paths['/filing/{filingId}/status'].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 1099 & W-9 Filing API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/avalara-filing-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/filing/submit'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: E-file forms with the IRS
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I e-file my completed 1099s with the IRS?
      - Can I submit corrected forms to the IRS?
      instructions:
      - text: E-file forms {formIds} for tax year {taxYear}.
        slots:
          formIds: requestBody.formIds
          taxYear: requestBody.taxYear
      - text: Submit corrected forms {formIds} for {taxYear}, corrected {corrected}.
        slots:
          formIds: requestBody.formIds
          taxYear: requestBody.taxYear
          corrected: requestBody.corrected
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/filing/{filingId}/status'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Check an IRS e-filing status
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Has the IRS accepted my e-filing yet?
      - Can I check the status of an e-file submission?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the status of filing {filingId}.
        slots:
          filingId: path.filingId
      - text: Check whether IRS submission {filingId} was accepted.
        slots:
          filingId: path.filingId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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