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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Canva Connect Asset API

8 actions 8 updates phrasing extends openapi/canva-asset-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/v1/assets/{assetId}'].get
$.paths['/v1/assets/{assetId}'].delete
$.paths['/v1/assets/{assetId}'].patch
$.paths['/v1/asset-uploads'].post
$.paths['/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}'].get
$.paths['/v1/url-asset-uploads'].post
$.paths['/v1/url-asset-uploads/{jobId}'].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 Canva Connect Asset API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/canva-asset-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: 7
- target: $.paths['/v1/assets/{assetId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an asset's metadata
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I look up the name, tags and thumbnail of an uploaded asset?
      - What details can I retrieve for an image in my content library?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the metadata for asset {assetId}.
        slots:
          assetId: path.assetId
      - text: Show the name and tags of asset {assetId}.
        slots:
          assetId: path.assetId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/assets/{assetId}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete an asset
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - Can I remove an asset from my Canva library through the API?
      - Does deleting an asset remove it from designs that already use it?
      - Where does a deleted asset go, is it permanent?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete asset {assetId}.
        slots:
          assetId: path.assetId
      - text: Move asset {assetId} to the trash.
        slots:
          assetId: path.assetId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/assets/{assetId}'].patch
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Rename or retag an asset
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I rename an asset in my content library?
      - Does updating an asset's tags replace the tags it already has?
      instructions:
      - text: Rename asset {assetId} to {name}.
        slots:
          assetId: path.assetId
          name: requestBody.name
      - text: Replace the tags on asset {assetId} with {tags}.
        slots:
          assetId: path.assetId
          tags: requestBody.tags
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/asset-uploads'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Upload a file as an asset
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I upload an image file from disk into a user's content library?
      - Where do I put the asset name when uploading raw file bytes?
      - Which file types can I upload as assets?
      instructions:
      - text: Upload this file to my content library with metadata {metadata}.
        slots:
          metadata: header.Asset-Upload-Metadata
      - text: Start an upload job for the file bytes I attach, using metadata header {metadata}.
        slots:
          metadata: header.Asset-Upload-Metadata
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/asset-uploads/{jobId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Check a file asset upload job
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Has my file upload to Canva finished yet?
      - How do I find out whether a direct file upload succeeded or failed?
      instructions:
      - text: Check the status of file upload job {jobId}.
        slots:
          jobId: path.jobId
      - text: Get the uploaded asset from upload job {jobId} once it succeeds.
        slots:
          jobId: path.jobId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/url-asset-uploads'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Upload an asset from a URL
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I add an image to the content library straight from a public URL?
      - What is the size limit for uploading a video asset from a URL?
      instructions:
      - text: Upload the file at {url} as an asset named {name}.
        slots:
          url: requestBody.url
          name: requestBody.name
      - text: Import {url} into my content library and call it {name}.
        slots:
          url: requestBody.url
          name: requestBody.name
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/url-asset-uploads/{jobId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Check a URL asset upload job
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Did my asset upload from a URL complete?
      - What status does a URL-based asset upload job report while it is running?
      instructions:
      - text: Check the status of URL upload job {jobId}.
        slots:
          jobId: path.jobId
      - text: Poll URL asset upload job {jobId} until it succeeds or fails.
        slots:
          jobId: path.jobId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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