Canva · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Canva Connect Folders API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/canva-folders-api-openapi.yml

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x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 4

$.info

$.paths['/folders/{folderId}'].get

$.paths['/folders/{folderId}/items'].get

$.paths['/folders/{folderId}/items:move'].post

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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 Folders API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/canva-folders-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/folders/{folderId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a folder
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I get a folder's name and thumbnail?
      - When was a folder created or last updated?
      instructions:
      - text: Get folder {folderId}.
        slots:
          folderId: path.folderId
      - text: Show the timestamps of folder {folderId}.
        slots:
          folderId: path.folderId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/folders/{folderId}/items'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List items in a folder
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What is inside one of my Canva folders?
      - Can I filter a folder's contents to images only?
      instructions:
      - text: List the contents of folder {folderId}.
        slots:
          folderId: path.folderId
      - text: List {item_types} in folder {folderId}.
        slots:
          item_types: query.item_types
          folderId: path.folderId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/folders/{folderId}/items:move'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Move an item into a folder
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I move a design, image or folder into a specific folder?
      - Do I need to say what type of item I am moving?
      instructions:
      - text: Move {item_type} {item_id} into folder {folderId}.
        slots:
          item_type: requestBody.item_type
          item_id: requestBody.item_id
          folderId: path.folderId
      - text: File {item_type} {item_id} under folder {folderId}.
        slots:
          item_type: requestBody.item_type
          item_id: requestBody.item_id
          folderId: path.folderId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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