Datadog · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Datadog Definition API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/datadog-definition-api-openapi.yml

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

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x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 3

$.info

$.paths['/api/v2/services/definitions/{service_name}'].get

$.paths['/api/v2/services/definitions/{service_name}'].delete

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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 Datadog Definition API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/datadog-definition-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/api/v2/services/definitions/{service_name}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a service definition
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What owner and links are recorded for a service in the Service Catalog?
      - Can I fetch one service's definition in a specific schema version?
      instructions:
      - text: Show the service definition for {service_name}.
        slots:
          service_name: path.service_name
      - text: Get {service_name}'s definition in schema version {schema_version}.
        slots:
          service_name: path.service_name
          schema_version: query.schema_version
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/v2/services/definitions/{service_name}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete a service definition
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - Can I remove a service from the Service Catalog?
      - How do I delete a stale service definition?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete the service definition for {service_name}.
        slots:
          service_name: path.service_name
      - text: Remove {service_name} from the Service Catalog.
        slots:
          service_name: path.service_name
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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