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API Evangelist enrichment overlay — Dev.to Forem Reactions API

3 actions 3 updates update extends dev-to-reactions-api-openapi.yml
Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts DEV Community publishes. DEV Community did not publish this file.
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What the actions change

x-idempotentx-idempotency-notex-api-evangelist-enrichmentx-version-selectorx-error-envelope

Targets 3

$.info
$.paths['/reactions/toggle'].post
$.paths['/reactions'].post

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overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enrichment overlay — Dev.to Forem Reactions API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: dev-to-reactions-api-openapi.yml
x-generated: '2026-09-17'
x-method: derived
x-source: conventions/, errors/, rate-limits/, lifecycle/ artifacts in this repo
actions:
- target: $.info
  description: Record enrichment provenance and the version-selector header that this contract does not state.
  update:
    x-api-evangelist-enrichment:
      generated: '2026-09-17'
      provider: dev-to
      artifacts:
      - conventions/dev-to-conventions.yml
      - errors/dev-to-problem-types.yml
      - rate-limits/dev-to-rate-limits.yml
      - lifecycle/dev-to-lifecycle.yml
      - authentication/dev-to-authentication.yml
    x-version-selector:
      header: Accept
      value: application/vnd.forem.api-v1+json
      required: true
      note: Omitting this header routes the request to the deprecated V0 API, which answers with a 299 Warning header.
        The version is not in the path.
    x-error-envelope:
      media_type: application/json
      rfc9457: false
      shape: '{"status": <int>, "error": "<message>"}'
- target: $.paths['/reactions/toggle'].post
  description: Flag the non-idempotent twin so an agent does not retry it.
  update:
    x-idempotent: false
    x-idempotency-note: 'Toggling is state-flipping: a retry after a timeout removes the reaction the first call
      created.'
- target: $.paths['/reactions'].post
  description: Mark the one replay-safe mutation in this API.
  update:
    x-idempotent: true
    x-idempotency-note: 'Provider-documented: repeated requests return the existing reaction rather than toggling
      it off. The sibling /reactions/toggle operation is NOT replay-safe.'

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