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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 dotCMS REST Elasticsearch Content Search API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/dotcms-elasticsearch-content-search-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['/api/es/layout/{params}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get the search portlet layout
effect: read
questions:
- What does the Elasticsearch portlet layout endpoint return?
- Can I load the search tool's layout with path parameters?
instructions:
- text: Get the Elasticsearch portlet layout for {params}.
slots:
params: path.params
- text: Load the ES search tool layout using {params}.
slots:
params: path.params
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/api/es/search'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Search content with a JSON query
effect: read
questions:
- How do I search dotCMS content with an Elasticsearch-style JSON query?
- Can I include related content in search results, and how deep?
- Can I limit a query to live content only?
instructions:
- text: Search content with my JSON query, returning related content to depth {depth}.
slots:
depth: query.depth
- text: 'Run this JSON content search against live content only: {live}.'
slots:
live: query.live
- text: Search content as user {userid} with full category details.
slots:
userid: query.userid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/api/es/raw'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Run a raw search query
effect: read
questions:
- Can I get the unprocessed search engine response for a JSON query?
- Is there a search that returns hits and aggregations without contentlet processing?
instructions:
- text: Run this raw JSON query and return the search engine's unprocessed response.
- text: Execute my aggregation query as a raw search.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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