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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for ESRI ArcGIS Platform Places API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/esri-places-api-openapi.yml

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

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x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 3

$.info

$.paths['/places/near-point'].get

$.paths['/places/{placeId}'].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 ESRI ArcGIS Platform Places API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/esri-places-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/places/near-point'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Find points of interest near a location
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I find restaurants or other places within walking distance of a coordinate?
      - What is the maximum search radius when looking for nearby places?
      - Can I filter nearby places to specific categories?
      instructions:
      - text: Find places near longitude {x}, latitude {y}.
        slots:
          x: query.x
          y: query.y
      - text: List places in categories {categoryIds} within {radius} meters of {x}, {y}, {pageSize} per page.
        slots:
          categoryIds: query.categoryIds
          radius: query.radius
          x: query.x
          y: query.y
          pageSize: query.pageSize
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/places/{placeId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get details for a place
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How can I get a place's phone number and opening hours from its place ID?
      - Can I ask for only certain attributes of a place, like its address and category?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the details for place {placeId}.
        slots:
          placeId: path.placeId
      - text: Return fields {requestedFields} for place {placeId}.
        slots:
          requestedFields: query.requestedFields
          placeId: path.placeId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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