Esri · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for ESRI ArcGIS Platform Portal API

6 actions 6 updates phrasing extends openapi/esri-portal-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/portals/self'].get
$.paths['/community/users/{username}'].get
$.paths['/content/users/{username}/items'].get
$.paths['/content/items/{itemId}'].get
$.paths['/search'].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 Portal API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/esri-portal-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: 5
- target: $.paths['/portals/self'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get my organization's portal information
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I see my ArcGIS organization's portal name, description and thumbnail?
      - What resources and helper services does my organization's portal expose?
      instructions:
      - text: Show me our organization's portal details.
      - text: Fetch the portal self information in {f} format.
        slots:
          f: query.f
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/community/users/{username}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a portal user's profile
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I look up the profile of a specific member of our ArcGIS organization?
      - What profile details are returned for a portal user by username?
      instructions:
      - text: Show the profile for user {username}.
        slots:
          username: path.username
      - text: Get the community profile of {username} as {f}.
        slots:
          username: path.username
          f: query.f
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/content/users/{username}/items'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List content items a user owns
      effect: read
      questions:
      - How do I list all the maps, layers and apps a particular user owns?
      - Can I page through and sort one user's content items?
      instructions:
      - text: List the items owned by {username}.
        slots:
          username: path.username
      - text: Show {num} of {username}'s items starting at {start}, sorted by {sortField} {sortOrder}.
        slots:
          num: query.num
          username: path.username
          start: query.start
          sortField: query.sortField
          sortOrder: query.sortOrder
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/content/items/{itemId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a portal item's details
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What information can I get about a single map or layer item by its ID?
      - Which call returns the metadata of one specific portal item?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the details of portal item {itemId}.
        slots:
          itemId: path.itemId
      - text: Fetch item {itemId} in {f} format.
        slots:
          itemId: path.itemId
          f: query.f
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/search'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Search portal items, groups and users
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I search across the whole portal for feature services owned by a certain person?
      - What query syntax does ArcGIS portal search accept for filtering items, groups and users?
      - Is there a way to sort and page portal search results?
      instructions:
      - text: Search the portal for {q}.
        slots:
          q: query.q
      - text: Run portal search {q} and return {num} results sorted by {sortField} {sortOrder}.
        slots:
          q: query.q
          num: query.num
          sortField: query.sortField
          sortOrder: query.sortOrder
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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