Google Analytics · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Google Analytics Measurement Protocol (GA4) Validation API

2 actions 2 updates phrasing extends openapi/google-analytics-validation-api-openapi.yml

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

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$.info

$.paths['/collect/debug'].post

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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 Google Analytics Measurement Protocol (GA4) Validation API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/google-analytics-validation-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: 1
- target: $.paths['/collect/debug'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Validate events without recording them
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I test my Measurement Protocol payload without the events showing up in reports?
      - What validation messages come back when an event payload is malformed?
      instructions:
      - text: Check events {events} for measurement ID {measurement_id} against the debug endpoint without sending them.
        slots:
          events: requestBody.events
          measurement_id: query.measurement_id
      - text: Validate app events {events} for Firebase app {firebase_app_id} using strictness {validation_behavior}.
        slots:
          events: requestBody.events
          firebase_app_id: query.firebase_app_id
          validation_behavior: requestBody.validation_behavior
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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