Lightspeed Commerce · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for 2026-07 Gift Cards API
12 actions
12 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/lightspeed-gift-cards-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Lightspeed Commerce's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Lightspeed Commerce publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 12
$.info
$.paths['/gift_cards'].get
$.paths['/gift_cards'].post
$.paths['/gift_cards/by_id/{id}'].get
$.paths['/gift_cards/by_id/{id}'].delete
$.paths['/gift_cards/by_number/{card_number}'].get
$.paths['/gift_cards/by_number/{card_number}'].delete
$.paths['/gift_cards/transactions/{transaction_id}'].get
$.paths['/gift_cards/transactions/{transaction_id}'].delete
$.paths['/gift_cards/{card_number}/transactions'].post
$.paths['/gift_cards/{number}'].get
$.paths['/gift_cards/{number}'].delete
OpenAPI Overlay
# Generated by API Evangelist (build-phrasing.py). Our phrasing, not observed demand.
overlay: 1.0.0
info:
title: API Evangelist conversational phrasing for 2026-07 Gift Cards API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/lightspeed-gift-cards-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: 11
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List gift cards
effect: read
questions:
- Which gift cards have been issued by my store?
- Can I list only gift cards with a particular status, like voided ones?
- What is the most gift cards I can pull back per page?
instructions:
- text: List all gift cards with status {status}.
slots:
status: query.status
- text: Page through gift cards issued before gift card {before}.
slots:
before: query.before
- text: Show my store's gift cards, {size} per page.
slots:
size: query.page_size
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Issue and activate a new gift card
effect: write
questions:
- How do I sell a new gift card with a starting balance?
- Can I set an expiry date when issuing a gift card?
instructions:
- text: Issue gift card number {number} with a balance of {amount}.
slots:
number: requestBody.number
amount: requestBody.amount
- text: Activate gift card {number} loaded with {amount} that expires on {expires}.
slots:
number: requestBody.number
amount: requestBody.amount
expires: requestBody.expires_at
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/by_id/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up a gift card by its internal ID
effect: read
questions:
- Can I fetch a gift card and its transaction history using its internal ID rather than the card number?
- What does a gift card record show about activations, redemptions and reloads?
instructions:
- text: Get the gift card with internal ID {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show the balance and transactions of gift card ID {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/by_id/{id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Void a gift card by its internal ID
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I cancel a gift card using its internal ID so its balance goes to zero?
- What happens to the balance when a gift card is voided by ID?
instructions:
- text: Void the gift card with internal ID {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Zero out and void gift card record {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/by_number/{card_number}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up a gift card by card number
effect: read
questions:
- What's the remaining balance on the gift card a customer just handed me?
- Can I see every redemption made on a gift card by its printed number?
instructions:
- text: Look up gift card {card_number} using the by-number endpoint.
slots:
card_number: path.card_number
- text: Check the balance of gift card number {card_number}.
slots:
card_number: path.card_number
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/by_number/{card_number}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Void a gift card by card number
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I void a lost gift card using the number printed on it?
- Does voiding a card by its number set its status to VOIDED?
instructions:
- text: Void gift card number {card_number} through the by-number endpoint.
slots:
card_number: path.card_number
- text: Cancel the gift card printed with number {card_number} and zero its balance.
slots:
card_number: path.card_number
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/transactions/{transaction_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Find the gift card behind a transaction
effect: read
questions:
- Which gift card was used in a given gift card transaction?
- Can I look up a transaction that came from the e-series system instead of x-series?
instructions:
- text: Find the gift card for transaction {transaction}.
slots:
transaction: path.transaction_id
- text: Find the gift card for transaction {transaction} in source system {system}.
slots:
transaction: path.transaction_id
system: query.system_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/transactions/{transaction_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Reverse a gift card redemption
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I undo a gift card redemption that was charged by mistake?
- Which gift card transactions are allowed to be reversed?
instructions:
- text: Reverse gift card transaction {transaction}.
slots:
transaction: path.transaction_id
- text: Undo the redemption recorded as transaction {transaction}.
slots:
transaction: path.transaction_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/{card_number}/transactions'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Redeem or reload a gift card
effect: write
questions:
- How do I take money off a gift card balance at checkout?
- Can I top up an existing gift card and extend its expiry at the same time?
- What happens if the gift card does not have enough credit for a redemption?
instructions:
- text: Create a {type} transaction of {amount} on gift card {card_number} with client reference {client}.
slots:
amount: requestBody.amount
card_number: path.card_number
client: requestBody.client_id
type: requestBody.type
- text: Reload gift card {card_number} with {amount}, reference {client}.
slots:
card_number: path.card_number
amount: requestBody.amount
client: requestBody.client_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/{number}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up a gift card (legacy number path)
effect: read
questions:
- Is there an older endpoint that looks up a gift card directly under /gift_cards by number?
- Can I read a gift card's transactions through the plain gift card number path?
instructions:
- text: Fetch gift card {number} using the legacy plain number path.
slots:
number: path.number
- text: Read gift card {number} and its transactions from the legacy route.
slots:
number: path.number
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/gift_cards/{number}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Void a gift card (legacy number path)
effect: destructive
questions:
- Is there an older endpoint to void a gift card directly under /gift_cards by number?
- Can I still void a card through the plain gift card number path?
instructions:
- text: Void gift card {number} using the legacy plain number path.
slots:
number: path.number
- text: Void card {number} with the older gift card endpoint.
slots:
number: path.number
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'