Merge · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Accounting Subpackage Expenses API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/merge-subpackage-expenses-api-openapi.yml
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What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses'].get
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses'].post
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/{id}'].get
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/lines/remote-field-classes'].get
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/meta/post'].get
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/remote-field-classes'].get
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/bulk'].post
$.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/bulk/{batch_id}'].get
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 Accounting Subpackage Expenses API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/merge-subpackage-expenses-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-02'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 8
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List expenses from the accounting system
effect: read
questions:
- How do I pull recorded expenses from a customer's accounting software?
- Can I list expenses by transaction date range?
- Which expenses belong to one company in a multi-entity ledger?
instructions:
- text: List expenses with transaction dates between {transaction_date_after} and {transaction_date_before}.
slots:
transaction_date_after: query.transaction_date_after
transaction_date_before: query.transaction_date_before
- text: Show expenses for company {company_id}.
slots:
company_id: query.company_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Record a single expense
effect: write
questions:
- Can I write one new expense into a linked accounting platform?
- What does creating an individual expense need?
instructions:
- text: Create an expense from {expense}.
slots:
expense: requestBody.model
- text: 'Record this one expense in the ledger: {expense}.'
slots:
expense: requestBody.model
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get one expense
effect: read
questions:
- How do I read a single expense and its lines?
- Can I include the accounting system's custom fields on one expense?
instructions:
- text: Get expense {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Fetch expense {id} with {relations} expanded.
slots:
id: path.id
relations: query.expand
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/lines/remote-field-classes'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List custom field definitions for expense lines
effect: read
questions:
- What custom fields exist on individual expense line items?
- Can I list only custom field classes for expense lines?
instructions:
- text: List remote field classes for expense lines on linked account {account_token}.
slots:
account_token: header.X-Account-Token
- text: Show custom fields defined on expense line items.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/meta/post'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: See which fields creating an expense takes
effect: read
questions:
- Which fields does the accounting platform require to create an expense?
- Can I check the expense create schema before posting one?
instructions:
- text: Show expense creation fields for linked account {account_token}.
slots:
account_token: header.X-Account-Token
- text: Get the expense create metadata.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/remote-field-classes'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List custom field definitions for expenses
effect: read
questions:
- What custom fields are defined at the expense header level?
- Can I tell which expense fields are common-model versus custom?
instructions:
- text: List expense remote field classes for linked account {account_token}.
slots:
account_token: header.X-Account-Token
- text: Show only custom field classes on expense records.
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/bulk'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create many expenses in one batch
effect: write
questions:
- Can I push a whole batch of expenses at once instead of one by one?
- What do I send to start an asynchronous bulk creation of new expenses?
instructions:
- text: 'Bulk create these expenses: {batch_items}.'
slots:
batch_items: requestBody.batch_items
- text: Submit {batch_items} as an asynchronous expense batch.
slots:
batch_items: requestBody.batch_items
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-02'
- target: $.paths['/accounting/v1/expenses/bulk/{batch_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Check the status of an expense bulk batch
effect: read
questions:
- Did my bulk expense upload finish, and which items failed?
- Where do I see the results of an expense batch I submitted?
instructions:
- text: Check the status of expense batch {batch_id}.
slots:
batch_id: path.batch_id
- text: Show the results for expense bulk job {batch_id}.
slots:
batch_id: path.batch_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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