Method Financial · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Method Account Balances API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/methodfi-account-balances-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/accounts/{accountId}/balances'].get
$.paths['/accounts/{accountId}/balances'].post
$.paths['/accounts/{accountId}/balances/{balId}'].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 Method Account Balances API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/methodfi-account-balances-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
      generator: build-phrasing.py
      label: Generated by API Evangelist
      operations: 3
- target: $.paths['/accounts/{accountId}/balances'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List balance records for an account
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Where can I see the history of balance syncs for an account?
      - Can I paginate through all the balance records on one account?
      instructions:
      - text: List all balance records for account {account}.
        slots:
          account: path.accountId
      - text: Show balance history for account {account}, {page_limit} per page.
        slots:
          account: path.accountId
          page_limit: query.page_limit
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/accounts/{accountId}/balances'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Sync a fresh balance for an account
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I trigger a new balance sync on an account?
      - Can I force Method to pull the current balance again right now?
      instructions:
      - text: Trigger a balance sync for account {account}.
        slots:
          account: path.accountId
      - text: Pull a new balance for account {account} using idempotency key {key}.
        slots:
          account: path.accountId
          key: header.Idempotency-Key
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/accounts/{accountId}/balances/{balId}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get one balance record
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What did a particular balance sync return?
      - Can I fetch a balance record by its ID once the sync finishes?
      instructions:
      - text: Get balance record {balance} on account {account}.
        slots:
          balance: path.balId
          account: path.accountId
      - text: Check the status and amount of balance sync {balance} for account {account}.
        slots:
          balance: path.balId
          account: path.accountId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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