Method Financial · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Methodfi Payments API
9 actions
9 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/methodfi-payments-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Method Financial's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Method Financial publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 9
$.info
$.paths['/payments'].get
$.paths['/payments'].post
$.paths['/payments/{paymentId}'].get
$.paths['/payments/{paymentId}'].delete
$.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}'].get
$.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}'].delete
$.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}/reversals'].get
$.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}/reversals'].post
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 Methodfi Payments API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/methodfi-payments-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: 8
- target: $.paths['/payments'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List payments
effect: read
questions:
- Can I list only the payments that failed?
- How do I see every payment made from one account?
- Which payments belong to a particular holder?
instructions:
- text: List payments with status {status}.
slots:
status: query.status
- text: Show payments from source account {source} to destination {destination}.
slots:
source: query.source
destination: query.destination
- text: List payments for holder {holder} between {from_date} and {to_date}.
slots:
holder: query.holder_id
from_date: query.from_date
to_date: query.to_date
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Send a payment between accounts
effect: write
questions:
- How do I move money from a source account to a destination account?
- Can I do a dry run of a payment before moving money?
instructions:
- text: Pay {amount} from account {source} to account {destination} with description {description}.
slots:
amount: requestBody.amount
source: requestBody.source
destination: requestBody.destination
description: requestBody.description
- text: Dry-run a {amount} payment from {source} to {destination} described as {description}, dry_run {dry_run}.
slots:
amount: requestBody.amount
source: requestBody.source
destination: requestBody.destination
description: requestBody.description
dry_run: requestBody.dry_run
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{paymentId}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a payment with expanded details
effect: read
questions:
- Can I fetch a payment and expand its source and destination?
- What does the versioned payment lookup return by paymentId?
instructions:
- text: Get payment {payment} with {expand} expanded.
slots:
payment: path.paymentId
expand: query.expand
- text: Retrieve payment {payment} on API version {version}.
slots:
payment: path.paymentId
version: header.Method-Version
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{paymentId}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Cancel a pending payment (versioned)
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I cancel a payment that hasn't been processed yet?
- Can only pending payments be canceled on the current API version?
instructions:
- text: Cancel pending payment {payment} on API version {version}.
slots:
payment: path.paymentId
version: header.Method-Version
- text: Cancel payment {payment} using idempotency key {key}.
slots:
payment: path.paymentId
key: header.Idempotency-Key
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a payment (legacy unversioned path)
effect: read
questions:
- Is there an older payment lookup that takes pmt_id without a version header?
- Can I still read a payment via the legacy pmt_id endpoint?
instructions:
- text: Look up payment {pmt_id} on the legacy unversioned endpoint.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
- text: Fetch payment {pmt_id} without sending a Method-Version header.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Cancel a pending payment (legacy path)
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I cancel a pending payment through the older pmt_id endpoint?
- Does the legacy delete-payment call work without a version header?
instructions:
- text: Cancel pending payment {pmt_id} on the legacy unversioned path.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
- text: Delete pending payment {pmt_id} without a Method-Version header.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}/reversals'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List reversals for a payment (legacy)
effect: read
questions:
- Can I list a payment's reversals from the payments endpoints using pmt_id?
- Where are the reversals for a payment on the older path?
instructions:
- text: List reversals for payment {pmt_id} on the legacy path.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
- text: Show reversals tied to payment {pmt_id}.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{pmt_id}/reversals'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Reverse funds for a failed payment
effect: write
questions:
- How do I balance funds after a payment fails?
- Can I create a reversal for an unsuccessful payment?
instructions:
- text: Create a reversal for unsuccessful payment {pmt_id}.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
- text: Rebalance the funds of failed payment {pmt_id}.
slots:
pmt_id: path.pmt_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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