Method Financial · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Method Simulate Accounts API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/methodfi-simulate-accounts-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/simulate/accounts/{accountId}/verification_sessions/{avfId}/amounts'].get
$.paths['/simulate/accounts/{accountId}/transactions'].post
$.paths['/simulate/accounts/{accountId}/card_brands'].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 Method Simulate Accounts API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/methodfi-simulate-accounts-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['/simulate/accounts/{accountId}/verification_sessions/{avfId}/amounts'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get sandbox micro-deposit amounts
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Where do I get the test micro-deposit amounts in sandbox?
      - Can I read sandbox deposit amounts to finish verification in development?
      instructions:
      - text: Get sandbox micro-deposit amounts for session {session} on account {account}.
        slots:
          session: path.avfId
          account: path.accountId
      - text: Show the test deposit amounts for verification {session} of account {account}.
        slots:
          session: path.avfId
          account: path.accountId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/simulate/accounts/{accountId}/transactions'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Simulate a transaction in sandbox
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I create a fake transaction on an account to test my flow?
      - Can I simulate a purchase at a named merchant in sandbox?
      instructions:
      - text: Simulate a {amount} transaction on sandbox account {account}.
        slots:
          amount: requestBody.amount
          account: path.accountId
      - text: Create a test transaction of {amount} at {merchant} on account {account}.
        slots:
          amount: requestBody.amount
          merchant: requestBody.merchant_name
          account: path.accountId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/simulate/accounts/{accountId}/card_brands'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Simulate a card brand result in sandbox
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I fake a card brand result to test card brand retrieval?
      - How do I simulate a card brand on a sandbox account?
      instructions:
      - text: Simulate a card brand for sandbox account {account}.
        slots:
          account: path.accountId
      - text: Create a test card brand result on account {account}.
        slots:
          account: path.accountId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-10-01'

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