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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Microsoft Azure Device Services API

7 actions 7 updates phrasing extends openapi/microsoft-azure-deviceservices-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].get
$.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].put
$.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].delete
$.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].patch
$.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices'].get
$.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices'].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 Microsoft Azure Device Services API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/microsoft-azure-deviceservices-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: 6
- target: $.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a Windows IoT Device Service
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What's the non-security metadata of my Windows IoT Device Service?
      - Can I look up one Windows IoT device service by name?
      instructions:
      - text: Get Windows IoT Device Service {deviceName} in resource group {resourceGroupName}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
      - text: Show device service {deviceName} in group {resourceGroupName}, subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Create or replace a Windows IoT Device Service
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I create a Windows IoT Device Service?
      - Can I replace a device service's metadata in full?
      instructions:
      - text: Create Windows IoT Device Service {deviceName} in {resourceGroupName}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
      - text: Create or replace device service {deviceName} in group {resourceGroupName}, subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete a Windows IoT Device Service
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - Can I delete a Windows IoT Device Service?
      - Is it possible to remove a device service from my resource group?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete Windows IoT Device Service {deviceName} in {resourceGroupName}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
      - text: Remove device service {deviceName} from group {resourceGroupName}, subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices/{deviceName}'].patch
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update a Windows IoT Device Service
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I update just the tags of a Windows IoT Device Service?
      - How do I change a device service's metadata safely with an ETag?
      instructions:
      - text: Update the tags on Windows IoT Device Service {deviceName} in {resourceGroupName}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
      - text: Patch device service {deviceName} in group {resourceGroupName}, subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          deviceName: path.deviceName
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List Windows IoT Device Services in a resource group
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which Windows IoT Device Services are in my resource group?
      - Can I list device services for one resource group only?
      instructions:
      - text: List Windows IoT Device Services in resource group {resourceGroupName}.
        slots:
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
      - text: Show device services in group {resourceGroupName} of subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          resourceGroupName: path.resourceGroupName
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.WindowsIoT/deviceServices'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List Windows IoT Device Services in a subscription
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What Windows IoT Device Services do I have across my subscription?
      - Can I see every device service in one subscription at once?
      instructions:
      - text: List all Windows IoT Device Services in subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      - text: Show every device service under subscription {subscriptionId}.
        slots:
          subscriptionId: path.subscriptionId
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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