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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for OpenAI Uploads API

5 actions 5 updates phrasing extends openapi/openai-uploads-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/uploads'].post
$.paths['/uploads/{upload_id}/cancel'].post
$.paths['/uploads/{upload_id}/complete'].post
$.paths['/uploads/{upload_id}/parts'].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 OpenAI Uploads API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/openai-uploads-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: 4
- target: $.paths['/uploads'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Start a multipart upload for a large file
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I upload a file too large for a single request?
      - What's the maximum total size a multipart Upload can hold?
      instructions:
      - text: Start an upload for {filename} of {bytes} bytes, type {mime_type}, for purpose {purpose}.
        slots:
          filename: requestBody.filename
          bytes: requestBody.bytes
          mime_type: requestBody.mime_type
          purpose: requestBody.purpose
      - text: Open a multipart upload named {filename} ({bytes} bytes, {mime_type}) for {purpose} that expires after {expires_after}.
        slots:
          filename: requestBody.filename
          bytes: requestBody.bytes
          mime_type: requestBody.mime_type
          purpose: requestBody.purpose
          expires_after: requestBody.expires_after
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/uploads/{upload_id}/cancel'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Cancel a multipart upload
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - Can I abandon a large upload partway through?
      - What happens to an Upload after I cancel it?
      instructions:
      - text: Cancel upload {upload_id}.
        slots:
          upload_id: path.upload_id
      - text: Abort the in-progress multipart upload {upload_id}.
        slots:
          upload_id: path.upload_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/uploads/{upload_id}/complete'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Finish a multipart upload into a usable file
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Once all parts are uploaded, how do I turn them into a usable file?
      - Can I verify the assembled upload with an MD5 checksum?
      instructions:
      - text: Complete upload {upload_id} with parts {part_ids} in order.
        slots:
          upload_id: path.upload_id
          part_ids: requestBody.part_ids
      - text: Finish upload {upload_id} from parts {part_ids} and check it against MD5 {md5}.
        slots:
          upload_id: path.upload_id
          part_ids: requestBody.part_ids
          md5: requestBody.md5
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/uploads/{upload_id}/parts'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Add a chunk to a multipart upload
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I send the next chunk of bytes for a large file upload?
      - How big can each part of a multipart upload be?
      instructions:
      - text: Add part {data} to upload {upload_id}.
        slots:
          data: requestBody.data
          upload_id: path.upload_id
      - text: Send the next chunk {data} of my file to upload {upload_id}.
        slots:
          data: requestBody.data
          upload_id: path.upload_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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