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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 Best Practice Assessment Report BPA Report API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/palo-alto-networks-bpa-report-api-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/bpa/v1/jobs/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Check a BPA report job status
effect: read
questions:
- Has my Best Practice Assessment job finished processing?
- What is the status of a BPA assessment job?
instructions:
- text: Get the status of BPA job {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Check whether BPA assessment job {id} is complete.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/bpa/v1/reports/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get the download URL for a BPA report
effect: read
questions:
- Where can I download a completed BPA report?
- Does the BPA report link expire after it is issued?
instructions:
- text: Get the download URL for BPA report {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Fetch the signed link to completed BPA report {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/bpa/v1/requests'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Request a Best Practice Assessment report
effect: write
questions:
- How do I generate a Best Practice Assessment report for a firewall?
- What device details are required to start a BPA report?
instructions:
- text: Generate a BPA report for serial {serial} model {model} family {family} version {version} requested by {requester-name} at {requester-email}.
slots:
serial: requestBody.serial
model: requestBody.model
family: requestBody.family
version: requestBody.version
requester-name: requestBody.requester-name
requester-email: requestBody.requester-email
- text: Start a BPA assessment for firewall {serial} ({model}, {family}, PAN-OS {version}) for {requester-name}, {requester-email}.
slots:
serial: requestBody.serial
model: requestBody.model
family: requestBody.family
version: requestBody.version
requester-name: requestBody.requester-name
requester-email: requestBody.requester-email
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
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