Salesforce · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Salesforce External API

2 actions 2 updates phrasing extends openapi/salesforce-external-api-openapi.yml

Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Salesforce's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Salesforce publishes.

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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 2

$.info

$.paths['/data/v64.0/sobjects/{SOBJECT_API_NAME}/{FIELD_NAME}/{FIELD_VALUE}'].get

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 Salesforce External API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/salesforce-external-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: 1
- target: $.paths['/data/v64.0/sobjects/{SOBJECT_API_NAME}/{FIELD_NAME}/{FIELD_VALUE}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Find a record by an external ID field
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Can I look up an Account using the ID from my ERP stored in an external ID field?
      - What record has a given value in an external ID field?
      instructions:
      - text: Get the {object} record where {field} is {value}.
        slots:
          object: path.SOBJECT_API_NAME
          field: path.FIELD_NAME
          value: path.FIELD_VALUE
      - text: Look up {object} by external ID {field} = {value}.
        slots:
          object: path.SOBJECT_API_NAME
          field: path.FIELD_NAME
          value: path.FIELD_VALUE
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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