Showpad · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist enhancements for Showpad API v4

4 actions 4 updates update extends openapi/showpad-v4-openapi-original.yml

Derived by API Evangelist Built from the contracts Showpad publishes. Showpad did not publish this file.

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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-providerx-apievangelist-artifactsx-api-lifecyclex-error-formatx-idempotencyx-base-url-notex-rate-limit-signalx-pagination

Targets 4

$.info

$.servers[0]

$.components

$.tags

OpenAPI Overlay

overlay: 1.0.0
info:
  title: API Evangelist enhancements for Showpad API v4
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/showpad-v4-openapi-original.yml
x-provenance:
  generated: '2026-08-14'
  method: generated
  source: >-
    Derived from API Evangelist artifacts in all/showpad/ — conventions, errors, lifecycle,
    authentication, conformance, mcp and rate-limits. The harvested spec is never mutated.
actions:
  - target: $.info
    update:
      x-apievangelist-provider: showpad
      x-apievangelist-artifacts:
        conventions: conventions/showpad-conventions.yml
        errors: errors/showpad-problem-types.yml
        lifecycle: lifecycle/showpad-lifecycle.yml
        authentication: authentication/showpad-authentication.yml
        scopes: scopes/showpad-scopes.yml
        conformance: conformance/showpad-conformance.yml
        data_model: data-model/showpad-data-model.yml
        mcp: mcp/showpad-mcp.yml
        webhooks: asyncapi/showpad-webhooks.yml
        rate_limits: rate-limits/showpad-rate-limits.yml
      x-api-lifecycle:
        version: '4'
        status: active
        deprecation_policy: none published
        sunset_header: false
      x-error-format: rfc9457
      x-idempotency: none published
  - target: $.servers[0]
    update:
      x-base-url-note: >-
        Templated per customer subdomain. The v4 host differs from v3 — v4 is
        {subdomain}.api.showpad.com, v3 is {subdomain}.showpad.biz.
  - target: $.components
    update:
      x-rate-limit-signal:
        status_on_exhaustion: 429
        headers_documented: false
      x-pagination:
        style: limit-offset
        parameters: [limit, offset]
        response_fields: [meta.count, response.items]
      x-field-selection:
        parameter: fields
  - target: $.tags
    update:
      x-agent-surface:
        mcp_server: https://mcp.showpad.com/mcp/v1
        mcp_gated: true
        crosswalk: mcp/showpad-tool-crosswalk.yml

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