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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Square Checkout API

11 actions 11 updates phrasing extends openapi/square-checkout-api-openapi.yml
Generated by API Evangelist Written by API Evangelist tooling for Square's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Square publishes.
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x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 11

$.info
$.paths['/v2/locations/{location_id}/checkouts'].post
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/location-settings/{location_id}'].get
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/location-settings/{location_id}'].put
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/merchant-settings'].get
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/merchant-settings'].put
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links'].get
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links'].post
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id}'].get
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id}'].put
$.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id}'].delete

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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 Square Checkout API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/square-checkout-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: 10
- target: $.paths['/v2/locations/{location_id}/checkouts'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Create a legacy hosted checkout for an order
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I send buyers to a hosted checkout page for an order using the older Checkout endpoint?
      - Can the legacy location checkout ask the buyer for a shipping address?
      instructions:
      - text: Create a legacy checkout at location {location_id} for order {order}.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
          order: requestBody.order
      - text: Create a location {location_id} checkout for {order} that redirects to {redirect_url}.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
          order: requestBody.order
          redirect_url: requestBody.redirect_url
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/location-settings/{location_id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get checkout page settings for a location
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What tipping and custom field settings does a location's hosted checkout use?
      - Can I see the checkout page configuration for one location?
      instructions:
      - text: Get checkout location settings for {location_id}.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
      - text: Show hosted checkout settings for location {location_id}.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/location-settings/{location_id}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update checkout page settings for a location
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I change the hosted checkout options for just one location?
      - How do I update a location's checkout page policies or branding?
      instructions:
      - text: Update checkout settings for location {location_id} to {location_settings}.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
          location_settings: requestBody.location_settings
      - text: Apply {location_settings} to the hosted checkout of location {location_id}.
        slots:
          location_settings: requestBody.location_settings
          location_id: path.location_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/merchant-settings'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get account-wide checkout page settings
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which payment methods are enabled on my hosted checkout pages account-wide?
      - What merchant-level checkout settings apply to every location?
      instructions:
      - text: Get my merchant-level checkout settings.
      - text: Show which payment methods are enabled on hosted checkout for the whole account.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/merchant-settings'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update account-wide checkout page settings
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I turn on a payment method for all hosted checkout pages at once?
      - How do I change checkout settings at the merchant level?
      instructions:
      - text: Update merchant checkout settings to {merchant_settings}.
        slots:
          merchant_settings: requestBody.merchant_settings
      - text: Apply {merchant_settings} to hosted checkout across the whole account.
        slots:
          merchant_settings: requestBody.merchant_settings
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List payment links
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which payment links have I created so far?
      - Can I page through my payment links a few at a time?
      instructions:
      - text: List all my payment links.
      - text: Show payment links, {limit} per page.
        slots:
          limit: query.limit
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links'].post
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Create a payment link
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I create a shareable link that lets a buyer pay me?
      - Can I make a quick pay link for a single item and price?
      instructions:
      - text: Create a payment link for {quick_pay}.
        slots:
          quick_pay: requestBody.quick_pay
      - text: Make a Square-hosted payment link for order {order} with note {payment_note}.
        slots:
          order: requestBody.order
          payment_note: requestBody.payment_note
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a payment link
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What is the URL and order behind a specific payment link?
      - Can I look up one payment link by its ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Get payment link {id}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
      - text: Show the URL and details of payment link {id}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Update a payment link
      effect: write
      questions:
      - Can I change the description or checkout options on an existing payment link?
      - Which payment link fields can't be edited after creation?
      instructions:
      - text: Update payment link {id} with {payment_link}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          payment_link: requestBody.payment_link
      - text: Change the checkout options on payment link {id} to {payment_link}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
          payment_link: requestBody.payment_link
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/online-checkout/payment-links/{id}'].delete
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Delete a payment link
      effect: destructive
      questions:
      - How do I deactivate a payment link so no one can pay it?
      - Can I delete a payment link I shared by mistake?
      instructions:
      - text: Delete payment link {id}.
        slots:
          id: path.id
      - text: Remove payment link {id} so it stops accepting payments.
        slots:
          id: path.id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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