Square · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0
API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Square Checkout API
11 actions
11 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/square-checkout-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Square's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Square publishes.
What the actions change
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
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 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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