Square · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Square Merchants API

3 actions 3 updates phrasing extends openapi/square-merchants-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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What the actions change

x-apievangelist-phrasing

Targets 3

$.info

$.paths['/v2/merchants'].get

$.paths['/v2/merchants/{merchant_id}'].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 Square Merchants API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/square-merchants-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: 2
- target: $.paths['/v2/merchants'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get the merchant behind my access token
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which merchant is my access token connected to?
      - How do I find the merchant ID for the seller I'm authorized for?
      instructions:
      - text: List the merchant for my access token.
      - text: Show which seller account this token belongs to.
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v2/merchants/{merchant_id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get a merchant by ID
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What business name, country and currency does a merchant have?
      - Can I look up a merchant record by its merchant ID?
      instructions:
      - text: Get merchant {merchant_id}.
        slots:
          merchant_id: path.merchant_id
      - text: Show the details of merchant {merchant_id}.
        slots:
          merchant_id: path.merchant_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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