Square · OpenAPI Overlay 1.0.0

API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Square V1Transactions API

4 actions 4 updates phrasing extends openapi/square-v1transactions-api-openapi.yml
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$.info
$.paths['/v1/{location_id}/orders'].get
$.paths['/v1/{location_id}/orders/{order_id}'].get
$.paths['/v1/{location_id}/orders/{order_id}'].put

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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 V1Transactions API
  version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/square-v1transactions-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: 3
- target: $.paths['/v1/{location_id}/orders'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: List online store orders (V1)
      effect: read
      questions:
      - Which online store orders came in at a location under the V1 API?
      - Can I sort V1 online store orders oldest first?
      instructions:
      - text: List V1 online store orders for location {location_id}.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
      - text: List V1 orders at {location_id} in {order} order, {limit} at a time.
        slots:
          location_id: path.location_id
          order: query.order
          limit: query.limit
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/{location_id}/orders/{order_id}'].get
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Get an online store order with history (V1)
      effect: read
      questions:
      - What is the full history of one V1 online store order?
      - Can I see everything about a single online order from the V1 API?
      instructions:
      - text: Get V1 order {order_id} at location {location_id}.
        slots:
          order_id: path.order_id
          location_id: path.location_id
      - text: Show the history of online store order {order_id} at {location_id}.
        slots:
          order_id: path.order_id
          location_id: path.location_id
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/v1/{location_id}/orders/{order_id}'].put
  update:
    x-apievangelist-phrasing:
      intent: Complete, cancel or refund an online store order (V1)
      effect: write
      questions:
      - How do I mark a V1 online store order as shipped with a tracking number?
      - Can I cancel or refund a V1 online order and leave a note?
      instructions:
      - text: Apply action {action} to V1 order {order_id} at location {location_id}.
        slots:
          action: requestBody.action
          order_id: path.order_id
          location_id: path.location_id
      - text: Complete V1 order {order_id} at {location_id} with action {action} and tracking {shipped_tracking_number}.
        slots:
          order_id: path.order_id
          location_id: path.location_id
          action: requestBody.action
          shipped_tracking_number: requestBody.shipped_tracking_number
      method: generated
      generated: '2026-09-26'

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