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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for stax-api Transaction API
12 actions
12 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/stax-transaction-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Stax's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Stax publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 12
$.info
$.paths['/transaction/{transactionid}/capture'].post
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/receipt/email'].put
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/related'].get
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/funding'].get
$.paths['/transaction/{id}'].get
$.paths['/transaction'].get
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/refund'].post
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/receipt-sms'].put
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/'].put
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/void-or-refund'].post
$.paths['/transaction/{id}/void'].post
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 stax-api Transaction API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/stax-transaction-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: 11
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{transactionid}/capture'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Capture a pre-authorized transaction
effect: write
questions:
- How do I finalize a card pre-authorization into a completed charge?
- Can I capture less than the originally authorized amount?
instructions:
- text: Capture pre-auth transaction {transactionid}.
slots:
transactionid: path.transactionid
- text: Capture {total} from pre-authorized transaction {transactionid}.
slots:
total: requestBody.total
transactionid: path.transactionid
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/receipt/email'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Email a transaction receipt
effect: write
questions:
- Can I email a customer the receipt for a payment they made?
- Is it possible to CC extra addresses on a transaction receipt?
instructions:
- text: Email the receipt for transaction {id} to the customer.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Email transaction {id}'s receipt and CC {ccEmails}.
slots:
id: path.id
ccEmails: requestBody.ccEmails
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/related'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a transaction's child transactions
effect: read
questions:
- Which refunds or voids were made against an original payment?
- Can I list the child transactions linked to a parent charge?
instructions:
- text: Get the related child transactions of {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show refunds and voids tied to parent transaction {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/funding'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a transaction's split-funding instructions
effect: read
questions:
- How was a split-funded payment divided between accounts?
- Can I see the funding instructions that were sent with a transaction?
instructions:
- text: Get the funding instructions for transaction {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show how transaction {id} was split-funded.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a transaction's details
effect: read
questions:
- What payment method and customer were used on a specific transaction?
- Can I pull up one transaction by its ID?
instructions:
- text: Get transaction {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show the full details, customer and payment method of transaction {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List and filter transactions
effect: read
questions:
- Which payments did I take last week?
- Can I find failed transactions above a certain amount?
- Can I export my transaction history for a customer?
instructions:
- text: List my transactions from {startDate} to {endDate}.
slots:
startDate: query.startDate
endDate: query.endDate
- text: Show transactions for customer {customer_id}.
slots:
customer_id: query.customer_id
- text: Find transactions between {minTotal} and {maxTotal} with success {success}.
slots:
minTotal: query.minTotal
maxTotal: query.maxTotal
success: query.success
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/refund'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Refund a batched transaction
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I refund a card-not-present payment that has already settled?
- Can I refund only part of a processed transaction?
instructions:
- text: Refund {total} of settled transaction {id}.
slots:
total: requestBody.total
id: path.id
- text: Return {total} to the customer for batched transaction {id}.
slots:
total: requestBody.total
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/receipt-sms'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Text a transaction receipt
effect: write
questions:
- Can I text a receipt for a payment to the customer's phone?
- Is it possible to send an SMS receipt to additional numbers?
instructions:
- text: Text the receipt for transaction {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: SMS transaction {id}'s receipt and also send it to {ccSMS}.
slots:
id: path.id
ccSMS: requestBody.ccSMS
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Update a manual transaction
effect: write
questions:
- Can I attach a customer to a manually created transaction after the fact?
- Is it possible to link a manual transaction to an invoice?
instructions:
- text: Assign manual transaction {id} to customer {customer_id}.
slots:
id: path.id
customer_id: requestBody.customer_id
- text: Link manual transaction {id} to invoice {invoice_id}.
slots:
id: path.id
invoice_id: requestBody.invoice_id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/void-or-refund'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Void or refund a transaction by status
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I reverse an online payment without checking whether it has settled?
- Which happens, a void or a refund, when I reverse a transaction automatically?
instructions:
- text: Void or refund transaction {id}, whichever its status allows.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Reverse {total} of transaction {id} by void or refund automatically.
slots:
total: query.total
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'
- target: $.paths['/transaction/{id}/void'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Void an unprocessed transaction
effect: destructive
questions:
- Can I cancel an online payment before it is processed?
- What does voiding a transaction do to the charge?
instructions:
- text: Void transaction {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Cancel transaction {id} before it batches.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-09-26'