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API Evangelist conversational phrasing for Identity Exposure User API
11 actions
11 updates
phrasing
extends
openapi/tenable-user-api-openapi.yml
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Written by API Evangelist tooling for Tenable's API. It is a proposal applied on top of the contract, not a document Tenable publishes.
What the actions change
x-apievangelist-phrasing
Targets 11
$.info
$.paths['/api/users'].get
$.paths['/api/users'].post
$.paths['/api/users/whoami'].get
$.paths['/api/users/{id}'].get
$.paths['/api/users/{id}'].delete
$.paths['/api/users/{id}'].patch
$.paths['/api/users/password'].patch
$.paths['/api/login'].post
$.paths['/api/logout'].post
$.paths['/api/users/{id}/roles'].put
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 Identity Exposure User API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/tenable-user-api-openapi.yml
actions:
- target: $.info
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
generator: build-phrasing.py
label: Generated by API Evangelist
operations: 10
- target: $.paths['/api/users'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List users
effect: read
questions:
- Who has an account on Identity Exposure?
- Can I list all users?
instructions:
- text: List all users.
- text: Show every user account.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Create a user
effect: write
questions:
- How do I add a new user account?
- Can I invite a colleague as a user?
instructions:
- text: Create a new user.
- text: Add a user account for a colleague.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users/whoami'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Show the signed-in user
effect: read
questions:
- Which user am I authenticated as?
- What account does my API key belong to?
instructions:
- text: Show who I am.
- text: Get my own user information.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users/{id}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Get a user
effect: read
questions:
- How do I look up a user by id?
- Is a given user active or locked out?
instructions:
- text: Get user {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Show the account details of user {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users/{id}'].delete
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Delete a user
effect: destructive
questions:
- How do I remove someone's account?
- Can I delete a user who left the company?
instructions:
- text: Delete user {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
- text: Remove the account of user {id}.
slots:
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users/{id}'].patch
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Update a user's profile or status
effect: write
questions:
- Can I unlock a user who is locked out?
- How do I change another user's email or department?
- Can I deactivate a user without deleting them?
instructions:
- text: Set lockedOut to {lockedOut} on user {id}.
slots:
lockedOut: requestBody.lockedOut
id: path.id
- text: Change user {id}'s email to {email}.
slots:
id: path.id
email: requestBody.email
- text: Set user {id} active to {active}.
slots:
id: path.id
active: requestBody.active
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users/password'].patch
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Change my password
effect: write
questions:
- How do I change my own password?
- What rules must a new password meet?
instructions:
- text: Change my password from {oldPassword} to {newPassword}.
slots:
oldPassword: requestBody.oldPassword
newPassword: requestBody.newPassword
- text: Replace my old password {oldPassword} with {newPassword}.
slots:
oldPassword: requestBody.oldPassword
newPassword: requestBody.newPassword
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/login'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Log in with email and password
effect: write
questions:
- How do I sign in to Identity Exposure with my email?
- Can I start a session using a password instead of an API key?
instructions:
- text: Log in as {email} with password {password}.
slots:
email: requestBody.email
password: requestBody.password
- text: Sign in user {email} using {password}.
slots:
email: requestBody.email
password: requestBody.password
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/logout'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Log out
effect: write
questions:
- How do I end my session?
- Can I sign out through the API?
instructions:
- text: Log me out.
- text: End my current session.
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/api/users/{id}/roles'].put
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Replace a user's roles
effect: write
questions:
- How do I set exactly which roles a user has?
- Does assigning roles overwrite a user's existing ones?
instructions:
- text: Replace the roles of user {id} with {roles}.
slots:
id: path.id
roles: requestBody.roles
- text: Assign only roles {roles} to user {id}.
slots:
roles: requestBody.roles
id: path.id
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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