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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 Toast Orders Payments API
version: 1.0.0
extends: openapi/toast-payments-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: 4
- target: $.paths['/payments'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: List payment GUIDs for a business day
effect: read
questions:
- Which payments were made during a restaurant business day?
- Can I list payments that were refunded or voided on a given day?
instructions:
- text: List payment IDs at {restaurant} paid on business date {date}.
slots:
restaurant: header.Toast-Restaurant-External-ID
date: query.paidBusinessDate
- text: List payments refunded on business date {date}.
slots:
date: query.refundBusinessDate
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/payments/{guid}'].get
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Look up one payment
effect: read
questions:
- What does the full record of one payment look like?
- What information is stored on a single payment record?
instructions:
- text: Get payment {guid} at restaurant {restaurant}.
slots:
guid: path.guid
restaurant: header.Toast-Restaurant-External-ID
- text: Show me payment {guid}.
slots:
guid: path.guid
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/orders/{orderGuid}/checks/{checkGuid}/payments'].post
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Add payments to a check
effect: write
questions:
- How do I record a payment against a check in an existing order?
- Can I apply multiple payments to one check in a single call?
instructions:
- text: Add a payment to check {check} on order {order}.
slots:
check: path.checkGuid
order: path.orderGuid
- text: Record these payments against order {order}, check {check}.
slots:
order: path.orderGuid
check: path.checkGuid
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
- target: $.paths['/orders/{orderGuid}/checks/{checkGuid}/payments/{paymentGuid}'].patch
update:
x-apievangelist-phrasing:
intent: Change the tip on a payment
effect: write
questions:
- Can a guest's tip be adjusted on a payment after the check is paid?
- Can I edit anything other than the tip amount on an existing payment?
instructions:
- text: Set the tip on payment {payment} to {tip}, order {order}, check {check}.
slots:
payment: path.paymentGuid
tip: requestBody.tipAmount
order: path.orderGuid
check: path.checkGuid
- text: Update tip for payment {payment} on check {check} of order {order}.
slots:
payment: path.paymentGuid
check: path.checkGuid
order: path.orderGuid
method: generated
generated: '2026-10-01'
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