Gitlab Summary Verbs is an example object payload from API Style Guides, with 13 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
{
"$schema": "../json-schema/style-guide-rule-schema.json",
"id": "gitlab-summary-verbs",
"guide": "style-guides:gitlab",
"level": "SHOULD",
"title": "Start Operation Summaries With an Action Verb Aligned to the HTTP Method",
"summary": "REST API operation summaries should begin with an action verb that matches the HTTP method: Get, List, Create, Update, Delete. Summaries are limited to 120 characters.",
"category": "Documentation",
"rationale": "Verb-led summaries scan readably in generated documentation and SDK method lists; pairing verb to method removes ambiguity about what the operation does.",
"appliesTo": ["REST"],
"sourceUrl": "https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/api_styleguide.html",
"examples": [
{
"kind": "good",
"language": "yaml",
"snippet": "summary: List Issues for the Authenticated User"
},
{
"kind": "bad",
"language": "yaml",
"snippet": "summary: returns a paginated array of issue records for the currently authenticated user, optionally filtered..."
}
],
"spectralRule": {
"given": "$.paths[*][*].summary",
"then": { "function": "pattern", "functionOptions": { "match": "^(Get|List|Create|Update|Delete|Replace|Patch|Search|Cancel|Approve|Reject) " } },
"severity": "warn"
},
"tags": ["Documentation", "GitLab"]
}
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