Apache HttpComponents · API Governance Rules

Apache HttpComponents API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Apache HttpComponents.

13 Rules error 3 warn 8 info 2
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http no operationid schema servers

Rules

error
http-client-operation-summary
All Apache HttpComponents API operations must have a summary
$.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,patch]
error
http-client-operation-id
All Apache HttpComponents API operations must have an operationId
$.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,patch]
warn
http-client-operation-tags
All Apache HttpComponents API operations must have at least one tag
$.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,patch]
warn
http-client-schema-description
All Apache HttpComponents schema components must have a description
$.components.schemas[*]
info
http-client-property-description
All Apache HttpComponents schema properties should have descriptions
$.components.schemas[*].properties[*]
warn
http-client-info-contact
API info must include contact information
$.info
warn
http-client-info-license
API info must include license information
$.info
error
servers-https-only
Server URLs must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
warn
servers-expected-domain
Server URLs should be on the example.com domain.
$.servers[*].url
warn
operationid-casing
Operation IDs should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
warn
schema-names-casing
Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas
info
schema-properties-casing
Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas[*].properties
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty strings.
$..description

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# authorship: generated by API Evangelist tooling. Stamped 2026-08-18
# on the file's own generator header (roadmap#64). An unmarked file is
# NOT assumed to be ours -- absence of evidence was never stamped.
x-method: generated
# apache-http — Spectral ruleset (strengthened)
# Plain Spectral. Existing hand-authored rules preserved; measured rules added
# from this provider's own OpenAPI conventions by strengthen_ruleset.py,
# then self-validated against the spec.
#
# Provenance:
#   - servers-https-only: 100% of servers already https (error)
#   - servers-expected-domain: 1/1 servers on example.com
#   - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=3)
#   - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=4)
#   - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 55% (n=20)
#   - merge: kept 7 existing, added 6 measured, upgraded 0
#   - added: servers-https-only, servers-expected-domain, operationid-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, no-empty-descriptions
extends:
  - spectral:oas
rules:
  http-client-operation-summary:
    description: All Apache HttpComponents API operations must have a summary
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: summary
      function: truthy
  http-client-operation-id:
    description: All Apache HttpComponents API operations must have an operationId
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: operationId
      function: truthy
  http-client-operation-tags:
    description: All Apache HttpComponents API operations must have at least one tag
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: tags
      function: truthy
  http-client-schema-description:
    description: All Apache HttpComponents schema components must have a description
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  http-client-property-description:
    description: All Apache HttpComponents schema properties should have descriptions
    severity: info
    given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  http-client-info-contact:
    description: API info must include contact information
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: contact
      function: truthy
  http-client-info-license:
    description: API info must include license information
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: license
      function: truthy
  servers-https-only:
    description: Server URLs must use HTTPS.
    severity: error
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^https://
  servers-expected-domain:
    description: Server URLs should be on the example.com domain.
    severity: warn
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: example\.com
  operationid-casing:
    description: Operation IDs should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
    then:
      function: casing
      functionOptions:
        type: camel
  schema-names-casing:
    description: Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas
    then:
      field: '@key'
      function: casing
      functionOptions:
        type: pascal
  schema-properties-casing:
    description: Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: info
    given: $.components.schemas[*].properties
    then:
      field: '@key'
      function: casing
      functionOptions:
        type: snake
  no-empty-descriptions:
    description: Descriptions must not be empty strings.
    severity: warn
    given: $..description
    then:
      function: truthy

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