Apache James API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Apache James.
23 Rules
error 9
warn 9
info 5
Rule Categories
get
info
no
openapi
operation
operationid
parameter
paths
response
schema
security
servers
Rules
warn
info-title-prefix
Info title should start with Apache James
$.info
warn
info-description-required
Info must have a description
$.info
error
info-version-required
Info must have a version
$.info
error
openapi-version
Must use OpenAPI 3.x
$
error
servers-defined
Servers must be defined
$
error
operation-summary-required
Every operation must have a summary
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-prefix
Summaries should start with Apache James WebAdmin
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-id-required
Every operation must have an operationId
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-tags-required
Every operation must have tags
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
response-description-required
Responses must have descriptions
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not have request bodies
$.paths[*].get
warn
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths must not have trailing slashes
$.paths
error
response-2xx-required
Every operation must have a 2xx response
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
security-schemes-defined
Security schemes should be defined
$.components
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty
$..description
warn
parameter-description-required
Parameters should have descriptions
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
info
schema-description-required
Component schemas should have descriptions
$.components.schemas[*]
info
response-error-404
GET operations should document 404 responses
$.paths[*].get.responses
info
response-error-400
POST operations should document 400 responses
$.paths[*].post.responses
info
operation-description-recommended
Operations should have descriptions
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
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
Spectral Ruleset
# 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-james — 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:
# - path-params-casing: snake @ 75% (n=8)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=16)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=9)
# - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 64% (n=22)
# - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
# - merge: kept 20 existing, added 3 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: operationid-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-prefix:
description: Info title should start with Apache James
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: title
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^Apache James
info-description-required:
description: Info must have a description
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: description
function: truthy
info-version-required:
description: Info must have a version
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
openapi-version:
description: Must use OpenAPI 3.x
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: openapi
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^3\.
servers-defined:
description: Servers must be defined
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: servers
function: truthy
operation-summary-required:
description: Every operation must have a summary
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: summary
function: truthy
operation-summary-prefix:
description: Summaries should start with Apache James WebAdmin
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: summary
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^Apache James
operation-id-required:
description: Every operation must have an operationId
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
operation-tags-required:
description: Every operation must have tags
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
response-description-required:
description: Responses must have descriptions
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
get-no-request-body:
description: GET operations must not have request bodies
severity: error
given: $.paths[*].get
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
paths-no-trailing-slash:
description: Paths must not have trailing slashes
severity: warn
given: $.paths
then:
field: '@key'
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: \/$
response-2xx-required:
description: Every operation must have a 2xx response
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
anyOf:
- required:
- '200'
- required:
- '201'
- required:
- '204'
security-schemes-defined:
description: Security schemes should be defined
severity: warn
given: $.components
then:
field: securitySchemes
function: truthy
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty
severity: warn
given: $..description
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: .+
parameter-description-required:
description: Parameters should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
schema-description-required:
description: Component schemas should have descriptions
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
response-error-404:
description: GET operations should document 404 responses
severity: info
given: $.paths[*].get.responses
then:
field: '404'
function: truthy
response-error-400:
description: POST operations should document 400 responses
severity: info
given: $.paths[*].post.responses
then:
field: '400'
function: truthy
operation-description-recommended:
description: Operations should have descriptions
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
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