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Apache Software Foundation API Rules

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

22 Rules error 8 warn 11 info 3
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info no openapi operation operationid paths response schema servers

Rules

error
info-title-required
Info title is required
$.info
warn
info-description-required
Info description is required and should be at least 30 characters
$.info
error
info-version-required
API version is required
$.info
warn
info-license-required
License information is required for ASF projects
$.info
error
openapi-version-3
Use OpenAPI 3.x
$
error
servers-required
Servers array is required
$
warn
servers-https
All server URLs should use HTTPS
$.servers[*].url
error
operation-summary-required
All operations must have a summary
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
warn
operation-description-required
All operations should have a description
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
error
operation-operationid-required
All operations must have an operationId
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
warn
operation-tags-required
All operations must have at least one tag
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
info
operation-summary-prefix
Operation summaries should start with "Apache Software Foundation"
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].summary
error
response-success-required
Every operation should have at least one 2xx response
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].responses
error
response-description-required
All responses must have a description
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].responses[*]
warn
schema-type-required
All schema properties should have a type
$.components.schemas[*].properties[*]
info
schema-description-required
Top-level schemas should have descriptions
$.components.schemas[*]
info
paths-kebab-case
Path segments should use kebab-case
$.paths[*]~
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions should not be empty strings
$..description
warn
servers-expected-domain
Server URLs should be on the apache.org 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
warn
schema-properties-casing
Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas[*].properties

Spectral Ruleset

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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-software-foundation — 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: 2/2 servers on apache.org
#   - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=14)
#   - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=6)
#   - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 93% (n=41)
#   - merge: kept 18 existing, added 4 measured, upgraded 0
#   - added: servers-expected-domain, operationid-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing
extends:
  - spectral:oas
rules:
  info-title-required:
    description: Info title is required
    severity: error
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: title
      function: truthy
  info-description-required:
    description: Info description is required and should be at least 30 characters
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  info-version-required:
    description: API version is required
    severity: error
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: version
      function: truthy
  info-license-required:
    description: License information is required for ASF projects
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: license
      function: truthy
  openapi-version-3:
    description: Use OpenAPI 3.x
    severity: error
    given: $
    then:
      field: openapi
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^3\.
  servers-required:
    description: Servers array is required
    severity: error
    given: $
    then:
      field: servers
      function: truthy
  servers-https:
    description: All server URLs should use HTTPS
    severity: warn
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^https://
  operation-summary-required:
    description: All operations must have a summary
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
    then:
      field: summary
      function: truthy
  operation-description-required:
    description: All operations should have a description
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  operation-operationid-required:
    description: All operations must have an operationId
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
    then:
      field: operationId
      function: truthy
  operation-tags-required:
    description: All operations must have at least one tag
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
    then:
      field: tags
      function: truthy
  operation-summary-prefix:
    description: Operation summaries should start with "Apache Software Foundation"
    severity: info
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].summary
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^Apache Software Foundation
  response-success-required:
    description: Every operation should have at least one 2xx response
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].responses
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          anyOf:
          - required:
            - '200'
          - required:
            - '201'
          - required:
            - '204'
  response-description-required:
    description: All responses must have a description
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].responses[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  schema-type-required:
    description: All schema properties should have a type
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]
    then:
      field: type
      function: truthy
  schema-description-required:
    description: Top-level schemas should have descriptions
    severity: info
    given: $.components.schemas[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  paths-kebab-case:
    description: Path segments should use kebab-case
    severity: info
    given: $.paths[*]~
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^(/[a-z0-9./_-]+)+$
  no-empty-descriptions:
    description: Descriptions should not be empty strings
    severity: warn
    given: $..description
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: .+
  servers-expected-domain:
    description: Server URLs should be on the apache.org domain.
    severity: warn
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: apache\.org
  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: warn
    given: $.components.schemas[*].properties
    then:
      field: '@key'
      function: casing
      functionOptions:
        type: snake

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