Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Amazon API Gateway.
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# aws-api-gateway — 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: 3/3 servers on amazonaws.com
# - path-params-casing: snake @ 90% (n=30)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=32)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=44)
# - schema-properties-casing: pascal @ 52% (n=114)
# - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
# - error-schema-defined: Error
# - merge: kept 35 existing, added 5 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: servers-expected-domain, path-params-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, error-schema-defined
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-prefix:
description: API title must start with "Amazon API Gateway"
severity: warn
given: $.info.title
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^Amazon API Gateway
info-description-required:
description: Info object must have a description with at least 20 characters
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
- field: description
function: truthy
- field: description
function: length
functionOptions:
min: 20
info-version-required:
description: Info object must have a version
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
info-contact-required:
description: Info object should have contact information
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: contact
function: truthy
openapi-version-3:
description: All specs must use OpenAPI 3.x
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: openapi
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^3\.
servers-defined:
description: Servers array must be defined and non-empty
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: servers
function: truthy
servers-https:
description: All server URLs must use HTTPS
severity: error
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^https://
servers-description:
description: Each server should have a description
severity: warn
given: $.servers[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
paths-kebab-case:
description: Path segments must use kebab-case (lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens)
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^(/[a-z0-9{}_-]+)+$
paths-no-trailing-slash:
description: Paths must not have trailing slashes
severity: error
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: /$
operation-summary-required:
description: Every operation must have a summary
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
then:
field: summary
function: truthy
operation-summary-prefix:
description: Operation summaries must start with "Amazon API Gateway"
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].summary
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^Amazon API Gateway
operation-description-required:
description: Every operation must have a description
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
operation-id-required:
description: Every operation must have an operationId
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
operation-id-camel-case:
description: OperationIds must use camelCase
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options].operationId
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$
operation-tags-required:
description: Every operation must have at least one tag
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete,head,options]
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
tag-global-defined:
description: All tags used in operations should be defined in the global tags array
severity: warn
given: $
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
tag-description:
description: Global tags should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.tags[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
parameter-description-required:
description: All parameters must have descriptions
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
parameter-schema-required:
description: All parameters must have a schema with a type
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: schema
function: truthy
request-body-json-content:
description: Request bodies should use application/json content type
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody.content
then:
field: application/json
function: truthy
request-body-description:
description: Request bodies should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][*].requestBody
then:
field: description
function: truthy
response-success-required:
description: Every operation must have at least one 2xx response
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: responses
function: truthy
response-description-required:
description: All responses must have descriptions
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][*].responses[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
response-401-on-secured:
description: Secured operations should document 401 Unauthorized response
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: responses.401
function: truthy
schema-description:
description: Top-level component schemas should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
schema-type-required:
description: Schema objects should define a type
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: type
function: truthy
schema-property-snake-case:
description: Schema property names should use snake_case
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$
security-schemes-defined:
description: Security schemes must be defined in components
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: components.securitySchemes
function: truthy
security-sigv4-scheme:
description: AWS SigV4 security scheme should be defined
severity: warn
given: $.components.securitySchemes
then:
field: sigv4
function: truthy
method-get-no-body:
description: GET operations must not have a request body
severity: error
given: $.paths[*].get
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
method-delete-no-body:
description: DELETE operations should not have a request body
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*].delete
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
method-post-has-body:
description: POST operations creating resources should have a request body
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*].post
then:
field: requestBody
function: truthy
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty strings
severity: error
given: $..description
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: .+
deprecation-documented:
description: Deprecated operations should have a description explaining the deprecation
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][*][?(@.deprecated == true)]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
servers-expected-domain:
description: Server URLs should be on the amazonaws.com domain.
severity: warn
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: amazonaws\.com
path-params-casing:
description: Path parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
then:
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: snake
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 PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties
then:
field: '@key'
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: pascal
error-schema-defined:
description: A shared error schema (Error) should be defined for error payloads.
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: Error
function: truthy
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