BNY Mellon · API Governance Rules
BNY Mellon API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for BNY Mellon.
11 Rules
error 1
warn 9
info 1
Rule Categories
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operationid
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query
schema
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servers
Rules
error
servers-https-only
Server URLs must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
warn
servers-expected-domain
Server URLs should be on the bnymellon.com domain.
$.servers[*].url
warn
path-params-casing
Path parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
warn
query-params-casing
Query parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
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 camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas[*].properties
warn
security-schemes-defined
Security schemes should be defined in components.
$.components
warn
error-schema-defined
A shared error schema (ErrorResponse) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
warn
operation-documents-401
Operations should document a 401 response (documented on 100% of this API's operations).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty strings.
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