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Barndoor API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Barndoor.

21 Rules error 10 warn 10 info 1
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api apis bearer error info no operation operationid organization path query response schema servers

Rules

error
info-title-required
Info title must be present.
$.info
error
info-description-required
Info description must be present.
$.info
warn
info-contact-required
Info contact must be present.
$.info
error
operation-operationid-required
Every operation must have an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-summary-required
Every operation must have a summary.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-title-case
Operation summaries should be in Title Case.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
warn
operation-tags-required
Every operation must have at least one tag.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
response-description-required
Every response must have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
error
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty.
$..description
warn
bearer-auth-jwt
BearerAuth security scheme should declare bearerFormat as JWT for Barndoor.
$.components.securitySchemes.BearerAuth
error
servers-required
At least one server must be declared.
$
warn
organization-id-variable
Server URLs should use the {organization_id} template variable.
$.servers[*]
error
apis-json-description
Barndoor APIs.json must have a description.
$
error
api-has-documentation
All Barndoor API entries must have a Documentation property.
$.apis[*]
error
servers-https-only
Server URLs must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
warn
path-params-casing
Path parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
warn
query-params-casing
Query parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
info
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
warn
error-schema-defined
A shared error schema (HTTPValidationError) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas

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
# barndoor — 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)
#   - path-params-casing: snake @ 100% (n=16)
#   - query-params-casing: snake @ 100% (n=21)
#   - operationid-casing: camel @ 58% (n=26)
#   - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 64% (n=45)
#   - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 100% (n=151)
#   - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
#   - error-schema-defined: HTTPValidationError
#   - pagination params observed: ['limit', 'page']
#   - merge: kept 14 existing, added 7 measured, upgraded 0
#   - added: servers-https-only, path-params-casing, query-params-casing, operationid-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, error-schema-defined
extends:
  - spectral:oas
rules:
  info-title-required:
    description: Info title must be present.
    severity: error
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: title
      function: truthy
  info-description-required:
    description: Info description must be present.
    severity: error
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  info-contact-required:
    description: Info contact must be present.
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: contact
      function: truthy
  operation-operationid-required:
    description: Every operation must have an operationId.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
    then:
      field: operationId
      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-title-case:
    description: Operation summaries should be in Title Case.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[A-Z]
  operation-tags-required:
    description: Every operation must have at least one tag.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
    then:
      field: tags
      function: truthy
  response-description-required:
    description: Every response must have a description.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  no-empty-descriptions:
    description: Descriptions must not be empty.
    severity: error
    given: $..description
    then:
      function: truthy
  bearer-auth-jwt:
    description: BearerAuth security scheme should declare bearerFormat as JWT for Barndoor.
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.securitySchemes.BearerAuth
    then:
      field: bearerFormat
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: JWT
  servers-required:
    description: At least one server must be declared.
    severity: error
    given: $
    then:
      field: servers
      function: truthy
  organization-id-variable:
    description: Server URLs should use the {organization_id} template variable.
    severity: warn
    given: $.servers[*]
    then:
      field: url
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: '{organization_id}'
  apis-json-description:
    description: Barndoor APIs.json must have a description.
    severity: error
    given: $
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  api-has-documentation:
    description: All Barndoor API entries must have a Documentation property.
    severity: error
    given: $.apis[*]
    then:
      field: properties
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: array
          contains:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                const: Documentation
            required:
            - type
  servers-https-only:
    description: Server URLs must use HTTPS.
    severity: error
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^https://
  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
  query-params-casing:
    description: Query parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
    then:
      field: name
      function: casing
      functionOptions:
        type: snake
  operationid-casing:
    description: Operation IDs should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: info
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
  schema-names-casing:
    description: Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas
    then:
      field: '@key'
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
  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
  error-schema-defined:
    description: A shared error schema (HTTPValidationError) should be defined for error payloads.
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas
    then:
      field: HTTPValidationError
      function: truthy

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