Basecamp · API Governance Rules
Basecamp API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Basecamp.
22 Rules
error 10
warn 12
Rule Categories
error
get
info
no
oauth2
openapi
operation
parameter
path
query
response
schema
security
servers
Rules
error
info-title-required
Info must have a title
$.info
error
info-version-required
Info must have a version
$.info
error
openapi-version-3
Must use OpenAPI 3.x
$
error
servers-https-only
All server URLs must use HTTPS
$.servers[*].url
error
operation-summary-required
Every operation must have a summary
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-id-required
Every operation must have an operationId
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-id-camel-case
OperationIds should use camelCase
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
warn
operation-tags-required
Every operation must have tags
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
response-description-required
Every response must have a description
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
warn
response-401-defined
Operations should define 401 response
$.paths[*][post,put,patch,delete]
error
security-schemes-defined
Security schemes must be defined
$.components
error
oauth2-required
Basecamp APIs must use OAuth2 authentication
$.components.securitySchemes[*]
warn
parameter-description-required
All parameters must have descriptions
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
warn
schema-type-defined
All schemas should have a type
$.components.schemas[*]
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not have a request body
$.paths[*].get
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 snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
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 (Error) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
warn
operation-documents-401
Operations should document a 401 response (documented on 99% of this API's operations).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty strings.
$..description