Bloomberg · API Governance Rules
Bloomberg API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Bloomberg.
10 Rules
error 7
warn 3
Rule Categories
error
info
no
operation
operationid
response
schema
Rules
error
info-title-required
Info title must be present
$.info
error
info-description-required
Info description 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]
error
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[*]
error
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty
$..description
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
error-schema-defined
A shared error schema (ErrorMessage) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
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