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Civil Infrastructure Platform API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Civil Infrastructure Platform.

5 Rules error 2 warn 3

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Rule Categories

cip

Rules

warn

cip-info-contact

API info MUST contain a contact for the maintaining working group.

$.info

warn

cip-info-license

CIP-derived API descriptions SHOULD declare an open source license.

$.info

error

cip-https-only

API servers MUST use HTTPS.

$.servers[*].url

error

cip-operation-id

Operations MUST have an operationId.

$.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]

warn

cip-tag-required

Operations MUST be tagged for working group grouping.

$.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].tags

Spectral Ruleset

extends:
  - spectral:oas
rules:
  cip-info-contact:
    description: API info MUST contain a contact for the maintaining working group.
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: contact
      function: truthy
  cip-info-license:
    description: CIP-derived API descriptions SHOULD declare an open source license.
    severity: warn
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: license
      function: truthy
  cip-https-only:
    description: API servers MUST use HTTPS.
    severity: error
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: '^https://'
  cip-operation-id:
    description: Operations MUST have an operationId.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: operationId
      function: truthy
  cip-tag-required:
    description: Operations MUST be tagged for working group grouping.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].tags
    then:
      function: truthy

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