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Continue API Rules

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

5 Rules error 2 warn 3
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bearer operation paths

Rules

warn
operation-summary-title-case
Operation summary should use Title Case.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
error
operation-operationid-present
All operations must have an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-tags-defined
Operations must declare tags so they appear grouped in tooling.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
bearer-auth-only
Continue Hub IDE API uses bearer auth with the con_ prefix on the API key.
$.components.securitySchemes[*]
error
paths-must-start-with-ide
All Hub IDE API paths must be under /ide.
$.paths

Spectral Ruleset

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extends:
  - "spectral:oas"
rules:
  operation-summary-title-case:
    description: Operation summary should use Title Case.
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
    severity: warn
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^([A-Z][\\w-]*)(\\s+(?:[A-Z][\\w-]*|for|to|by|in|on|of|and|or|the|a|an|with))*$"
  operation-operationid-present:
    description: All operations must have an operationId.
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
    severity: error
    then:
      field: operationId
      function: truthy
  operation-tags-defined:
    description: Operations must declare tags so they appear grouped in tooling.
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
    severity: warn
    then:
      field: tags
      function: truthy
  bearer-auth-only:
    description: Continue Hub IDE API uses bearer auth with the con_ prefix on the API key.
    given: $.components.securitySchemes[*]
    severity: warn
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          required: [type, scheme]
          properties:
            type: { const: http }
            scheme: { const: bearer }
  paths-must-start-with-ide:
    description: All Hub IDE API paths must be under /ide.
    given: $.paths
    severity: error
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^/ide(/|$)"

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