Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools · API Governance Rules

Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Bureau of Justice Statistics Data Analysis Tools.

5 Rules error 2 warn 3

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Rule Categories

bjs

Rules

warn

bjs-info-contact

API info should include a contact for the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

$.info

error

bjs-server-base

Servers should reference the api.ojp.gov BJS dataset base URL.

$.servers[*].url

warn

bjs-soda-query-params

Endpoints should expose Socrata $select, $where, $limit query parameters.

$.paths[*].get

error

bjs-dataset-id-pattern

datasetId path parameter must follow the four-and-four Socrata code pattern.

$.paths[*].get.parameters[?(@.name == 'datasetId')].schema

warn

bjs-app-token-scheme

API should declare the optional X-App-Token security scheme.

$.components.securitySchemes

Spectral Ruleset

extends:
  - spectral:oas
rules:
  bjs-info-contact:
    description: API info should include a contact for the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
    given: $.info
    severity: warn
    then:
      field: contact
      function: truthy
  bjs-server-base:
    description: Servers should reference the api.ojp.gov BJS dataset base URL.
    given: $.servers[*].url
    severity: error
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "api\\.ojp\\.gov/bjsdataset"
  bjs-soda-query-params:
    description: Endpoints should expose Socrata $select, $where, $limit query parameters.
    given: $.paths[*].get
    severity: warn
    then:
      field: parameters
      function: truthy
  bjs-dataset-id-pattern:
    description: datasetId path parameter must follow the four-and-four Socrata code pattern.
    given: $.paths[*].get.parameters[?(@.name == 'datasetId')].schema
    severity: error
    then:
      field: pattern
      function: truthy
  bjs-app-token-scheme:
    description: API should declare the optional X-App-Token security scheme.
    given: $.components.securitySchemes
    severity: warn
    then:
      field: appToken
      function: truthy

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