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Datadog APM API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Datadog APM.

5 Rules error 1 warn 4

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Rule Categories

datadog

Rules

warn

datadog-apm-info-contact

API info should provide a contact for Datadog support.

$.info

warn

datadog-apm-server-region

Servers should target one of the Datadog regional sites.

$.servers[*].url

warn

datadog-apm-api-version-prefix

Operation paths should be versioned under /api/v1 or /api/v2.

$.paths

error

datadog-apm-operation-tags

Every operation must declare at least one tag.

$.paths[*][*]

warn

datadog-apm-security-keys

Operations should require both API key and application key auth.

$.security

Spectral Ruleset

extends:
  - spectral:oas
rules:
  datadog-apm-info-contact:
    description: API info should provide a contact for Datadog support.
    given: $.info
    severity: warn
    then:
      field: contact
      function: truthy
  datadog-apm-server-region:
    description: Servers should target one of the Datadog regional sites.
    given: $.servers[*].url
    severity: warn
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "datadoghq\\.(com|eu)|datadoghq\\.com"
  datadog-apm-api-version-prefix:
    description: Operation paths should be versioned under /api/v1 or /api/v2.
    given: $.paths
    severity: warn
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^/api/v[12]"
  datadog-apm-operation-tags:
    description: Every operation must declare at least one tag.
    given: $.paths[*][*]
    severity: error
    then:
      field: tags
      function: truthy
  datadog-apm-security-keys:
    description: Operations should require both API key and application key auth.
    given: $.security
    severity: warn
    then:
      function: truthy

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