Datadog · API Governance Rules
Datadog API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Datadog.
24 Rules
error 13
warn 9
info 2
Rule Categories
error
get
info
no
operation
operationid
parameter
paths
response
schema
security
servers
tags
Rules
error
info-title-required
$.info
warn
info-title-format
$.info.title
error
info-description-required
$.info
error
info-version-required
$.info
error
servers-defined
$
error
servers-https-only
$.servers[*].url
error
paths-no-trailing-slash
$.paths
info
paths-version-prefix
$.paths
error
operation-description-required
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-operationid-required
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-tags-required
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
info
tags-title-case
$.tags[*].name
error
parameter-description-required
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
error
response-success-required
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
error
response-description-required
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
warn
security-schemes-defined
$.components
error
get-no-request-body
$.paths[*].get
error
no-empty-descriptions
$..description
warn
operationid-casing
Operation IDs should be PascalCase (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
schema-properties-casing
Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas[*].properties
warn
error-schema-defined
A shared error schema (APIErrorResponse) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
warn
operation-documents-403
Operations should document a 403 response (documented on 92% of this API's operations).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
operation-documents-429
Operations should document a 429 response (documented on 94% of this API's operations).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
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