The API description should be at least 40 characters.
$.info.description
error
info-version-required
The API must declare a version.
$.info
info
info-contact-required
The API should declare contact information.
$.info
warn
openapi-version-3-1
Edamam specs target OpenAPI 3.1.x.
$.openapi
error
servers-defined
At least one server must be defined.
$.servers
error
servers-https-only
Servers must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
info
servers-edamam-host
Production server should be api.edamam.com.
$.servers[*].url
info
servers-description
Each server should have a description.
$.servers[*]
warn
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths must not end with a trailing slash.
$.paths[*]~
warn
paths-kebab-case
Path segments should be lowercase kebab-case (allowing version tokens like v2 and {param} placeholders).
$.paths[*]~
error
paths-no-query-string
Path keys must not contain query strings.
$.paths[*]~
error
operation-operationId-required
Every operation must declare an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-operationId-camelcase
operationId should be camelCase (e.g. searchRecipes, analyzeIngredient).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
warn
operation-summary-required
Every operation must have a summary.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-edamam-prefix
Operation summaries should be prefixed with "Edamam".
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
info
operation-description-required
Every operation should have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-tags-required
Every operation must be tagged.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
info
tags-global-defined
A global tags array should be defined.
$
info
tag-description-required
Each global tag should have a description.
$.tags[*]
warn
tag-title-case
Tag names should be Title Case (e.g. "Recipe Search", "Food Database").
$.tags[*].name
warn
parameter-description-required
Every parameter should have a description.
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
warn
parameter-schema-type
Every parameter schema must declare a type.
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*].schema
info
parameter-example-encouraged
Parameters should provide an example value.
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
warn
request-body-json
Request bodies should offer application/json content.
$.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody.content
error
response-2xx-required
Every operation must define at least one 2xx response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
info
response-401-defined
Authenticated operations should document a 401 response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
response-description-required
Every response must have a description.
$.paths[*][*].responses[*]
info
schema-property-camelcase
Schema property names should be camelCase, matching Edamam's JSON fields (e.g. totalNutrients, healthLabels, foodId). Underscore-prefixed HATEOAS keys like _links and SCREAMING_SNAKE nutrient codes are permitted.
$.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
info
schema-object-type
Schemas should declare a type.
$.components.schemas[*]
warn
security-global-defined
A global security requirement should be defined.
$
warn
security-schemes-defined
Security schemes must be defined under components.
$.components
info
security-scheme-description
Each security scheme should be described.
$.components.securitySchemes[*]
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not declare a request body.
$.paths[*].get
info
post-has-request-body
POST operations should declare a request body.
$.paths[*].post
info
operation-microcks-extension
Operations should carry an x-microcks-operation extension for mock-server compatibility.
# authorship: generated by API Evangelist tooling. Stamped 2026-08-18
# on the file's own generator header (roadmap#64). An unmarked file is
# NOT assumed to be ours -- absence of evidence was never stamped.
x-method: generated
# edamam — Spectral ruleset (strengthened)
# Plain Spectral. Existing hand-authored rules preserved; measured rules added
# from this provider's own OpenAPI conventions by strengthen_ruleset.py,
# then self-validated against the spec.
#
# Provenance:
# - servers-https-only: 100% of servers already https (error)
# - servers-expected-domain: 4/4 servers on edamam.com
# - query-params-casing: snake @ 77% (n=35)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=7)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=23)
# - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 72% (n=92)
# - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
# - error-schema-defined: Error
# - operation-documents-401: 100% adherence
# - merge: kept 39 existing, added 5 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: query-params-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, error-schema-defined, no-empty-descriptions
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-required:
description: The API must have a title.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: title
function: truthy
info-title-edamam-prefix:
description: API title should start with "Edamam".
severity: warn
given: $.info.title
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^Edamam
info-description-required:
description: The API must have a meaningful description.
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: description
function: truthy
info-description-min-length:
description: The API description should be at least 40 characters.
severity: info
given: $.info.description
then:
function: length
functionOptions:
min: 40
info-version-required:
description: The API must declare a version.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
info-contact-required:
description: The API should declare contact information.
severity: info
given: $.info
then:
field: contact
function: truthy
openapi-version-3-1:
description: Edamam specs target OpenAPI 3.1.x.
severity: warn
given: $.openapi
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^3\.1\.
servers-defined:
description: At least one server must be defined.
severity: error
given: $.servers
then:
function: length
functionOptions:
min: 1
servers-https-only:
description: Servers must use HTTPS.
severity: error
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^https://
servers-edamam-host:
description: Production server should be api.edamam.com.
severity: info
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: api\.edamam\.com
servers-description:
description: Each server should have a description.
severity: info
given: $.servers[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
paths-no-trailing-slash:
description: Paths must not end with a trailing slash.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: .+/$
paths-kebab-case:
description: Path segments should be lowercase kebab-case (allowing version tokens like v2 and {param}
placeholders).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^(/(\{[a-zA-Z0-9_]+\}|[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*))+$
paths-no-query-string:
description: Path keys must not contain query strings.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: \?
operation-operationId-required:
description: Every operation must declare an operationId.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
operation-operationId-camelcase:
description: operationId should be camelCase (e.g. searchRecipes, analyzeIngredient).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$
operation-summary-required:
description: Every operation must have a summary.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: summary
function: truthy
operation-summary-edamam-prefix:
description: Operation summaries should be prefixed with "Edamam".
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: '^Edamam '
operation-description-required:
description: Every operation should have a description.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
operation-tags-required:
description: Every operation must be tagged.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
tags-global-defined:
description: A global tags array should be defined.
severity: info
given: $
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
tag-description-required:
description: Each global tag should have a description.
severity: info
given: $.tags[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
tag-title-case:
description: Tag names should be Title Case (e.g. "Recipe Search", "Food Database").
severity: warn
given: $.tags[*].name
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*( [A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*)*$
parameter-description-required:
description: Every parameter should have a description.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
parameter-schema-type:
description: Every parameter schema must declare a type.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*].schema
then:
field: type
function: truthy
parameter-example-encouraged:
description: Parameters should provide an example value.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: example
function: truthy
request-body-json:
description: Request bodies should offer application/json content.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody.content
then:
field: application/json
function: truthy
response-2xx-required:
description: Every operation must define at least one 2xx response.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
field: '200'
function: truthy
response-401-defined:
description: Authenticated operations should document a 401 response.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
field: '401'
function: truthy
response-description-required:
description: Every response must have a description.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][*].responses[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
schema-property-camelcase:
description: Schema property names should be camelCase, matching Edamam's JSON fields (e.g. totalNutrients,
healthLabels, foodId). Underscore-prefixed HATEOAS keys like _links and SCREAMING_SNAKE nutrient
codes are permitted.
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^(_?[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*|[A-Z][A-Z0-9_.]*)$
schema-object-type:
description: Schemas should declare a type.
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: type
function: truthy
security-global-defined:
description: A global security requirement should be defined.
severity: warn
given: $
then:
field: security
function: truthy
security-schemes-defined:
description: Security schemes must be defined under components.
severity: warn
given: $.components
then:
field: securitySchemes
function: truthy
security-scheme-description:
description: Each security scheme should be described.
severity: info
given: $.components.securitySchemes[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
get-no-request-body:
description: GET operations must not declare a request body.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*].get
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
post-has-request-body:
description: POST operations should declare a request body.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*].post
then:
field: requestBody
function: truthy
operation-microcks-extension:
description: Operations should carry an x-microcks-operation extension for mock-server compatibility.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: x-microcks-operation
function: truthy
response-examples-encouraged:
description: JSON responses should provide examples.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][*].responses[*].content.application/json
then:
field: examples
function: truthy
query-params-casing:
description: Query parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
then:
field: name
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: snake
schema-names-casing:
description: Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: '@key'
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: pascal
schema-properties-casing:
description: Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties
then:
field: '@key'
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: snake
error-schema-defined:
description: A shared error schema (Error) should be defined for error payloads.
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: Error
function: truthy
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty strings.
severity: warn
given: $..description
then:
function: truthy
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