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IBM API Connect API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for IBM API Connect.

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ibm-api-connect-rules.yml Raw ↑
x-aid: ibm-api-connect:ibm-api-connect-rules
x-name: IBM API Connect Rules
description: >-
  Governance and operational rules for the IBM API Connect API artifacts
  maintained in this repository.
x-tags:
  - Governance
  - Rules
  - IBM
  - API Connect
rules:
  - name: Specification Format
    description: >-
      All API descriptions in this repository must use OpenAPI 3.0 or later in
      YAML format and live under the openapi/ directory; legacy Swagger 2.0
      sources from IBM should be converted before being committed.
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      The Management and Consumer APIs require IBM Cloud IAM bearer tokens or
      platform-issued API keys; anonymous access is not supported.
  - name: Backward Compatibility
    description: >-
      The V1 API is retained for backward compatibility only; new integrations
      should target the current Management API.
  - name: Environment URLs
    description: >-
      The default base URL targets the IBM Cloud us-south region; consumers
      operating in other regions must override the host.
  - name: Versioning
    description: >-
      API artifacts should track the version published in IBM Cloud apidocs and
      be refreshed when IBM publishes a new revision.
  - name: APIs.yml Sync
    description: >-
      The apis.yml index in this repository must reference all OpenAPI files
      under openapi/ and be updated when artifacts change.
x-maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com

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