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Olo API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Olo.
36 Rules
error 8
warn 18
info 10
Rule Categories
error
external
get
info
no
openapi
operation
parameter
path
paths
request
response
schema
security
servers
tag
tags
Rules
error
info-title-required
API must have a title.
$.info
warn
info-title-olo-prefix
API title should begin with "Olo".
$.info.title
warn
info-description-required
API must have a meaningful description (min 40 chars).
$.info
error
info-version-required
API must declare a version.
$.info
info
info-contact-required
API should declare a contact.
$.info
warn
openapi-version-3-1
Specs should use OpenAPI 3.1.x.
$.openapi
error
servers-defined
At least one server must be defined.
$.servers
error
servers-https-only
Server URLs must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
warn
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths must not end with a trailing slash.
$.paths.*~
warn
paths-lowercase
Path segments should be lowercase (Olo uses lowercase resource paths).
$.paths.*~
error
paths-no-query-string
Paths must not contain query strings.
$.paths.*~
warn
operation-summary-required
Every operation must have a summary.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-title-case
Operation summaries should be Title Case.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
info
operation-description-required
Every operation should have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-operationid-required
Every operation must have an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-operationid-camelcase
operationId should be camelCase (Olo convention, e.g. createAccount).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
warn
operation-tags-required
Every operation must have at least one tag.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
info
tags-defined-globally
A global tags array should be defined.
$
warn
tag-title-case
Tag names should be Title Case (e.g. "Accounts", "Promotions").
$.tags[*].name
warn
parameter-description-required
Parameters should have descriptions.
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
info
parameter-camelcase
Parameter names should be camelCase (Olo convention, e.g. membershipNumber).
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*].name
warn
request-body-json
Request bodies should offer application/json content.
$.paths[*][post,put,patch,delete].requestBody.content
error
response-success-defined
Operations must define a successful (200/201/204) response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
info
response-unauthorized-defined
Signature-authorized 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 (Olo convention).
$.components.schemas[*].properties.*~
info
schema-description-required
Top-level component schemas should have descriptions.
$.components.schemas[*]
warn
security-scheme-defined
Security schemes must be defined.
$.components.securitySchemes
info
security-scheme-described
Security schemes should describe the auth mechanism (Olo uses HMAC signatures).
$.components.securitySchemes[*]
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not declare a request body.
$.paths[*].get
info
external-docs-encouraged
APIs should link to external documentation (the Olo Developer Portal).
$
warn
path-params-casing
Path parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
warn
schema-names-casing
Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas
info
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 (ErrorResponse) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty strings.
$..description
Spectral Ruleset
# 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
# olo — 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)
# - path-params-casing: camel @ 100% (n=3)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=12)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=35)
# - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 79% (n=131)
# - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
# - error-schema-defined: ErrorResponse
# - operation-documents-401: 100% adherence
# - merge: kept 31 existing, added 5 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: path-params-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, error-schema-defined, no-empty-descriptions
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-required:
description: API must have a title.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: title
function: truthy
info-title-olo-prefix:
description: API title should begin with "Olo".
severity: warn
given: $.info.title
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^Olo
info-description-required:
description: API must have a meaningful description (min 40 chars).
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: description
function: length
functionOptions:
min: 40
info-version-required:
description: API must declare a version.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
info-contact-required:
description: API should declare a contact.
severity: info
given: $.info
then:
field: contact
function: truthy
openapi-version-3-1:
description: Specs should use 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: truthy
servers-https-only:
description: Server URLs must use HTTPS.
severity: error
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^https://
paths-no-trailing-slash:
description: Paths must not end with a trailing slash.
severity: warn
given: $.paths.*~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: .+/$
paths-lowercase:
description: Path segments should be lowercase (Olo uses lowercase resource paths).
severity: warn
given: $.paths.*~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z0-9/_.{}-]+$
paths-no-query-string:
description: Paths must not contain query strings.
severity: error
given: $.paths.*~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: \?
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-title-case:
description: Operation summaries should be Title Case.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[A-Z]
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-operationid-required:
description: Every operation must have an operationId.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
operation-operationid-camelcase:
description: operationId should be camelCase (Olo convention, e.g. createAccount).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
operation-tags-required:
description: Every operation must have at least one tag.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
tags-defined-globally:
description: A global tags array should be defined.
severity: info
given: $
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
tag-title-case:
description: Tag names should be Title Case (e.g. "Accounts", "Promotions").
severity: warn
given: $.tags[*].name
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9 ]*$
parameter-description-required:
description: Parameters should have descriptions.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
parameter-camelcase:
description: Parameter names should be camelCase (Olo convention, e.g. membershipNumber).
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*].name
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$
request-body-json:
description: Request bodies should offer application/json content.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][post,put,patch,delete].requestBody.content
then:
field: application/json
function: truthy
response-success-defined:
description: Operations must define a successful (200/201/204) response.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
type: object
anyOf:
- required:
- '200'
- required:
- '201'
- required:
- '204'
response-unauthorized-defined:
description: Signature-authorized 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 (Olo convention).
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties.*~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$
schema-description-required:
description: Top-level component schemas should have descriptions.
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
security-scheme-defined:
description: Security schemes must be defined.
severity: warn
given: $.components.securitySchemes
then:
function: truthy
security-scheme-described:
description: Security schemes should describe the auth mechanism (Olo uses HMAC signatures).
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
external-docs-encouraged:
description: APIs should link to external documentation (the Olo Developer Portal).
severity: info
given: $
then:
field: externalDocs
function: truthy
path-params-casing:
description: Path parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
then:
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: camel
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 (ErrorResponse) should be defined for error payloads.
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: ErrorResponse
function: truthy
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty strings.
severity: warn
given: $..description
then:
function: truthy
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