Radiant Earth · API Governance Rules
Radiant Earth API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Radiant Earth.
12 Rules
error 8
warn 3
info 1
Generated by API Evangelist
Written by API Evangelist tooling for Radiant Earth's APIs. It is a starting point, not a ruleset Radiant Earth publishes or enforces.
Rule Categories
operation
path
response
servers
write
Rules
warn
operation-has-summary
Every operation has a summary (measured: 97% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-has-description
Every operation has a description (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-has-tags
Every operation is tagged (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-has-success-response
Every operation declares a 2xx response (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
operation-declares-4xx
Every operation declares at least one 4xx response (measured: 97% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
operation-declares-401-or-403
Every operation declares 401 or 403 (measured: 97% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
error
operation-secured
Every operation is covered by a security requirement (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
path-no-trailing-slash
Paths carry no trailing slash (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*]~
error
path-params-in-braces
Path parameters use {braces}, not :colon (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*]~
error
servers-https
Servers are https (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.servers[*].url
info
write-declares-request-body
POST and PUT declare a request body (measured: 80% of this contract)
$.paths[*][post,put]
error
response-media-type
Responses are served as application/json (measured: 100% of this contract)
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*].content
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