United States Postal Service — united states postal service rules

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# united-states-postal-service — 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: 8/8 servers on usps.com
#   - query-params-casing: camel @ 43% (n=14)
#   - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=12)
#   - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=22)
#   - schema-properties-casing: camel @ 45% (n=94)
#   - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
#   - error-schema-defined: Error
#   - operation-documents-400: 83% adherence
#   - operation-documents-401: 100% adherence
#   - merge: kept 33 existing, added 6 measured, upgraded 0
#   - added: query-params-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, error-schema-defined, operation-documents-400, no-empty-descriptions
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
  info-title-required:
    description: API title must be present and start with USPS.
    severity: error
    given: $.info.title
    then:
      function: truthy
  info-description-required:
    description: API info description must be present and at least 50 characters.
    severity: warn
    given: $.info.description
    then:
      function: length
      functionOptions:
        min: 50
  info-version-required:
    description: API version must be specified.
    severity: error
    given: $.info.version
    then:
      function: truthy
  info-contact-required:
    description: API info should include contact information.
    severity: warn
    given: $.info.contact
    then:
      function: truthy
  openapi-version:
    description: All USPS API specs should use OpenAPI 3.1.0.
    severity: warn
    given: $.openapi
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^3\.1\.
  servers-required:
    description: Servers array must be defined.
    severity: error
    given: $.servers
    then:
      function: truthy
  servers-https-only:
    description: All server URLs must use HTTPS.
    severity: error
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^https://
  servers-description-required:
    description: Each server should have a description.
    severity: warn
    given: $.servers[*].description
    then:
      function: truthy
  servers-usps-domain:
    description: USPS API servers must use apis.usps.com or apis-tem.usps.com domains.
    severity: warn
    given: $.servers[*].url
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: apis\.usps\.com
  paths-kebab-case:
    description: Path segments should use kebab-case.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*]~
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^(/[a-z0-9-{}./]+)+$
  paths-no-trailing-slash:
    description: Paths must not end with a trailing slash.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*]~
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        notMatch: /$
  paths-versioned:
    description: USPS API paths should include a version segment (e.g., /v3/).
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*]~
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: /v[0-9]/
  operation-summary-required:
    description: Every operation must have a summary.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: summary
      function: truthy
  operation-summary-title-case:
    description: Operation summaries should start with USPS.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].summary
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: '^USPS '
  operation-description-required:
    description: Every operation must have a description.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  operation-id-required:
    description: Every operation must have an operationId.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: operationId
      function: truthy
  operation-id-camel-case:
    description: OperationIds should use camelCase.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].operationId
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$
  operation-tags-required:
    description: Every operation must have at least one tag.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].tags
    then:
      function: truthy
  tags-global-defined:
    description: Global tags array should be defined.
    severity: warn
    given: $.tags
    then:
      function: truthy
  parameter-description-required:
    description: Every parameter must have a description.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].parameters[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  parameter-schema-required:
    description: Every parameter must have a schema.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].parameters[*]
    then:
      field: schema
      function: truthy
  request-body-content-json:
    description: Request bodies should include application/json content type.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody.content
    then:
      function: truthy
  response-success-required:
    description: Every operation must define at least a 2xx response.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].responses
    then:
      function: truthy
  response-401-required:
    description: All authenticated operations should define a 401 response.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].responses
    then:
      field: '401'
      function: truthy
  response-description-required:
    description: Every response must have a description.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].responses[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  schema-description-required:
    description: Top-level schemas should have a description.
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas[*]
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  schema-property-type-required:
    description: Schema properties should define a type.
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]
    then:
      field: type
      function: truthy
  security-schemes-defined:
    description: Security schemes must be defined in components.
    severity: error
    given: $.components.securitySchemes
    then:
      function: truthy
  security-bearer-auth:
    description: USPS APIs use OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token authentication.
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
    then:
      function: truthy
  get-no-request-body:
    description: GET operations must not have a request body.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*].get.requestBody
    then:
      function: falsy
  delete-no-request-body:
    description: DELETE operations should not have a request body.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*].delete.requestBody
    then:
      function: falsy
  post-has-request-body:
    description: POST operations creating resources should have a request body.
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*].post
    then:
      field: requestBody
      function: truthy
  microcks-operation-present:
    description: Operations should include x-microcks-operation for mock server compatibility.
    severity: info
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
    then:
      field: x-microcks-operation
      function: truthy
  query-params-casing:
    description: Query parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: info
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
    then:
      field: name
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
  schema-names-casing:
    description: Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: warn
    given: $.components.schemas
    then:
      field: '@key'
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
  schema-properties-casing:
    description: Schema properties should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
    severity: info
    given: $.components.schemas[*].properties
    then:
      field: '@key'
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: ^[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
  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
  operation-documents-400:
    description: Operations should document a 400 response (documented on 83% of this API's operations).
    severity: warn
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
    then:
      field: '400'
      function: truthy
  no-empty-descriptions:
    description: Descriptions must not be empty strings.
    severity: warn
    given: $..description
    then:
      function: truthy