# authorship: generated by API Evangelist tooling. Stamped 2026-08-18
# on the file's own generator header (roadmap#64). An unmarked file is
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x-method: generated
# vehicle-api — 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: 1/1 servers on edmunds.com
# - path-params-casing: camel @ 100% (n=5)
# - query-params-casing: snake @ 88% (n=25)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=7)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=16)
# - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 71% (n=65)
# - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
# - pagination params observed: ['pageSize']
# - merge: kept 25 existing, added 5 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: servers-expected-domain, path-params-casing, query-params-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-required:
description: Info title must be defined.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: title
function: truthy
info-description-required:
description: Info description must be defined and non-empty.
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: description
function: truthy
info-version-required:
description: API version must be defined.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
openapi-version-3:
description: Must use OpenAPI 3.x.
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: openapi
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^3\.
servers-defined:
description: At least one server must be defined.
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: servers
function: truthy
servers-https:
description: Server URLs must use HTTPS.
severity: error
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^https://
paths-kebab-case:
description: Path segments must use lowercase with hyphens or parameter brackets.
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: warn
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: /$
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-vehicle-api-prefix:
description: Operation summaries must start with "Vehicle API".
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].summary
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: '^Vehicle API '
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-operationid-required:
description: Every operation must have an operationId.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
operation-operationid-camelcase:
description: operationId must 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: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch]
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
parameter-description-required:
description: All parameters must have a description.
severity: warn
given: $..parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
parameter-api-key-in-query:
description: API key should be passed as query parameter named api_key.
severity: info
given: $.components.securitySchemes[*]
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
type: object
response-success-required:
description: Every operation must have at least one 2xx response.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
type: object
anyOf:
- required:
- '200'
- required:
- '201'
- required:
- '204'
response-description-required:
description: All responses must have a description.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,delete,patch].responses[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
response-404-defined:
description: GET operations by ID should define a 404 response.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*].get.responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
type: object
schema-description-required:
description: Top-level component schemas must have a description.
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
schema-properties-camelcase:
description: Schema property names should use camelCase (Edmunds convention).
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$
security-schemes-defined:
description: Security schemes must be defined in components.
severity: error
given: $.components
then:
field: securitySchemes
function: truthy
vehicle-api-pagination:
description: List operations should support pageSize and pageNum for pagination.
severity: info
given: $.paths[*].get.operationId
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^(list|search|get)
get-no-request-body:
description: GET operations must not have a request body.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*].get
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty strings.
severity: warn
given: $..description
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: .+
servers-expected-domain:
description: Server URLs should be on the edmunds.com domain.
severity: warn
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: edmunds\.com
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
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
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