API Template
Schema for an API template artifact including metadata, engine requirements, and variable definitions
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{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://api-evangelist.com/schemas/templates/template.json",
"title": "API Template",
"description": "Schema for an API template artifact including metadata, engine requirements, and variable definitions",
"type": "object",
"required": ["name", "templateEngine", "version"],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Human-readable name of the template",
"example": "OpenAPI REST API Template"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Description of the template's purpose and use case"
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Template version following semver",
"pattern": "^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+$",
"example": "1.0.0"
},
"templateEngine": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Templating engine required to render this template",
"enum": ["mustache", "handlebars", "jinja2", "liquid", "ejs", "erb", "freemarker"],
"example": "mustache"
},
"targetLanguage": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Primary output language or format",
"example": "typescript"
},
"targetFramework": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target framework or library",
"example": "express"
},
"variables": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Template variable definitions",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["name", "type"],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Variable name as it appears in the template"
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"enum": ["string", "boolean", "integer", "array", "object"],
"description": "Variable data type"
},
"required": {
"type": "boolean",
"default": false,
"description": "Whether this variable is required"
},
"default": {
"description": "Default value if variable is not provided"
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Description of the variable's purpose"
}
}
}
},
"tags": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Categorization tags",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": ["OpenAPI", "REST", "TypeScript"]
},
"license": {
"type": "string",
"description": "SPDX license identifier",
"example": "Apache-2.0"
},
"repositoryUrl": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri",
"description": "Source repository URL"
}
}
}
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