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Use when configuring Spectral for API linting, creating custom rulesets, and validating OpenAPI or AsyncAPI specifications

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Spectral API Linting

Quick Start

# .spectral.yaml
extends: spectral:oas
rules:
  operation-operationId: error
  info-contact: warn
  oas3-api-servers: off

Core Concepts

  • Rulesets: Collections of rules; extend built-in (spectral:oas, spectral:asyncapi)
  • Severity: error, warn, info, hint, or off to disable
  • Given: JSONPath expression targeting what to validate
  • Then: Functions and conditions to check

Custom Rules

rules:
  must-have-description:
    description: All operations must have descriptions
    given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
    severity: error
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy

  path-must-be-kebab-case:
    given: $.paths[*]~
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^(/[a-z0-9-]+)+
quot;

Built-in Functions

  • truthy / falsy - Value exists / is empty
  • pattern - Regex matching
  • length - String/array length constraints
  • enumeration - Value in allowed list
  • schema - Validate against JSON Schema
  • alphabetical - Keys in order
  • undefined - Property must not exist

CLI Usage

spectral lint openapi.yaml
spectral lint openapi.yaml --ruleset .spectral.yaml
spectral lint openapi.yaml -f json  # JSON output

Reference Files