Mojang · API Governance Rules
Mojang API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Mojang.
44 Rules
error 12
warn 21
info 11
Rule Categories
general
http
info
openapi
operation
parameter
paths
request
response
schema
security
servers
tag
Rules
error
info-title-required
Every Mojang spec must declare info.title.
$.info
warn
info-title-mojang-or-minecraft-prefix
Spec titles must start with "Mojang " or "Minecraft Services " to identify which host surface the document describes.
$.info.title
warn
info-description-required
Spec info must include a meaningful description.
$.info
error
info-version-required
Spec version must be declared.
$.info
info
info-contact-required
Provide a contact block pointing to www.minecraft.net.
$.info
info
info-license-required
Spec must reference Mojang's brand-and-asset usage guidelines.
$.info
error
openapi-version-3
Mojang specs are emitted as OpenAPI 3.0.x.
$.openapi
error
servers-defined
Every spec must declare at least one server URL.
$
error
servers-https-required
Mojang only serves over HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
warn
servers-canonical-mojang-host
The server URL must match one of the documented Mojang hosts (api.mojang.com, sessionserver.mojang.com, api.minecraftservices.com).
$.servers[*].url
warn
servers-description-required
Each server entry must carry a description.
$.servers[*]
warn
paths-kebab-case
Path segments use lowercase kebab-case (or template parameters).
$.paths[*]~
error
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths must not end with a trailing slash.
$.paths[*]~
error
paths-no-query-string
Paths must not embed query strings; use parameters instead.
$.paths[*]~
error
operation-operationid-required
Every operation must declare an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-operationid-camel-case
operationId must use camelCase.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
warn
operation-operationid-verb-prefix
operationId must start with one of the Mojang verb prefixes (get, lookup, change, update, report, reset, show, hide, join, login, check, has).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
error
operation-summary-required
Every operation must declare a summary.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-title-case
Summaries are Title Case (first word capitalised, every significant word capitalised). Acronyms such as UUID are preserved.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
warn
operation-description-required
Every operation must declare a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-tags-required
Every operation must be tagged.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
info
operation-microcks-extension-required
Every operation must include x-microcks-operation for mock compatibility.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
tag-pascal-case
Tags are PascalCase capability names.
$.tags[*].name
warn
tag-description-required
Each global tag must carry a description.
$.tags[*]
warn
parameter-description-required
Every parameter must declare a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
error
parameter-schema-required
Every parameter must declare a schema with a type.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
info
parameter-name-camel-case
Query, path and header parameter names use camelCase (uuid, username, serverId, prevent_proxy is a legacy exception). Headers may use hyphen-case.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query' || @.in=='path')]
info
parameter-example-encouraged
Provide an example for each parameter to support Microcks mocks.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
warn
request-body-json-content
Request bodies must include an application/json media type.
$.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody.content
info
request-body-description-required
Request bodies must declare a description.
$.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody
error
response-success-required
Every operation must declare at least one 2xx response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
response-description-required
Every response must declare a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses.*
info
response-401-on-authenticated
Authenticated paths must document 401 to make missing-token behaviour explicit for clients.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete][?(@.security)]
info
response-429-encouraged
Mojang rate limits aggressively; document 429 where appropriate.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
schema-name-pascal-case
Component schema names use PascalCase.
$.components.schemas[*]~
info
schema-property-camel-case
JSON property names use camelCase across the Mojang surface (id, name, capeId, profileActions, lastUpdated, ...). Legacy snake_case such as access_token in the OAuth response is tolerated; otherwise stick to camelCase.
$.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
warn
schema-description-required
Top-level schemas must carry a description.
$.components.schemas[*]
warn
schema-property-type-required
Each non-$ref schema property must declare a type.
$.components.schemas[*].properties[?([email protected](/^\$ref$/))][?(!@.$ref)]
warn
security-scheme-defined
Bearer scheme must be defined when authenticated paths exist.
$.components.securitySchemes
info
security-bearer-format
When defined, the bearer scheme must use JWT bearerFormat.
$.components.securitySchemes.bearerAuth
error
http-get-no-request-body
GET operations must not declare a request body.
$.paths[*].get
warn
http-delete-returns-204-or-200
DELETE operations must return 200 or 204.
$.paths[*].delete.responses
warn
general-no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty strings.
$..description
info
general-deprecation-documented
Deprecated operations must be flagged with `deprecated: true` and explain the migration path in their description (e.g. /user/profiles/ {uuid}/names returns 410 Gone).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete][?(@.deprecated == true)]