U.S. Geological Survey · API Governance Rules
U.S. Geological Survey API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for U.S. Geological Survey.
33 Rules
error 9
warn 14
info 10
Rule Categories
get
info
no
openapi
operation
parameter
paths
response
schema
security
servers
tags
usgs
Rules
error
info-title-required
API title must be present and include "USGS".
$.info.title
warn
info-description-min-length
API description must be at least 50 characters.
$.info
error
info-version-required
API version must be specified.
$.info
warn
info-contact-required
Contact information should be present.
$.info
info
info-license-required
License information should be present for government APIs.
$.info
warn
openapi-version-3
USGS API specs must use OpenAPI 3.0.x.
$
error
servers-defined
At least one server URL must be defined.
$
error
servers-https
All server URLs must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
info
servers-usgs-domain
Server URLs should reference usgs.gov domains.
$.servers[*].url
warn
paths-kebab-case
Path segments must use kebab-case.
$.paths[*]~
info
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths should not end with a trailing slash (except root).
$.paths[*]~
error
operation-summary-required
All operations must have a summary.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-prefix
Operation summaries should start with "USGS".
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
warn
operation-description-required
All operations should have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-id-required
All operations must have an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-id-camel-case
OperationIds should use camelCase.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
warn
operation-tags-required
All operations must have at least one tag.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
info
tags-global-defined
Global tags array should be defined with descriptions.
$
warn
parameter-description-required
All parameters must have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
error
parameter-schema-required
All parameters must define a schema.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
info
parameter-format-lowercase
Format parameter values should use lowercase identifiers.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.name == 'f')].schema.enum[*]
error
response-success-required
All operations must define a 200 success response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
response-400-defined
Operations should define a 400 error response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
info
response-403-defined
Authenticated operations should define a 403 error response.
$.paths[*][get,post].responses
warn
response-description-required
All response definitions must have descriptions.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
warn
schema-description-required
Component schemas should have descriptions.
$.components.schemas[*]
info
schema-geojson-type-documented
GeoJSON Feature and FeatureCollection schemas should document the 'type' property.
$.components.schemas[?(@.title =~ /Feature|Collection/)].properties
warn
security-scheme-defined
API key security schemes should be defined in components.
$.components.securitySchemes
info
security-api-key-documented
API key security scheme should describe how to obtain the key.
$.components.securitySchemes[*]
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not have a request body.
$.paths[*].get
info
usgs-ogc-format-parameter
OGC API endpoints should support the 'f' format parameter.
$.paths[*].get.parameters[*].name
info
usgs-rate-limit-documented
APIs with API key auth should document 429 responses.
$.paths[*][get,post].responses
warn
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions should not be empty.
$..description