[![Demo of Spectral linting an OpenAPI document from the CLI](./docs/img/readme-header.svg)](https://stoplight.io/api-governance?utm_source=github&utm_medium=spectral&utm_campaign=readme) [![CircleCI](https://img.shields.io/circleci/build/github/stoplightio/spectral/develop)](https://circleci.com/gh/stoplightio/spectral) [![NPM Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dw/@stoplight/spectral-core?color=blue)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@stoplight/spectral-core) [![Stoplight Forest](https://img.shields.io/ecologi/trees/stoplightinc)][stoplight_forest] - **Custom Rulesets**: Create custom rules to lint JSON or YAML objects - **Ready-to-use Rulesets**: Validate and lint **OpenAPI v2 & v3.x** and **AsyncAPI** Documents - **API Style Guides**: Automated [API Style Guides](https://stoplight.io/api-style-guides-guidelines-and-best-practices?utm_source=github&utm_medium=spectral&utm_campaign=readme) using rulesets improve consistency across all your APIs - **Ready-to-use Functions**: Built-in set of functions to help [create custom rules](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/e5b9616d6d50c-custom-rulesets#adding-rules). Functions include pattern checks, parameter checks, alphabetical ordering, a specified number of characters, provided keys are present in an object, etc. - **Custom Functions**: Create custom functions for advanced use cases # Overview - [🧰 Installation](#-installation) - [đŸ’ģ Usage](#-usage) - [📖 Documentation](#-documentation) - [ℹī¸ Support](#ℹī¸-support) - [🌎 Real-World Rulesets](#-real-world-rulesets) - [⚙ī¸ Integrations](#ī¸-integrations) - [👏 Contributing](#-contributing) - [🌲 Sponsor Spectral by Planting a Tree](#-sponsor-spectral-by-planting-a-tree) ## 🧰 Installation The easiest way to install spectral is to use either [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): ```bash npm install -g @stoplight/spectral-cli ``` Or [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/): ``` yarn global add @stoplight/spectral-cli ``` You can find more installation methods [here](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/ZG9jOjYyMDc0Mw-installation). ## đŸ’ģ Usage ### 1. Create a local ruleset Spectral, being a generic YAML/JSON linter, **needs a ruleset** to lint files. A ruleset is a JSON, YAML, or JavaScript/TypeScript file (often the file will be called `.spectral.yaml` for a YAML ruleset) that contains a collection of rules, which can be used to lint other JSON or YAML files such as an API description. To get started, run this command in your terminal to create a `.spectral.yaml` file that will use Spectral's predefined rulesets based on OpenAPI or AsyncAPI: ```bash echo 'extends: ["spectral:oas", "spectral:asyncapi"]' > .spectral.yaml ``` If you would like to create your own rules, check out the [Custom Rulesets](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/01baf06bdd05a-rulesets) page. ### 2. Lint Use this command if you have a ruleset file in the same directory as the documents you are linting: ```bash spectral lint myapifile.yaml ``` Use this command to lint with a custom ruleset, or one that's located in a different directory than the documents being linted: ```bash spectral lint myapifile.yaml --ruleset myruleset.yaml ``` ## 📖 Documentation - [Documentation](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/getting-started/1-concepts.md) - [Getting Started](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/getting-started/1-concepts.md) - The basics of Spectral. - [Rulesets](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/01baf06bdd05a-rulesets) - Understand the structure of a ruleset so you can tweak and make your own rules. Once you've had a look through the getting started material, some of these guides can help you become a power user. - [Different Workflows](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/guides/1-workflows.md) - When and where should you use Spectral? Editors, Git-hooks, Continuous Integration, GitHub Actions, wherever you like! - [Using the command-line interface](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/guides/2-cli.md) - Quickest way to get going with Spectral is in the CLI. - [Using the JavaScript API](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/guides/3-javascript.md) - Access the _raw power_ of Spectral via the JS, or hey, TypeScript if you want. - [Custom Rulesets](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/guides/4-custom-rulesets.md) - Need something more than the core rulesets provide? Fancy building your own API Style Guide? Learn how to create a custom ruleset. - [Custom Functions](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/docs/guides/5-custom-functions.md) - Handle more advanced rules, by writing a little JavaScript/TypeScript and calling it as a function. ## ℹī¸ Support If you need help using Spectral or have any questions, please use [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/discussions), or visit the [Stoplight Community Discord](https://discord.com/invite/stoplight). These communities are a great place to share your rulesets, or show off tools that leverage Spectral. If you have a bug or feature request, please [create an issue](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral/issues). ## 🌎 Real-World Rulesets - [Adidas](https://github.com/adidas/api-guidelines/blob/master/.spectral.yml) - Adidas were one of the first companies to release their API Style Guide in a written guide _and_ a Spectral ruleset. Lots of good rules to try in here. - [APIs You Won't Hate](https://github.com/apisyouwonthate/style-guide) - An opinionated collection of rules based on advice in the [APIs You Won't Hate](https://apisyouwonthate.com/) community. - [Azure](https://github.com/Azure/azure-api-style-guide/blob/main/spectral.yaml) - Ruleset and complimentary style guide for creating OpenAPI 2 or 3 definitions of Azure services. - [Box](https://github.com/box/box-openapi/blob/main/.spectral.yml) - Lots of [Custom Functions](https://meta.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/ZG9jOjI1MTkw-custom-functions) being used to enforce good practices that the Box API governance folks are interested in. - [DigitalOcean](https://github.com/digitalocean/openapi/blob/main/spectral/ruleset.yml) - Keeping their OpenAPI nice and tidy, enforcing use of `$ref` (probably to minimize conflicts), naming conventions for Operation IDs, and all sorts of other handy OpenAPI tips. - [Tranascom](https://github.com/transcom/mymove/blob/master/swagger-def/.spectral.yml) - Don't even think about using anything other than `application/json`. Here are [more real-world examples](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral-rulesets) of Spectral in action. ## ⚙ī¸ Integrations - [GitHub Action](https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral-action) - Lints documents in your repo, built by [Vincenzo Chianese](https://github.com/XVincentX/). - [Jetbrains Plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/18520-spectral) - Automatic linting of your OpenAPI specifications and highlighting in your editor. - [Stoplight Studio](https://stoplight.io/studio?utm_source=github&utm_medium=spectral&utm_campaign=readme) - Uses Spectral to validate and lint OpenAPI documents. - [VS Code Spectral Extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=stoplight.spectral) - All the power of Spectral without leaving VS Code. ## 🏁 Help Others Utilize Spectral If you're using Spectral for an interesting use case, [contact us](mailto:growth@stoplight.io) for a case study. We'll add it to a list here. Spread the goodness 🎉 ## 👏 Contributing If you are interested in contributing to Spectral, check out [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). ## 🎉 Thanks - [Mike Ralphson](https://github.com/MikeRalphson) for kicking off the Spectral CLI and his work on Speccy - [Jamund Ferguson](https://github.com/xjamundx) for JUnit formatter - [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus) for Stylish formatter - [Ava Thorn](https://github.com/amthorn) for the Pretty formatter - Julian Laval for HTML formatter - [@nulltoken](https://github.com/nulltoken) for a whole bunch of amazing features ## 📜 License Spectral is 100% free and open-source, under [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). ## 🌲 Sponsor Spectral by Planting a Tree If you would like to thank us for creating Spectral, we ask that you [**buy the world a tree**][stoplight_forest]. [stoplight_forest]: https://ecologi.com/stoplightinc