A set of rules for Spectral that allows linting OpenAPI and AsyncAPI spec for Microcks conventions.
Microcks conventions for OpenAPI and AsyncAPI specification files can be sometime a little boring to apply and debug. This set of rules allows you to use your favorite linter to detect if some of the conventions are missing or are incomplete so that Microcks will be able to import comprehensive mocks 😉
This ruleset is initially targeting the Spectral linter but we also added a compatibility layer for Vacuum. As this is not our primary focus, we'll see what it means to support this layer in the long-term...
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.
Current development version is 0.0.6
.
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Developers wanting to pull the ruleset can just install the package using yarn
or npm
and reference the module name in extends
:
extends:
- "@microcks/spectral-ruleset"
Locking a ruleset on a given version is possible through package.json
:
{
"dependencies": {
"@microcks/spectral-ruleset": "0.0.5"
}
}
If you use Spectral in a browser or don't want to install the package, you can also reference that package through the use of CDNs for npm repositories, such as unpkg.com
. You can then put directly in your own rules our .spectral.yaml
file, the following directive:
extends:
- "https://unpkg.com/@microcks/spectral-ruleset@0.0.5"
To illustrate the results of applying the ruleset, let's have a look at the Weather Forecast API OpenAPI specification. Eventhough everything looks nice at a first look, some issues will prevent Microcks to collect and build comprhensive mocks from the spec elements:
- L39:
unknown
is an expected response (see L96) but no value has been defined for this parameter. Microcks will not be able to associate response with parameter value, - L54:
apiKey
parameter is required but no examples are provided. The mock will not be representative of expected API behavior, - L95:
temp
has been defined as a number in the schema but we provided a string. The mock will not be consistent with the API types definition, - L115: the
SetForecast
operation request define an example callednorth
but no response has this name. Microcks will not be able to associate response with body value, - L125: the
SetForecast
operation defines no examples for both the response. Microcks will not be able to guess mock values for these one, - L140: the
DeleteForecast
operation defines an example for a regioncenter
and there's no response for this region. Microcks will not be able to find a suitable response, - L146: the
DeleteForecast
operation is a no-content response so it usesx-microcks-refs
to tell to what response elements it should bind the response. However, thecenter-south
value has not be defined as a valid parameter value... Microcks will not be able to bind to a matching request, - L18:
team
label used inx-microcks
extension is not well-formed as it should just be astring
, - L30:
delay
information used inx-microcks-operation
extension is not well-formed as it must be aninteger
.
Debugging everything by hand can be tedious... So here's how to detect those issues and get some hints on what's going wrong. ✨
We'll use the microcks-rules.yaml
ruleset definition file here. If you followed the above instruction on how to use it via unpkg
, you don't need to include the -r microcks-rules.yaml
part of the command:
$ spectral --version
6.11.1
$ spectral lint -r microcks-rules.yaml resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml
/Users/laurent/Development/github/microcks-spectral-ruleset/resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml
18:12 warning microcks-info-extension-valid x-microcks extension must be valid info.x-microcks.labels.team
30:16 warning microcks-operation-extension-valid x-microcks-operation extension must be valid paths./forecast/{region}.get.x-microcks-operation.delay
49:11 warning microcks-examples-in-required-parameter Required param must have examples paths./forecast/{region}.get.parameters[1]
55:17 warning microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks 🚨 Response example 'unknown' is incomplete, it has no matching input example. It requires at least one requestBody or parameter example with same name to be considered as valid mock for Microcks. paths./forecast/{region}.get.responses
95:27 error oas3-valid-media-example "temp" property type must be number paths./forecast/{region}.get.responses[200].content.application/json.examples.south.value.temp
121:17 warning microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks ℹ️ Request body example 'north' is not used in any response. It requires to have a matching response example or a x-microcks-refs to be considered as valid mock for Microcks. paths./forecast/{region}.put.responses
125:30 warning microcks-examples-in-response-content Response with content must have examples paths./forecast/{region}.put.responses[200].content.application/json
142:17 warning microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks 🔗 Response has x-microcks-refs 'center-south' but it doesn't match input example. It requires at least one requestBody or parameter example with same name to be considered as valid mock for Microcks. paths./forecast/{region}.delete.responses
142:17 warning microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks ℹ️ Path parameter example 'center' is not used in any response. It requires to have a matching response example or a x-microcks-refs to be considered as valid mock for Microcks. paths./forecast/{region}.delete.responses
✖ 9 problems (1 error, 8 warnings, 0 infos, 0 hints)
If you'd like a more human-readable output of Microcks hints for a complete document, you can set the MICROCKS_HINTS
environment variable to true
when running spectral:
$ MICROCKS_HINTS=true spectral lint -r microcks-rules.yaml resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml
🚨 Response example 'unknown' for 'paths./forecast/{region}.get' is incomplete, it has no matching input example.
It requires at least one requestBody or parameter example with same name to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
ℹ️ Request body example 'north' for 'paths./forecast/{region}.put' is not used in any response.
It requires to have a matching response example or a x-microcks-refs to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
🔗 Response has x-microcks-refs 'center-south' for 'paths./forecast/{region}.delete' but it doesn't match input example.
It requires at least one requestBody or parameter example with same name to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
ℹ️ Path parameter example 'center' for 'paths./forecast/{region}.delete' is not used in any response.
It requires to have a matching response example or a x-microcks-refs to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
/Users/laurent/Development/github/microcks-spectral-ruleset/resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml
18:12 warning microcks-info-extension-valid x-microcks extension must be valid info.x-microcks.labels.team
[...]
We'll use the microcks-vacuum-rules.yaml
ruleset definition file here:
$ vacuum lint -r microcks-vacuum-rules.yaml -f ./functions resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml -d
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version: 0.9.16 | compiled: Thu, 09 May 2024 19:57:46 UTC
🔗 https://quobix.com/vacuum | https://github.com/daveshanley/vacuum
INFO Located custom javascript function: 'aas-verify-mocks'
ERROR Failed to load function 'aas-verify-mocks': SyntaxError: SyntaxError: (anonymous): Line 16:1 Unexpected reserved word (and 8 more errors)
INFO Located custom javascript function: 'oas-verify-mocks-vacuum'
INFO Located custom javascript function: 'oas-verify-mocks'
ERROR Failed to load function 'oas-verify-mocks': SyntaxError: SyntaxError: (anonymous): Line 16:1 Unexpected reserved word (and 20 more errors)
INFO Loaded 3 custom function(s) successfully.
INFO Linting file 'resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml' against 7 rules: https://quobix.com/vacuum/rulesets/no-rules
2024/05/21 14:17:56
2024/05/21 14:17:56 🚨 Response example 'unknown' for 'GetForecast' is incomplete, it has no matching input example.
2024/05/21 14:17:56 It requires at least one requestBody or parameter example with same name to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
2024/05/21 14:17:56
2024/05/21 14:17:56 ℹ️ Request body example 'north' for 'SetForecast' is not used in any response.
2024/05/21 14:17:56 It requires to have a matching response example or a x-microcks-refs to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
2024/05/21 14:17:56
2024/05/21 14:17:56 🔗 Response has x-microcks-refs 'center-south' for 'DeleteForecast' but it doesn't match input example.
2024/05/21 14:17:56 It requires at least one requestBody or parameter example with same name to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
2024/05/21 14:17:56
2024/05/21 14:17:56 ℹ️ Path parameter example 'center' for 'DeleteForecast' is not used in any response.
2024/05/21 14:17:56 It requires to have a matching response example or a x-microcks-refs to be considered as valid mock for Microcks.
/Users/laurent/Development/github/microcks-spectral-ruleset/resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml
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Location | Severity | Message | Rule | Category | Path
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:15:5 | warning | x-microcks extension must be valid | microcks-info-extension-valid | Validation | $.info[0]
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:24:7 | warning | Response example 'unknown' is incomplete, it has no matching input example | microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks | Validation | $.paths.*.*
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:30:9 | warning | x-microcks-operation extension must be valid | microcks-operation-extension-valid | Validation | $.paths.*.*[0]
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:49:11 | info | Parameters should have examples | microcks-examples-in-parameter | Validation | $..parameters[0][1]
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:92:17 | warning | expected number, but got string | oas3-valid-schema-example | Examples | $.paths['/forecast/{region}'].get.responses['200'].content['...
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:108:7 | warning | Request body example 'north' is not used in any response | microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks | Validation | $.paths.*.*
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:126:15 | warning | Response with content must have examples | microcks-examples-in-response-content | Validation | $.paths..responses..content.*
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:129:7 | warning | Response has x-microcks-refs 'center-south' but it doesn't match input example | microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks | Validation | $.paths.*.*
resources/weather-forecast-openapi-bad.yaml:129:7 | warning | Path parameter example 'center' is not used in any response | microcks-examples-fragments-to-complete-mocks | Validation | $.paths.*.*
Category | Errors | Warnings | Info
Validation | 0 | 7 | 1
Examples | 0 | 1 | 0
Linting passed, but with 8 warnings and 1 informs
This rule will check that info.x-microcks
is well-formed according to its schema information.
x-microcks
OpenAPI and AsyncAPI extension allows you to provide labels
for organizing your API and Services in Microcks. Labels are simple key/value pairs where keys and values are string.
Severity: warn
This rule will check that x-microcks-operation
provided for operation is well-formed according to its schema information.
x-microcks-operation
OpenAPI and AsyncAPI extension allows you to provide custom dispatching rules and delays for your mocks. We'll check that attributes are known from Microcks to guarantee their application.
Severity: warn
The Microcks ruleset imports the oas3-valid-media-example
and oas3-valid-schema-example
rules from the Spectral OpenAPI Rules.
These rules check that the examples
definitions are conformant to the schema definition with the API specification. Having incorrect values or types will not prevent Microcks to produce mocks but these ones will be totally useless for people wanted to have a high-fidelity simulation of the API.
Severity: error
This rule will ask you to provide named examples
for parameters marqued as required.
Putting named examples
in parameters allows you to explicit values of parameters depending on different situation and then to later bind them with corresponding request body or response. This provide a better overview of the expected behavior of your API for people who will discover it. Not providing these examples prevents Microcks from producing correct and representative mocks.
Severity: warn
This rule will recommend you to provide named examples
for parameters marqued as optional.
Putting named examples
in parameters allows you to explicit values of parameters depending on different situation and then to later bind them with corresponding request body or response. This provide a better overview of the expected behavior of your API for people who will discover it.
Severity: info
This rule will ask you to provide named examples
within requestBody.content.*
.
Putting named examples
in request content allows you to explicit payload depending on different situation and then to later bind them with corresponding response. This provide a better overview of the expected behavior of your API for people who will discover it. Not providing these examples prevents Microcks from producing mocks.
Severity: warn
This rule will ask you to provide named examples
within responses.*.content.*
.
Putting named examples
in response content allows you to explicit payload depending on different situation and then to later bind them with corresponding request body or parameter values. This provide a better overview of the expected behavior of your API for people who will discover it. Not providing these examples prevents Microcks from producing mocks.
Severity: warn
This rule will check the coherence of different response, request and parameter examples to detect incomplete combination.
Severity: warn
The Microcks ruleset imports the asyncapi-message-examples
from the Spectral AsyncAPI Rules.
This rule checks that the examples
definitions are conformant to the schema definition with the API specification. Having incorrect values or types will not prevent Microcks to produce mocks but these ones will be totally useless for people wanted to have a high-fidelity simulation of the API.
Severity: error
This rule will ask you to provide named examples
within $.channels.*.[publish,subscribe].message
.
Putting named examples
in message allows you to explicit payload depending on different situation and then optionally to later bind them with corresponding parameter values. This provide a better overview of the expected behavior of your API for people who will discover it. Not providing these examples prevents Microcks from producing mocks.
Severity: warn
This rule will ask you to provide named examples
within $.channels.*.parameters.*.schema
.
Putting named examples
in channel parameters allows you to explicit values of parameters depending on different situation and then to later bind them with corresponding message content. This provide a better overview of the expected behavior of your API for people who will discover it. Not providing these examples prevents Microcks from producing correct and representative mocks.
Severity: warn
This rule will check the coherence of different messages and parameter examples to detect incomplete combination.
Severity: warn