unique-case-insensitive-header-parameter-names

Overview

This rule belongs to the openapi-v3-standards-linting ruleset and states that:

The parameters list can contain custom headers that are expected as part of the request. There can only be a single entry for each header in this list. Since the header names are case insensitive as per RFC7230 they will be compared accordingly.

Property	Value
Enabled	Yes
Maximum Severity	Warning
Message	A definition for this header parameter already exists.
Code	OPENAPI3STANDARDS_L060
Type	Linting
Rule System	Semantic
Broad Category	Parameters
Products Impacted	API Transformer, Code Generation, Developer Experience Portal
Tags	openapi3 openapi standards semantic linting name header parameter

Suggested Fixes

• Remove duplicate entries for the header in the list.
• Header names are compared in a case-insensitive manner. This means that headers named content-type and Content-Type are considered equal.

For More Information

• https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/main/versions/3.0.3.md
• https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/main/versions/3.1.0.md#parameter-object
• https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/main/versions/3.0.3.md#parameter-object
• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#page-22
• https://docs.apimatic.io/rulesets/overview/