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valid-swagger-syntax

Overview

This rule belongs to the swagger-v1-validation ruleset and states that:

The provided Swagger document must not contain any syntax/semantic issues and use only valid JSON. Each property in the file must have a type as defined in the standard.

PropertyValue
EnabledYes
Maximum SeverityBlocking
MessageProvided Swagger definition is invalid.
CodeSWAGGER1_V003
TypeValidation
Rule SystemSemantic
Broad CategoryBasic Structure
Products ImpactedAPI Transformer, Code Generation, Developer Experience Portal
Tagsswagger1 swagger semantic validation json syntax

Suggested Fixes

  • Ensure that the file uses valid JSON.
  • Ensure that your file is either a valid Resource Listing document or a valid API Declaration document.
  • Ensure that each property in the Swagger file has the expected type.
  • Ensure that an array is not defined as an object or vice versa.
  • Ensure that where a number is expected, a string value is not provided, etc.
  • For objects, ensure that each property has a correct type assigned to it.

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