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Parameter Descriptions

Requiring that all operational parameters descriptions meets the policy standards.

Rules

OpenAPI Components Parameters Description Error

You need a parameters description provides more depth to what a parameter does and will be displayed via documentation, and other tooling used across the API lifecycle

OpenAPI Components Parameters Description Info

You need a parameters description provides more depth to what a parameter does and will be displayed via documentation, and other tooling used across the API lifecycle

OpenAPI Components Parameters Description Length Error

Limiting the length of parameters description forces us to be more concise in how we describe each parameter, while keeping our documentation and other ways descriptions show up in discovery and po...

Strategies

Operations Must Be Useful and Consistent

Every API operation should do one thing and do it well. That is the Unix philosophy applied to APIs and it still holds up. When your operations follow common standards with consistent naming, clear...

API Parameters Are Well-Defined and Consistent

Parameters are part of the surface area that consumers interact with on every single call, and when they are inconsistent--different casing, unclear names, missing descriptions--it creates friction...