Linting Rules - OpenAPI V3 - Response PATCH 500 Status Code

Number of APIs: 1

This is a Spectral governance rule to make sure that PATCH methods all have a 500 status code response in an OpenAPI. Here is a JSON version of the rule that can be applied using this API-driven collection API, or at CLI or CI/CD pipeline.

{
  "openapi-v3-response-patch-500-status-code": {
    "description": "Ensures PATCH operations have a 500 status code response.",
    "message": "A PATCH operation should have a 500 status code for the response.",
    "severity": "warn",
    "formats": [
      "oas2",
      "oas3"
    ],
    "given": "$.paths[*].patch.responses",
    "then": {
      "field": "500",
      "function": "truthy"
    }
  }
}

This request can be run as part of this collection, or dragged and dropped to another collection of governance requests organized by folder, demonstrating how API governance linting works, but also providing a rule that can be used as part of your wider API governance strategy.

1. OpenAPI V3 - Response PATCH 500 Status Code POST {{baseUrl}}/linter?rulesUrl=https://rules.linting.org/rules/openapi-v3-response-patch-500-status-code/