In the past year, Stoplight has put out several public style guides for Stoplight Platform and Spectral users. These guides are designed to help API designers and developers create consistent, robust APIs that are easy to use and understand.
One of the public style guides is the Versioning ruleset, which provides guidance on how to handle URL versioning in APIs. This ruleset is available in Stoplight Platform for Pro and Enterprise accounts and is designed to help teams ensure that their APIs are properly versioned and easy to use.
Another popular style guide is the Documentation ruleset, which is designed to help teams create excellent API documentation. Using this ruleset, teams can automatically detect when they are missing important information in their API documentation and quickly add it to improve the developer experience.
For teams looking to improve the security of their APIs, the Spectral OWASP API Security ruleset is an excellent resource. This ruleset uses Spectral’s generic rules engine to identify common security blunders in APIs and provides guidance on how to fix them.
The URL Style Guidelines ruleset is another valuable resource for API designers and developers. This ruleset provides guidance on how to create consistent and robust URLs for REST APIs, which is critical for building a good developer experience.
Additionally, Stoplight has released a public style guide for AWS API Gateway users. This guide is designed to help teams avoid common pitfalls when using OpenAPI with AWS API Gateway and provides guidance on how to deploy APIs to the gateway properly.
The JSON: API style guide is another valuable resource for teams looking to create consistent, well-structured JSON responses. This style guide provides guidance on how to use JSON: API to improve the efficiency of your API and helps teams avoid the common pitfalls of working with JSON.
Finally, Stoplight has released a public style guide for users of the Zalando RESTful API Guidelines. This style guide automatically enforces the Zalando guidelines and includes errors, warnings, and guidance on fixing issues.
Overall, Stoplight’s public style guides are an excellent resource for API designers and developers looking to create consistent, high-quality APIs. By following these guidelines, teams can improve the developer experience and build APIs that are easy to use and understand.
