Spectral Linter Plugin for JetBrains

This plugin is a wrapper for the tool Spectral, a linter for OpenApi schemas.

Installation

• Using IDE built-in plugin system:

  Settings/Preferences > Plugins > Marketplace > Search for "Spectral" > Install Plugin

• Manually:

  Download the latest release and install it manually using Settings/Preferences > Plugins > ⚙️ > Install plugin from disk...

Since version 2 of this plugin it is required to have the spectral CLI installed on your system. If you don't have it installed yet make sure to follow this guide: Installing Spectral

Note: The CLI needs to be in your path and executable from the command line.

Features

Automatic linting

Automatic linting of your OpenApi specifications and highlighting in your editor

Configurable Ruleset

Specify your own ruleset in the plugins settings, under Preferences -> Tools -> Spectral -> Ruleset.

There you can specify a file on your local machine or just paste the URL of a ruleset available on the internet e.g.: Schwarz IT API linting rules.

Examples:

• Link to a hosted ruleset: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SchwarzIT/api-linter-rules/main/spectral-api.yml
• Local ruleset relative to Project base-path: .spectral.json
• Fully-qualified path: /Users/user/.spectral.yaml

Configurable Included path patterns

Select the files that will be linted. By default, every file called "openapi.json", "openapi.yml" or "openapi.yaml" within the Project root will be matched for linting by the plugin when it's opened.

You can adjust this in the settings under Preferences -> Tools -> Spectral -> Included path patterns. All paths are relative to the project's root directory unless absolute.

Examples:

• openapi.json: Matches the file called "openapi.json" inside the root directory of the project
• components/**/*.yaml: Matches all files inside the project subdirectory "components" that end with ".yaml"
• /Users/user/code/**/openapi*.yaml: Matches all YAML files within the absolute path "/Users/mick/code" that start with "openapi" and end with ".yaml"

Note: Each file must also be recognised by the IDE as a JSON or YAML file - that is with a suitable File Type association. If it is detected as a plain text (or any other type) it will be ignored.

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Plugin based on the IntelliJ Platform Plugin Template.