operation-summary

Enforce that every operation has a summary.

OAS Compatibility
2.0 ✅
3.0 ✅
3.1 ✅

API design principles

Operation summaries are used to generate API docs. Redocly uses the summary as the header for the operation, as well as the sidebar navigation text.

Configuration

Option Type Description
severity string Possible values: off, warn, error. Default error (in recommended configuration).

An example configuration:

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rules:
  operation-summary: error

Examples

Given this configuration:

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rules:
  operation-summary: error

Example of incorrect operation:

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post:
  tags:
    - Customers
  operationId: # ...

Example of correct operation:

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post:
  summary: Create a customer
  tags:
    - Customers
  operationId: # ...

Related rules

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