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Expand Up @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ A RESTful API for validating [publiccode.yml](https://github.com/italia/publicco
files, using the [publiccode-parser-go](https://github.com/italia/publiccode-parser-go)
library.

## API reference

The OpenAPI spec is in [`publiccode-validator-api.oas.yaml`](publiccode-validator-api.oas.yaml).

[Browse the interactive Swagger UI preview](https://petstore.swagger.io/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/italia/publiccode-validator-api/main/publiccode-validator-api.oas.yaml)

## Usage

```console
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openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: publiccode-validator-api
version: dev
description: >
REST API to validate and normalize publiccode.yml files
against the official standard.


The `/validate` endpoint accepts both `POST` and the `QUERY`
HTTP method (RFC 9110) with a publiccode.yml body and returns
validation results plus a normalized version of the file.
license:
name: AGPL-3.0
identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
contact:
url: "https://github.com/italia/publiccode-validator-api"

servers:
- url: /v1

paths:
/status:
get:
operationId: getStatus
summary: Get API status
tags: [status]
responses:
"200":
description: OK
headers:
Cache-Control:
schema:
type: string
example: no-cache
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/Status"
example:
v: "1.0.0"
commit: "abc1234"

/validate:
post:
operationId: validatePubliccode
summary: Validate a publiccode.yml file
description: >
Parses and validates the publiccode.yml file in the request body.
Returns whether the file is valid, a list of validation issues,
and a normalized version of the file if valid.


The same endpoint also accepts the `QUERY` HTTP method.
tags: [validation]
parameters:
- name: external-checks
in: query
required: false
description: >
Enable external checks such as URL reachability.
Disabled by default for performance.
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/yaml:
schema:
type: string
example: |
publiccodeYmlVersion: "0.3"
name: My Software
url: "https://example.com/repo"
responses:
"200":
description: Validation result (regardless of whether the file is valid)
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/ValidationResponse"
examples:
valid:
summary: Valid file
value:
valid: true
results: []
normalized: "publiccodeYmlVersion: \"0.3\"\nname: My Software\n"
invalid:
summary: Invalid file
value:
valid: false
results:
- key: publiccodeYmlVersion
description: "missing required field"
normalized: null
"400":
description: Bad request (e.g. empty body)
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/ProblemJSON"
example:
title: empty body
detail: need a body to validate
status: 400
"404":
description: Not found
content:
application/problem+json:
schema:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/ProblemJSON"
example:
title: Not Found
detail: Not Found
status: 404

components:
schemas:
Status:
type: object
required: [v, commit]
properties:
v:
type: string
description: API version
example: "1.0.0"
commit:
type: string
description: Git commit hash
example: "abc1234"

ValidationResponse:
type: object
required: [valid, results]
properties:
valid:
type: boolean
description: Whether the file passed validation with no errors
results:
type: array
description: List of validation issues (warnings and errors)
items:
type: object
description: A validation issue
additionalProperties: true
normalized:
description: >
Normalized publiccode.yml content, present only when
the file is valid.
oneOf:
- type: string
- type: "null"

ProblemJSON:
description: Error response following RFC 9457 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs)
type: object
required: [title, status]
properties:
code:
type: string
description: Machine-readable error code
title:
type: string
description: Short human-readable summary
detail:
type: string
description: Human-readable explanation
status:
type: integer
description: HTTP status code
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