Spectral Linter for VS Code
The Spectral VS Code Extension brings the power of Spectral to your favorite editor.
Spectral is a flexible object linter with out of the box support for OpenAPI v2 and v3, JSON Schema, and AsyncAPI.
Features
- Lint-on-save
- Lint-on-type
- Custom ruleset support (
.spectral.json
,.spectral.yaml
or.spectral.yml
) - Intellisense for custom ruleset editing
- Support for JSON and YAML input
Requirements
- Node.js 12.13 or higher
- Visual Studio Code version 1.48 or higher.
Installation
- Install from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace
- Install via the CLI:
code --install-extension stoplight.spectral
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
spectral.enable
: Controls whether or not Spectral is enabled.spectral.rulesetFile
: Location of the ruleset file to use when validating. If omitted, the default is a.spectral.(json|yaml|yml)
in the same folder as the document being validated. Paths are relative to the workspace.spectral.run
: Run the linter on save (onSave
) or as you type (onType
).spectral.validateFiles
: An array of file globs (e.g.,**/*.yaml
) which should be validated by Spectral. If language identifiers are also specified, the file must match both in order to be validated.spectral.validateLanguages
: An array of language IDs (e.g.,yaml
,json
) which should be validated by Spectral. If file globs are also specified, the file must match both in order to be validated.