License URL

license-url · built-in

info experience: documentationexperience: governance spec: document

License object must include "url".

License object must include “url”.

Rule definition

The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.

license-url:
  title: License URL
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/openapi/license-url/
  description: License object must include "url".
  message: License object must include "url".
  severity: info
  given: $
  then:
    field: info.license.url
    function: truthy
  tags:
    - format:openapi
    - spec:document
    - experience:documentation
    - experience:governance
  prompt: "You are editing an OpenAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API
    governance rule 'license-url' (License URL). Requirement: License object
    must include \"url\". To fix: Ensure `info.license.url` is present and
    non-empty at each matching location. Make the smallest change that satisfies
    the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting
    unchanged, and keep the document valid OpenAPI. Return only the complete
    corrected document, with no commentary."
AI fix prompt — send this to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with your artifact to auto-fix this rule
You are editing an OpenAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'license-url' (License URL). Requirement: License object must include "url". To fix: Ensure `info.license.url` is present and non-empty at each matching location. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid OpenAPI. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactOpenAPI
Applies at (given)$
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/openapi/license-url/