Part of this content has been taken from the great work done by the folks at the OpenAPI Initiative. Mainly because it's a great work and we want to keep as much compatibility as possible with the OpenAPI Specification.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
The AsyncAPI Specification is licensed under The Apache License, Version 2.0.
The AsyncAPI Specification is a project used to describe and document message-driven APIs in a machine-readable format. It’s protocol-agnostic, so you can use it for APIs that work over any protocol (e.g., AMQP, MQTT, WebSockets, Kafka, STOMP, HTTP, etc).
The AsyncAPI Specification defines a set of files required to describe such an API. These files can then be used to create utilities, such as documentation, integration and/or testing tools.
The file(s) MUST describe the operations an application accepts. For instance, consider the following AsyncAPI definition snippet:
user/signedup:
subscribe:
$ref: "#/components/messages/userSignUp"
It means that the application allows consumers to subscribe to the user/signedup
channel to receive userSignUp messages.
The AsyncAPI specification does not assume any kind of software topology, architecture or pattern. Therefore, a server MAY be a message broker, a web server or any other kind of computer program capable of sending and/or receiving data. However, AsyncAPI offers a mechanism called "bindings" that aims to help with more specific information about the protocol and/or the topology.
- Definitions
- Specification
- Format
- File Structure
- Schema
- AsyncAPI Object
- AsyncAPI Version String
- Info Object
- Contact Object
- License Object
- Servers Object
- Channels Object
- Channel Item Object
- Operation Object
- Operation Trait Object
- Message Object
- Message Trait Object
- Tags Object
- External Documentation Object
- Components Object
- Reference Object
- Schema Object
- Security Scheme Object
- Parameters Object
- Parameter Object
- Server Bindings Object
- Channel Bindings Object
- Operation Bindings Object
- Message Bindings Object
- Correlation ID Object
- Specification Extensions
An application is any kind of computer program or a group of them. It MUST be a producer, a consumer or both. An application MAY be a microservice, IoT device (sensor), mainframe process, etc. An application MAY be written in any number of different programming languages as long as they support the selected protocol. An application MUST also use a protocol supported by the server in order to connect and exchange messages.
A producer is a type of application, connected to a server, that is creating messages and addressing them to channels. A producer MAY be publishing to multiple channels depending on the server, protocol, and use-case pattern.
A consumer is a type of application, connected to a server via a supported protocol, that is consuming messages from channels. A consumer MAY be consuming from multiple channels depending on the server, protocol, and the use-case pattern.
A message is the mechanism by which information is exchanged via a channel between servers and applications. A message MUST contain a payload and MAY also contain headers. The headers MAY be subdivided into protocol-defined headers and header properties defined by the application which can act as supporting metadata. The payload contains the data, defined by the application, which MUST be serialized into a format (JSON, XML, Avro, binary, etc.). Since a message is a generic mechanism, it can support multiple interaction patterns such as event, command, request, or response.
A channel is an addressable component, made available by the server, for the organization of messages. Producer applications send messages to channels and consumer applications consume messages from channels. Servers MAY support many channel instances, allowing messages with different content to be addressed to different channels. Depending on the server implementation, the channel MAY be included in the message via protocol-defined headers.
A protocol is the mechanism (wireline protocol OR API) by which messages are exchanged between the application and the channel. Example protocol include, but are not limited to, AMQP, HTTP, JMS, Kafka, MQTT, STOMP, WebSocket.
The files describing the message-driven API in accordance with the AsyncAPI Specification are represented as JSON objects and conform to the JSON standards. YAML, being a superset of JSON, can be used as well to represent a A2S (AsyncAPI Specification) file.
For example, if a field is said to have an array value, the JSON array representation will be used:
{
"field" : [...]
}
While the API is described using JSON it does not impose a JSON input/output to the API itself.
All field names in the specification are case sensitive.
The schema exposes two types of fields. Fixed fields, which have a declared name, and Patterned fields, which declare a regex pattern for the field name. Patterned fields can have multiple occurrences as long as each has a unique name.
In order to preserve the ability to round-trip between YAML and JSON formats, YAML version 1.2 is recommended along with some additional constraints:
- Tags MUST be limited to those allowed by the JSON Schema ruleset
- Keys used in YAML maps MUST be limited to a scalar string, as defined by the YAML Failsafe schema ruleset
The A2S representation of the API is made of a single file.
However, parts of the definitions can be split into separate files, at the discretion of the user.
This is applicable for $ref
fields in the specification as follows from the JSON Schema definitions.
By convention, the AsyncAPI Specification (A2S) file is named asyncapi.json
or asyncapi.yaml
.
This is the root document object for the API specification. It combines resource listing and API declaration together into one document.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
asyncapi | AsyncAPI Version String | Required. Specifies the AsyncAPI Specification version being used. It can be used by tooling Specifications and clients to interpret the version. The structure shall be major .minor .patch , where patch versions must be compatible with the existing major .minor tooling. Typically patch versions will be introduced to address errors in the documentation, and tooling should typically be compatible with the corresponding major .minor (1.0.*). Patch versions will correspond to patches of this document. |
id | Identifier | Identifier of the application the AsyncAPI document is defining. |
info | Info Object | Required. Provides metadata about the API. The metadata can be used by the clients if needed. |
servers | Servers Object | Provides connection details of servers. |
channels | Channels Object | Required The available channels and messages for the API. |
components | Components Object | An element to hold various schemas for the specification. |
tags | Tags Object | A list of tags used by the specification with additional metadata. Each tag name in the list MUST be unique. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
The version string signifies the version of the AsyncAPI Specification that the document complies to.
The format for this string must be major
.minor
.patch
. The patch
may be suffixed by a hyphen and extra alphanumeric characters.
A major
.minor
shall be used to designate the AsyncAPI Specification version, and will be considered compatible with the AsyncAPI Specification specified by that major
.minor
version.
The patch version will not be considered by tooling, making no distinction between 1.0.0
and 1.0.1
.
In subsequent versions of the AsyncAPI Specification, care will be given such that increments of the minor
version should not interfere with operations of tooling developed to a lower minor version. Thus a hypothetical 1.1.0
specification should be usable with tooling designed for 1.0.0
.
This field represents a unique universal identifier of the application the AsyncAPI document is defining. It must conform to the URI format, according to RFC3986.
It is RECOMMENDED to use a URN to globally and uniquely identify the application during long periods of time, even after it becomes unavailable or ceases to exist.
{
"id": "urn:com:smartylighting:streetlights:server"
}
id: 'urn:com:smartylighting:streetlights:server'
{
"id": "https://github.com/smartylighting/streetlights-server"
}
id: 'https://github.com/smartylighting/streetlights-server'
The object provides metadata about the API. The metadata can be used by the clients if needed.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
title | string |
Required. The title of the application. |
version | string |
Required Provides the version of the application API (not to be confused with the specification version). |
description | string |
A short description of the application. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
termsOfService | string |
A URL to the Terms of Service for the API. MUST be in the format of a URL. |
contact | Contact Object | The contact information for the exposed API. |
license | License Object | The license information for the exposed API. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"title": "AsyncAPI Sample App",
"description": "This is a sample server.",
"termsOfService": "http://asyncapi.org/terms/",
"contact": {
"name": "API Support",
"url": "http://www.asyncapi.org/support",
"email": "support@asyncapi.org"
},
"license": {
"name": "Apache 2.0",
"url": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
},
"version": "1.0.1"
}
title: AsyncAPI Sample App
description: This is a sample server.
termsOfService: http://asyncapi.org/terms/
contact:
name: API Support
url: http://www.asyncapi.org/support
email: support@asyncapi.org
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
version: 1.0.1
Contact information for the exposed API.
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"name": "API Support",
"url": "http://www.example.com/support",
"email": "support@example.com"
}
name: API Support
url: http://www.example.com/support
email: support@example.com
License information for the exposed API.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name | string |
Required. The license name used for the API. |
url | string |
A URL to the license used for the API. MUST be in the format of a URL. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"name": "Apache 2.0",
"url": "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
}
name: Apache 2.0
url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
The Servers Object is a map of Server Objects.
Field Pattern | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]+$ |
Server Object | The definition of a server this application MAY connect to. |
{
"production": {
"url": "development.gigantic-server.com",
"description": "Development server",
"protocol": "kafka",
"protocolVersion": "1.0.0"
}
}
production:
url: development.gigantic-server.com
description: Development server
protocol: kafka
protocolVersion: '1.0.0'
An object representing a message broker, a server or any other kind of computer program capable of sending and/or receiving data. This object is used to capture details such as URIs, protocols and security configuration. Variable substitution can be used so that some details, for example usernames and passwords, can be injected by code generation tools.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
url | string |
REQUIRED. A URL to the target host. This URL supports Server Variables and MAY be relative, to indicate that the host location is relative to the location where the AsyncAPI document is being served. Variable substitutions will be made when a variable is named in { brackets} . |
protocol | string |
REQUIRED. The protocol this URL supports for connection. Supported protocol include, but are not limited to: amqp , amqps , http , https , jms , kafka , kafka-secure , mqtt , secure-mqtt , stomp , stomps , ws , wss . |
protocolVersion | string |
The version of the protocol used for connection. For instance: AMQP 0.9.1 , HTTP 2.0 , Kafka 1.0.0 , etc. |
description | string |
An optional string describing the host designated by the URL. CommonMark syntax MAY be used for rich text representation. |
variables | Map[string , Server Variable Object] |
A map between a variable name and its value. The value is used for substitution in the server's URL template. |
security | [Security Requirement Object] | A declaration of which security mechanisms can be used with this server. The list of values includes alternative security requirement objects that can be used. Only one of the security requirement objects need to be satisfied to authorize a connection or operation. |
bindings | Server Bindings Object | A free-form map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the server. |
This object MAY be extended with Specification Extensions.
A single server would be described as:
{
"url": "development.gigantic-server.com",
"description": "Development server",
"protocol": "kafka",
"protocolVersion": "1.0.0"
}
url: development.gigantic-server.com
description: Development server
protocol: kafka
protocolVersion: '1.0.0'
The following shows how multiple servers can be described, for example, at the AsyncAPI Object's servers
:
{
"servers": [
{
"url": "development.gigantic-server.com",
"description": "Development server",
"protocol": "amqp",
"protocolVersion": "0.9.1"
},
{
"url": "staging.gigantic-server.com",
"description": "Staging server",
"protocol": "amqp",
"protocolVersion": "0.9.1"
},
{
"url": "api.gigantic-server.com",
"description": "Production server",
"protocol": "amqp",
"protocolVersion": "0.9.1"
}
]
}
servers:
- url: development.gigantic-server.com
description: Development server
protocol: amqp
protocolVersion: 0.9.1
- url: staging.gigantic-server.com
description: Staging server
protocol: amqp
protocolVersion: 0.9.1
- url: api.gigantic-server.com
description: Production server
protocol: amqp
protocolVersion: 0.9.1
The following shows how variables can be used for a server configuration:
{
"servers": [
{
"url": "{username}.gigantic-server.com:{port}/{basePath}",
"description": "The production API server",
"protocol": "secure-mqtt",
"variables": {
"username": {
"default": "demo",
"description": "This value is assigned by the service provider, in this example `gigantic-server.com`"
},
"port": {
"enum": [
"8883",
"8884"
],
"default": "8883"
},
"basePath": {
"default": "v2"
}
}
}
]
}
servers:
- url: '{username}.gigantic-server.com:{port}/{basePath}'
description: The production API server
protocol: secure-mqtt
variables:
username:
# note! no enum here means it is an open value
default: demo
description: This value is assigned by the service provider, in this example `gigantic-server.com`
port:
enum:
- '8883'
- '8884'
default: '8883'
basePath:
# open meaning there is the opportunity to use special base paths as assigned by the provider, default is `v2`
default: v2
An object representing a Server Variable for server URL template substitution.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
enum | [string ] |
An enumeration of string values to be used if the substitution options are from a limited set. |
default | string |
The default value to use for substitution, and to send, if an alternate value is not supplied. |
description | string |
An optional description for the server variable. CommonMark syntax MAY be used for rich text representation. |
examples | [string ] |
An array of examples of the server variable. |
This object MAY be extended with Specification Extensions.
A string representing the default content type to use when encoding/decoding a message's payload. The value MUST be a specific media type (e.g. application/json
). This value MUST be used by schema parsers when the contentType property is omitted.
In case a message can't be encoded/decoded using this value, schema parsers MUST use their default content type.
{
"defaultContentType": "application/json"
}
defaultContentType: application/json
Holds the relative paths to the individual channel and their operations. Channel paths are relative to servers.
Channels are also known as "topics", "routing keys", "event types" or "paths".
Field Pattern | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
{channel} | Channel Item Object | A relative path to an individual channel. The field name MUST be in the form of a RFC 6570 URI template. Query parameters and fragments SHALL NOT be used, instead use bindings to define them. |
{
"user/signedup": {
"subscribe": {
"$ref": "#/components/messages/userSignedUp"
}
}
}
user/signedup:
subscribe:
$ref: "#/components/messages/userSignedUp"
Describes the operations available on a single channel.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
$ref | string |
Allows for an external definition of this channel item. The referenced structure MUST be in the format of a Channel Item Object. If there are conflicts between the referenced definition and this Channel Item's definition, the behavior is undefined. |
description | string |
An optional description of this channel item. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
subscribe | Operation Object | A definition of the SUBSCRIBE operation. |
publish | Operation Object | A definition of the PUBLISH operation. |
parameters | Parameters Object | A map of the parameters included in the channel name. It SHOULD be present only when using channels with expressions (as defined by RFC 6570 section 2.2). |
bindings | Channel Bindings Object | A free-form map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the channel. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"description": "This channel is used to exchange messages about users signing up",
"subscribe": {
"summary": "A user signed up.",
"message": {
"description": "A longer description of the message",
"payload": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"user": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/user"
},
"signup": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/signup"
}
}
}
}
},
"bindings": {
"amqp": {
"is": "queue",
"queue": {
"exclusive": true
}
}
}
}
description: This channel is used to exchange messages about users signing up
subscribe:
summary: A user signed up.
message:
description: A longer description of the message
payload:
type: object
properties:
user:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/user"
signup:
amqp:
is: queue
queue:
exclusive: true
Using oneOf
to specify multiple messages per operation:
{
"subscribe": {
"message": {
"oneOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/components/messages/signup" },
{ "$ref": "#/components/messages/login" }
]
}
}
}
subscribe:
message:
oneOf:
- $ref: '#/components/messages/signup'
- $ref: '#/components/messages/login'
Describes a publish or a subscribe operation. This provides a place to document how and why messages are sent and received. For example, an operation might describe a chat application use case where a user sends a text message to a group.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
operationId | string |
Unique string used to identify the operation. The id MUST be unique among all operations described in the API. The operationId value is case-sensitive. Tools and libraries MAY use the operationId to uniquely identify an operation, therefore, it is RECOMMENDED to follow common programming naming conventions. |
summary | string |
A short summary of what the operation is about. |
description | string |
A verbose explanation of the operation. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
tags | [Tag Object] | A list of tags for API documentation control. Tags can be used for logical grouping of operations. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation for this operation. |
bindings | Map[string , Operation Bindings Object] |
A free-form map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the operation. |
traits | [Operation Trait Object] | A list of traits to apply to the operation object. Traits MUST be merged into the operation object using the JSON Merge Patch algorithm in the same order they are defined here. |
message | Message Object | A definition of the message that will be published or received on this channel. oneOf is allowed here to specify multiple messages, however, a message MUST be valid only against one of the referenced message objects. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"operationId": "registerUser",
"summary": "Action to sign a user up.",
"description": "A longer description",
"tags": [
{ "name": "user" },
{ "name": "signup" },
{ "name": "register" }
],
"message": {
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"applicationInstanceId": {
"description": "Unique identifier for a given instance of the publishing application",
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"payload": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"user": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/userCreate"
},
"signup": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/signup"
}
}
}
},
"bindings": {
"amqp": {
"ack": false
},
},
"traits": [
{ "$ref": "#/components/operationTraits/kafka" }
]
}
operationId: registerUser
summary: Action to sign a user up.
description: A longer description
tags:
- name: user
- name: signup
- name: register
message:
headers:
type: object
properties:
applicationInstanceId:
description: Unique identifier for a given instance of the publishing application
type: string
payload:
type: object
properties:
user:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/userCreate"
signup:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/signup"
bindings:
amqp:
ack: false
traits:
- $ref: "#/components/operationTraits/kafka"
Describes a trait that MAY be applied to an Operation Object. This object MAY contain any property from the Operation Object, except message
and traits
.
If you're looking to apply traits to a message, see the Message Trait Object.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
operationId | string |
Unique string used to identify the operation. The id MUST be unique among all operations described in the API. The operationId value is case-sensitive. Tools and libraries MAY use the operationId to uniquely identify an operation, therefore, it is RECOMMENDED to follow common programming naming conventions. |
summary | string |
A short summary of what the operation is about. |
description | string |
A verbose explanation of the operation. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
tags | Tags Object | A list of tags for API documentation control. Tags can be used for logical grouping of operations. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation for this operation. |
bindings | Operation Bindings Object | A free-form map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the operation. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"bindings": {
"amqp": {
"ack": false
}
}
}
bindings:
amqp:
ack: false
Describes a map of parameters included in a channel name.
This map MUST contain all the parameters used in the parent channel name.
Field Pattern | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]+$ |
Parameter Object | Reference Object | The key represents the name of the parameter. It MUST match the parameter name used in the parent channel name. |
{
"user/{userId}/signup": {
"parameters": {
"userId": {
"description": "Id of the user.",
"schema": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"subscribe": {
"$ref": "#/components/messages/userSignedUp"
}
}
}
user/{userId}/signup:
parameters:
userId:
description: Id of the user.
schema:
type: string
subscribe:
$ref: "#/components/messages/userSignedUp"
Describes a parameter included in a channel name.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
description | string |
A verbose explanation of the parameter. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
schema | Schema Object | Definition of the parameter. |
location | string |
A runtime expression that specifies the location of the parameter value. Even when a definition for the target field exists, it MUST NOT be used to validate this parameter but, instead, the schema property MUST be used. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"user/{userId}/signup": {
"parameters": {
"userId": {
"description": "Id of the user.",
"schema": {
"type": "string"
},
"location": "$message.payload#/user/id"
}
},
"subscribe": {
"$ref": "#/components/messages/userSignedUp"
}
}
}
user/{userId}/signup:
parameters:
userId:
description: Id of the user.
schema:
type: string
location: $message.payload#/user/id
subscribe:
$ref: "#/components/messages/userSignedUp"
Map describing protocol-specific definitions for a server.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
http |
HTTP Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an HTTP server. |
ws |
WebSockets Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for a WebSockets server. |
kafka |
Kafka Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Kafka server. |
amqp |
AMQP Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 0-9-1 server. |
amqp1 |
AMQP 1.0 Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 1.0 server. |
mqtt |
MQTT Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT server. |
mqtt5 |
MQTT 5 Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT 5 server. |
nats |
NATS Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for a NATS server. |
jms |
JMS Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for a JMS server. |
sns |
SNS Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SNS server. |
sqs |
SQS Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SQS server. |
stomp |
STOMP Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for a STOMP server. |
redis |
Redis Server Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Redis server. |
Map describing protocol-specific definitions for a channel.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
http |
HTTP Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an HTTP channel. |
ws |
WebSockets Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for a WebSockets channel. |
kafka |
Kafka Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Kafka channel. |
amqp |
AMQP Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 0-9-1 channel. |
amqp1 |
AMQP 1.0 Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 1.0 channel. |
mqtt |
MQTT Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT channel. |
mqtt5 |
MQTT 5 Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT 5 channel. |
nats |
NATS Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for a NATS channel. |
jms |
JMS Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for a JMS channel. |
sns |
SNS Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SNS channel. |
sqs |
SQS Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SQS channel. |
stomp |
STOMP Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for a STOMP channel. |
redis |
Redis Channel Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Redis channel. |
Map describing protocol-specific definitions for an operation.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
http |
HTTP Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an HTTP operation. |
ws |
WebSockets Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for a WebSockets operation. |
kafka |
Kafka Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Kafka operation. |
amqp |
AMQP Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 0-9-1 operation. |
amqp1 |
AMQP 1.0 Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 1.0 operation. |
mqtt |
MQTT Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT operation. |
mqtt5 |
MQTT 5 Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT 5 operation. |
nats |
NATS Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for a NATS operation. |
jms |
JMS Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for a JMS operation. |
sns |
SNS Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SNS operation. |
sqs |
SQS Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SQS operation. |
stomp |
STOMP Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for a STOMP operation. |
redis |
Redis Operation Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Redis operation. |
Map describing protocol-specific definitions for a message.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
http |
HTTP Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an HTTP message, i.e., a request or a response. |
ws |
WebSockets Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for a WebSockets message. |
kafka |
Kafka Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Kafka message. |
amqp |
AMQP Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 0-9-1 message. |
amqp1 |
AMQP 1.0 Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an AMQP 1.0 message. |
mqtt |
MQTT Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT message. |
mqtt5 |
MQTT 5 Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an MQTT 5 message. |
nats |
NATS Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for a NATS message. |
jms |
JMS Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for a JMS message. |
sns |
SNS Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SNS message. |
sqs |
SQS Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for an SQS message. |
stomp |
STOMP Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for a STOMP message. |
redis |
Redis Message Binding | Protocol-specific information for a Redis message. |
Describes a message received on a given channel and operation.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
headers | Schema Object | Reference Object | Schema definition of the application headers. Schema MUST be of type "object". It MUST NOT define the protocol headers. |
payload | any |
Definition of the message payload. It can be of any type but defaults to Schema object. |
correlationId | Correlation ID Object | Reference Object | Definition of the correlation ID used for message tracing or matching. |
schemaFormat | string |
A string containing the name of the schema format used to define the message payload. If omitted, implementations should parse the payload as a Schema object. Check out the supported schema formats table for more information. Custom values are allowed but their implementation is OPTIONAL. A custom value MUST NOT refer to one of the schema formats listed in the table. |
contentType | string |
The content type to use when encoding/decoding a message's payload. The value MUST be a specific media type (e.g. application/json ). When omitted, the value MUST be the one specified on the defaultContentType field. |
name | string |
A machine-friendly name for the message. |
title | string |
A human-friendly title for the message. |
summary | string |
A short summary of what the message is about. |
description | string |
A verbose explanation of the message. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
tags | Tags Object | A list of tags for API documentation control. Tags can be used for logical grouping of messages. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation for this message. |
bindings | Message Bindings Object | A free-form map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the message. |
examples | [Map[string , any ]] |
An array with examples of valid message objects. |
traits | [Message Trait Object] | A list of traits to apply to the message object. Traits MUST be merged into the message object using the JSON Merge Patch algorithm in the same order they are defined here. The resulting object MUST be a valid Message Object. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
The following table contains a set of values that every implementation MUST support.
Name | Allowed values | Notes |
---|---|---|
AsyncAPI 2.0.0 Schema Object | application/vnd.aai.asyncapi;version=2.0.0 , application/vnd.aai.asyncapi+json;version=2.0.0 , application/vnd.aai.asyncapi+yaml;version=2.0.0 |
This is the default when a schemaFormat is not provided. |
OpenAPI 3.0.0 Schema Object | application/vnd.oai.openapi;version=3.0.0 , application/vnd.oai.openapi+json;version=3.0.0 , application/vnd.oai.openapi+yaml;version=3.0.0 |
|
JSON Schema Draft 07 | application/schema+json;version=draft-07 , application/schema+yaml;version=draft-07 |
|
Avro 1.9.0 schema | application/vnd.apache.avro;version=1.9.0 , application/vnd.apache.avro+json;version=1.9.0 , application/vnd.apache.avro+yaml;version=1.9.0 |
{
"name": "UserSignup",
"title": "User signup",
"summary": "Action to sign a user up.",
"description": "A longer description",
"contentType": "application/json",
"tags": [
{ "name": "user" },
{ "name": "signup" },
{ "name": "register" }
],
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"correlationId": {
"description": "Correlation ID set by application",
"type": "string"
},
"applicationInstanceId": {
"description": "Unique identifier for a given instance of the publishing application",
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"payload": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"user": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/userCreate"
},
"signup": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/signup"
}
}
},
"correlationId": {
"description": "Default Correlation ID",
"location": "$message.header#/correlationId"
},
"traits": [
{ "$ref": "#/components/messageTraits/commonHeaders" }
]
}
name: UserSignup
title: User signup
summary: Action to sign a user up.
description: A longer description
contentType: application/json
tags:
- name: user
- name: signup
- name: register
headers:
type: object
properties:
correlationId:
description: Correlation ID set by application
type: string
applicationInstanceId:
description: Unique identifier for a given instance of the publishing application
type: string
payload:
type: object
properties:
user:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/userCreate"
signup:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/signup"
correlationId:
description: Default Correlation ID
location: $message.header#/correlationId
traits:
- $ref: "#/components/messageTraits/commonHeaders"
Example using Avro to define the payload:
{
"name": "UserSignup",
"title": "User signup",
"summary": "Action to sign a user up.",
"description": "A longer description",
"tags": [
{ "name": "user" },
{ "name": "signup" },
{ "name": "register" }
],
"schemaFormat": "application/vnd.apache.avro+json;version=1.9.0",
"payload": {
"$ref": "path/to/user-create.avsc#/UserCreate"
}
}
name: UserSignup
title: User signup
summary: Action to sign a user up.
description: A longer description
tags:
- name: user
- name: signup
- name: register
schemaFormat: 'application/vnd.apache.avro+yaml;version=1.9.0'
payload:
$ref: 'path/to/user-create.avsc/#UserCreate'
Describes a trait that MAY be applied to a Message Object. This object MAY contain any property from the Message Object, except payload
and traits
.
If you're looking to apply traits to an operation, see the Operation Trait Object.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
headers | Schema Object | Reference Object | Schema definition of the application headers. Schema MUST be of type "object". It MUST NOT define the protocol headers. |
correlationId | Correlation ID Object | Reference Object | Definition of the correlation ID used for message tracing or matching. |
schemaFormat | string |
A string containing the name of the schema format/language used to define the message payload. If omitted, implementations should parse the payload as a Schema object. |
contentType | string |
The content type to use when encoding/decoding a message's payload. The value MUST be a specific media type (e.g. application/json ). When omitted, the value MUST be the one specified on the defaultContentType field. |
name | string |
A machine-friendly name for the message. |
title | string |
A human-friendly title for the message. |
summary | string |
A short summary of what the message is about. |
description | string |
A verbose explanation of the message. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
tags | Tags Object | A list of tags for API documentation control. Tags can be used for logical grouping of messages. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation for this message. |
bindings | Map[string , Message Bindings Object] |
A free-form map where the keys describe the name of the protocol and the values describe protocol-specific definitions for the message. |
examples | [Map[string , any ]] |
An array with examples of valid message objects. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"schemaFormat": "application/vnd.apache.avro+json;version=1.9.0",
"contentType": "application/json"
}
schemaFormat: 'application/vnd.apache.avro+yaml;version=1.9.0'
contentType: application/json
A Tags object is a list of Tag Objects.
Allows adding meta data to a single tag.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
name | string |
Required. The name of the tag. |
description | string |
A short description for the tag. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation for this tag. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"name": "user",
"description": "User-related messages"
}
name: user
description: User-related messages
Allows referencing an external resource for extended documentation.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
description | string |
A short description of the target documentation. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
url | string |
Required. The URL for the target documentation. Value MUST be in the format of a URL. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"description": "Find more info here",
"url": "https://example.com"
}
description: Find more info here
url: https://example.com
A simple object to allow referencing other components in the specification, internally and externally.
The Reference Object is defined by JSON Reference and follows the same structure, behavior and rules. A JSON Reference SHALL only be used to refer to a schema that is formatted in either JSON or YAML. In the case of a YAML-formatted Schema, the JSON Reference SHALL be applied to the JSON representation of that schema. The JSON representation SHALL be made by applying the conversion described here.
For this specification, reference resolution is done as defined by the JSON Reference specification and not by the JSON Schema specification.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
$ref | string |
Required. The reference string. |
This object cannot be extended with additional properties and any properties added SHALL be ignored.
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Pet"
}
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
Holds a set of reusable objects for different aspects of the AsyncAPI specification. All objects defined within the components object will have no effect on the API unless they are explicitly referenced from properties outside the components object.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
schemas | Map[string , Schema Object | Reference Object] |
An object to hold reusable Schema Objects. |
messages | Map[string , Message Object | Reference Object] |
An object to hold reusable Message Objects. |
securitySchemes | Map[string , Security Scheme Object | Reference Object] |
An object to hold reusable Security Scheme Objects. |
parameters | Map[string , Parameter Object | Reference Object] |
An object to hold reusable Parameter Objects. |
correlationIds | Map[string , Correlation ID Object] |
An object to hold reusable Correlation ID Objects. |
operationTraits | Map[string , Operation Trait Object] |
An object to hold reusable Operation Trait Objects. |
messageTraits | Map[string , Message Trait Object] |
An object to hold reusable Message Trait Objects. |
serverBindings | Map[string , Server Binding Object] |
An object to hold reusable Server Binding Objects. |
channelBindings | Map[string , Channel Binding Object] |
An object to hold reusable Channel Binding Objects. |
operationBindings | Map[string , Operation Binding Object] |
An object to hold reusable Operation Binding Objects. |
messageBindings | Map[string , Message Binding Object] |
An object to hold reusable Message Binding Objects. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
All the fixed fields declared above are objects that MUST use keys that match the regular expression: ^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_]+$
.
Field Name Examples:
User
User_1
User_Name
user-name
my.org.User
"components": {
"schemas": {
"Category": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"Tag": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
},
"messages": {
"userSignUp": {
"summary": "Action to sign a user up.",
"description": "Multiline description of what this action does.\nHere you have another line.\n",
"tags": [
{
"name": "user"
},
{
"name": "signup"
}
],
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"applicationInstanceId": {
"description": "Unique identifier for a given instance of the publishing application",
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"payload": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"user": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/userCreate"
},
"signup": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/signup"
}
}
}
}
},
"parameters": {
"userId": {
"name": "userId",
"description": "Id of the user.",
"schema": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"correlationIds": {
"default": {
"description": "Default Correlation ID",
"location": "$message.header#/correlationId"
}
},
"messageTraits": {
"commonHeaders": {
"headers": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"my-app-header": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 100
}
}
}
}
}
}
components:
schemas:
Category:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
name:
type: string
Tag:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
name:
type: string
messages:
userSignUp:
summary: Action to sign a user up.
description: |
Multiline description of what this action does.
Here you have another line.
tags:
- name: user
- name: signup
headers:
type: object
properties:
applicationInstanceId:
description: Unique identifier for a given instance of the publishing application
type: string
payload:
type: object
properties:
user:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/userCreate"
signup:
$ref: "#/components/schemas/signup"
parameters:
userId:
- name: userId
description: Id of the user.
schema:
type: string
correlationIds:
default:
description: Default Correlation ID
location: $message.header#/correlationId
messageTraits:
commonHeaders:
headers:
type: object
properties:
my-app-header:
type: integer
minimum: 0
maximum: 100
The Schema Object allows the definition of input and output data types. These types can be objects, but also primitives and arrays. This object is a superset of the JSON Schema Specification Draft 07.
Further information about the properties can be found in JSON Schema Core and JSON Schema Validation. Unless stated otherwise, the property definitions follow the JSON Schema specification as referenced here.
The AsyncAPI Schema Object is a JSON Schema vocabulary which extends JSON Schema Core and Validation vocabularies. As such, any keyword available for those vocabularies is by definition available in AsyncAPI, and will work the exact same way, including but not limited to:
- title
- type
- required
- multipleOf
- maximum
- exclusiveMaximum
- minimum
- exclusiveMinimum
- maxLength
- minLength
- pattern (This string SHOULD be a valid regular expression, according to the ECMA 262 regular expression dialect)
- maxItems
- minItems
- uniqueItems
- maxProperties
- minProperties
- enum
- const
- examples
- if / then / else
- readOnly
- writeOnly
- properties
- patternProperties
- additionalProperties
- additionalItems
- items
- propertyNames
- contains
- allOf
- oneOf
- anyOf
- not
The following properties are taken from the JSON Schema definition but their definitions were adjusted to the AsyncAPI Specification.
- description - CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation.
- format - See Data Type Formats for further details. While relying on JSON Schema's defined formats, the AsyncAPI Specification offers a few additional predefined formats.
- default - The default value represents what would be assumed by the consumer of the input as the value of the schema if one is not provided. Unlike JSON Schema, the value MUST conform to the defined type for the Schema Object defined at the same level. For example, of
type
isstring
, thendefault
can be"foo"
but cannot be1
.
Alternatively, any time a Schema Object can be used, a Reference Object can be used in its place. This allows referencing definitions in place of defining them inline.
In addition to the JSON Schema fields, the following AsyncAPI vocabulary fields MAY be used for further schema documentation:
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
discriminator | string |
Adds support for polymorphism. The discriminator is the schema property name that is used to differentiate between other schema that inherit this schema. The property name used MUST be defined at this schema and it MUST be in the required property list. When used, the value MUST be the name of this schema or any schema that inherits it. See Composition and Inheritance for more details. |
externalDocs | External Documentation Object | Additional external documentation for this schema. |
deprecated | boolean |
Specifies that a schema is deprecated and SHOULD be transitioned out of usage. Default value is false . |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
The AsyncAPI Specification allows combining and extending model definitions using the allOf
property of JSON Schema, in effect offering model composition.
allOf
takes in an array of object definitions that are validated independently but together compose a single object.
While composition offers model extensibility, it does not imply a hierarchy between the models.
To support polymorphism, AsyncAPI Specification adds the support of the discriminator
field.
When used, the discriminator
will be the name of the property used to decide which schema definition is used to validate the structure of the model.
As such, the discriminator
field MUST be a required field.
There are are two ways to define the value of a discriminator for an inheriting instance.
- Use the schema's name.
- Override the schema's name by overriding the property with a new value. If exists, this takes precedence over the schema's name. As such, inline schema definitions, which do not have a given id, cannot be used in polymorphism.
{
"type": "string",
"format": "email"
}
type: string
format: email
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"address": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Address"
},
"age": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int32",
"minimum": 0
}
}
}
type: object
required:
- name
properties:
name:
type: string
address:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
age:
type: integer
format: int32
minimum: 0
For a simple string to string mapping:
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
type: object
additionalProperties:
type: string
For a string to model mapping:
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ComplexModel"
}
}
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ComplexModel'
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int64"
},
"name": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"example": {
"name": "Puma",
"id": 1
}
}
type: object
properties:
id:
type: integer
format: int64
name:
type: string
required:
- name
example:
name: Puma
id: 1
{
"schemas": {
"ErrorModel": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"message",
"code"
],
"properties": {
"message": {
"type": "string"
},
"code": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 100,
"maximum": 600
}
}
},
"ExtendedErrorModel": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorModel"
},
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"rootCause"
],
"properties": {
"rootCause": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
]
}
}
}
schemas:
ErrorModel:
type: object
required:
- message
- code
properties:
message:
type: string
code:
type: integer
minimum: 100
maximum: 600
ExtendedErrorModel:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
- type: object
required:
- rootCause
properties:
rootCause:
type: string
{
"schemas": {
"Pet": {
"type": "object",
"discriminator": "petType",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"petType": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"petType"
]
},
"Cat": {
"description": "A representation of a cat. Note that `Cat` will be used as the discriminator value.",
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Pet"
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"huntingSkill": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The measured skill for hunting",
"enum": [
"clueless",
"lazy",
"adventurous",
"aggressive"
]
}
},
"required": [
"huntingSkill"
]
}
]
},
"Dog": {
"description": "A representation of a dog. Note that `Dog` will be used as the discriminator value.",
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Pet"
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"packSize": {
"type": "integer",
"format": "int32",
"description": "the size of the pack the dog is from",
"minimum": 0
}
},
"required": [
"packSize"
]
}
]
}
}
}
schemas:
Pet:
type: object
discriminator: petType
properties:
name:
type: string
petType:
type: string
required:
- name
- petType
Cat: ## "Cat" will be used as the discriminator value
description: A representation of a cat
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
- type: object
properties:
huntingSkill:
type: string
description: The measured skill for hunting
enum:
- clueless
- lazy
- adventurous
- aggressive
required:
- huntingSkill
Dog: ## "Dog" will be used as the discriminator value
description: A representation of a dog
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pet'
- type: object
properties:
packSize:
type: integer
format: int32
description: the size of the pack the dog is from
minimum: 0
required:
- packSize
Defines a security scheme that can be used by the operations. Supported schemes are:
- User/Password.
- API key (either as user or as password).
- X.509 certificate.
- End-to-end encryption (either symmetric or asymmetric).
- HTTP authentication.
- HTTP API key.
- OAuth2's common flows (Implicit, Resource Owner Protected Credentials, Client Credentials and Authorization Code) as defined in RFC6749.
- OpenID Connect Discovery.
Field Name | Type | Applies To | Description |
---|---|---|---|
type | string |
Any | REQUIRED. The type of the security scheme. Valid values are "userPassword" , "apiKey" , "X509" , "symmetricEncryption" , "asymmetricEncryption" , "httpApiKey" , "http" , oauth2 , and openIdConnect . |
description | string |
Any | A short description for security scheme. CommonMark syntax MAY be used for rich text representation. |
name | string |
httpApiKey |
REQUIRED. The name of the header, query or cookie parameter to be used. |
in | string |
apiKey | httpApiKey |
REQUIRED. The location of the API key. Valid values are "user" and "password" for apiKey and "query" , "header" or "cookie" for httpApiKey . |
scheme | string |
http |
REQUIRED. The name of the HTTP Authorization scheme to be used in the Authorization header as defined in RFC7235. |
bearerFormat | string |
http ("bearer" ) |
A hint to the client to identify how the bearer token is formatted. Bearer tokens are usually generated by an authorization server, so this information is primarily for documentation purposes. |
flows | OAuth Flows Object | oauth2 |
REQUIRED. An object containing configuration information for the flow types supported. |
openIdConnectUrl | string |
openIdConnect |
REQUIRED. OpenId Connect URL to discover OAuth2 configuration values. This MUST be in the form of a URL. |
This object MAY be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"type": "userPassword"
}
type: userPassword
{
"type": "apiKey",
"in": "user"
}
type: apiKey,
in: user
{
"type": "X509"
}
type: X509
{
"type": "symmetricEncryption"
}
type: symmetricEncryption
{
"type": "http",
"scheme": "basic"
}
type: http
scheme: basic
{
"type": "httpApiKey",
"name": "api_key",
"in": "header"
}
type: httpApiKey
name: api_key
in: header
{
"type": "http",
"scheme": "bearer",
"bearerFormat": "JWT",
}
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
{
"type": "oauth2",
"flows": {
"implicit": {
"authorizationUrl": "https://example.com/api/oauth/dialog",
"scopes": {
"write:pets": "modify pets in your account",
"read:pets": "read your pets"
}
}
}
}
type: oauth2
flows:
implicit:
authorizationUrl: https://example.com/api/oauth/dialog
scopes:
write:pets: modify pets in your account
read:pets: read your pets
Allows configuration of the supported OAuth Flows.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
implicit | OAuth Flow Object | Configuration for the OAuth Implicit flow |
password | OAuth Flow Object | Configuration for the OAuth Resource Owner Protected Credentials flow |
clientCredentials | OAuth Flow Object | Configuration for the OAuth Client Credentials flow. |
authorizationCode | OAuth Flow Object | Configuration for the OAuth Authorization Code flow. |
This object MAY be extended with Specification Extensions.
Configuration details for a supported OAuth Flow
This object MAY be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"type": "oauth2",
"flows": {
"implicit": {
"authorizationUrl": "https://example.com/api/oauth/dialog",
"scopes": {
"write:pets": "modify pets in your account",
"read:pets": "read your pets"
}
},
"authorizationCode": {
"authorizationUrl": "https://example.com/api/oauth/dialog",
"tokenUrl": "https://example.com/api/oauth/token",
"scopes": {
"write:pets": "modify pets in your account",
"read:pets": "read your pets"
}
}
}
}
type: oauth2
flows:
implicit:
authorizationUrl: https://example.com/api/oauth/dialog
scopes:
write:pets: modify pets in your account
read:pets: read your pets
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://example.com/api/oauth/dialog
tokenUrl: https://example.com/api/oauth/token
scopes:
write:pets: modify pets in your account
read:pets: read your pets
Lists the required security schemes to execute this operation. The name used for each property MUST correspond to a security scheme declared in the Security Schemes under the Components Object.
When a list of Security Requirement Objects is defined on a Server object, only one of the Security Requirement Objects in the list needs to be satisfied to authorize the connection.
Field Pattern | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
{name} | [string ] |
Each name MUST correspond to a security scheme which is declared in the Security Schemes under the Components Object. If the security scheme is of type "oauth2" or "openIdConnect" , then the value is a list of scope names required for the execution. For other security scheme types, the array MUST be empty. |
{
"user_pass": []
}
user_pass: []
{
"api_key": []
}
api_key: []
{
"petstore_auth": [
"write:pets",
"read:pets"
]
}
petstore_auth:
- write:pets
- read:pets
An object that specifies an identifier at design time that can used for message tracing and correlation.
For specifying and computing the location of a Correlation ID, a runtime expression is used.
Field Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
description | string |
An optional description of the identifier. CommonMark syntax can be used for rich text representation. |
location | string |
REQUIRED. A runtime expression that specifies the location of the correlation ID. |
This object can be extended with Specification Extensions.
{
"description": "Default Correlation ID",
"location": "$message.header#/correlationId"
}
description: Default Correlation ID
location: $message.header#/correlationId
A runtime expression allows values to be defined based on information that will be available within the message. This mechanism is used by Correlation ID Object.
The runtime expression is defined by the following ABNF syntax:
expression = ( "$message" "." source )
source = ( header-reference | payload-reference )
header-reference = "header." ["#" fragment]
payload-reference = "payload." ["#" fragment]
fragment = a JSON Pointer [RFC 6901](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901)
The table below provides examples of runtime expressions and examples of their use in a value:
Source Location | Example expression | Notes |
---|---|---|
Message Header Property | $message.header#/MQMD/CorrelId |
Correlation ID is set using the CorrelId value from the MQMD header. |
Message Payload Property | $message.payload#/messageId |
Correlation ID is set using the messageId value from the message payload. |
Runtime expressions preserve the type of the referenced value.
While the AsyncAPI Specification tries to accommodate most use cases, additional data can be added to extend the specification at certain points.
The extensions properties are implemented as patterned fields that are always prefixed by "x-"
.
The extensions may or may not be supported by the available tooling, but those may be extended as well to add requested support (if tools are internal or open-sourced).
Primitives have an optional modifier property: format
.
The AsyncAPI specification uses several known formats to more finely define the data type being used.
However, the format
property is an open string
-valued property, and can have any value to support documentation needs.
Formats such as "email"
, "uuid"
, etc., can be used even though they are not defined by this specification.
Types that are not accompanied by a format
property follow their definition from the JSON Schema.
Tools that do not recognize a specific format
MAY default back to the type
alone, as if the format
was not specified.
The formats defined by the AsyncAPI Specification are:
Common Name | type |
format |
Comments |
---|---|---|---|
integer | integer |
int32 |
signed 32 bits |
long | integer |
int64 |
signed 64 bits |
float | number |
float |
|
double | number |
double |
|
string | string |
||
byte | string |
byte |
base64 encoded characters |
binary | string |
binary |
any sequence of octets |
boolean | boolean |
||
date | string |
date |
As defined by full-date - RFC3339 |
dateTime | string |
date-time |
As defined by date-time - RFC3339 |
password | string |
password |
Used to hint UIs the input needs to be obscured. |