diff --git a/scripts/validate/format.py b/scripts/validate/format.py
index 40a96afc..b3e06d53 100644
--- a/scripts/validate/format.py
+++ b/scripts/validate/format.py
@@ -1 +1,25 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import re
+
+
+anchor = '###'
+min_entries_per_section = 3
+auth_keys = ['apiKey', 'OAuth', 'X-Mashape-Key', 'User-Agent', 'No']
+punctuation = ['.', '?', '!']
+https_keys = ['Yes', 'No']
+cors_keys = ['Yes', 'No', 'Unknown']
+
+index_title = 0
+index_desc = 1
+index_auth = 2
+index_https = 3
+index_cors = 4
+index_link = 5
+num_segments = 5
+
+errors = []
+title_links = []
+anchor_re = re.compile(anchor + '\s(.+)')
+section_title_re = re.compile('\*\s\[(.*)\]')
+link_re = re.compile('\[(.+)\]\((http.*)\)')