apiDoc creates a documentation from API descriptions in your source code.
Documentation: apidocjs.com
$ npm install -g apidoc
Add some apidoc comments anywhere in your source code:
/**
* @api {get} /user/:id Request User information
* @apiName GetUser
* @apiGroup User
*
* @apiParam {Number} id User's unique ID.
*
* @apiSuccess {String} firstname Firstname of the User.
* @apiSuccess {String} lastname Lastname of the User.
*/
Now generate the documentation from src/
into doc/
.
$ apidoc -i src/ -o doc/
This repository contains and example
folder from which you can generate a very complete documentation on an example api endpoint. It also contains best practice hints (in the footer.md
file).
$ git clone https://github.com/apidoc/apidoc && cd apidoc
$ npm install --prod
$ ./bin/apidoc -i example -o /tmp/doc
$ $BROWSER /tmp/doc
You can generate the documentation programmatically:
import path from 'path'
import { createDoc } from 'apidoc'
const doc = createDoc({
src: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
dest: path.resolve(__dirname, 'doc'), // can be omitted if dryRun is true
// if you don't want to generate the output files:
dryRun: true,
// if you don't want to see any log output:
silent: true,
})
if (typeof doc !== 'boolean') {
// Documentation was generated!
console.log(doc.data) // the parsed api documentation object
console.log(doc.project) // the project information
}
Install type definitions (see @types/apidoc):
$ npm install -D @types/apidoc
You can use apidoc in Docker like this:
# first build the image after cloning this repository
docker build -t apidoc/apidoc .
# run it
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/home/node/apidoc apidoc/apidoc -o outputdir -i inputdir
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C#, Go, Dart, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Scala (all DocStyle capable languages):
/** * This is a comment. */
-
Clojure:
;;;; ;; This is a comment. ;;;;
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CoffeeScript:
### This is a comment. ###
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Elixir:
#{ # This is a comment. #}
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Erlang:
%{ % This is a comment. %}
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Perl
#** # This is a comment. #*
=pod This is a comment. =cut
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Python
""" This is a comment. """
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Ruby
=begin This is a comment. =end
apiDoc will auto include installed plugins.
- apidoc-plugin-schema Generates and inject apidoc elements from api schemas.
npm install apidoc-plugin-schema
For details and an example on how to implement your own plugin, please view apidoc-plugin-test.
Please create a new issue if you have a suggestion/question or if you found a problem/bug.
apiDoc is a collaborative project. Pull requests are welcome. Please see the CONTRIBUTING file.
- flask-apidoc
pip install flask-apidoc
- grunt-apidoc
npm install grunt-apidoc
. - gapidoc (gulp)
npm install gapidoc
. - webpack-apidoc
npm install --save-dev webpack-apidoc
.