apiDoc
apiDoc creates a documentation from API descriptions in your source code.
Documentation: apidocjs.com
Live DEMO
Installation
$ npm install -g apidoc
Usage
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
Programmatic usage
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')
})
if (typeof doc !== 'boolean') {
// Documentation was generated!
console.log(doc.data) // `api_data.json` file content
console.log(doc.project) // `api_project.json` file content
}
Install type definitions (see @types/apidoc):
$ npm install -D @types/apidoc
Docker image
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
Supported programming languages
-
C#, Go, Dart, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Scala (all DocStyle capable languages):
/** * This is a comment. */ -
Clojure:
;;;; ;; This is a comment. ;;;; -
CoffeeScript:
### This is a comment. ### -
Elixir:
#{ # This is a comment. #} -
Erlang:
%{ % This is a comment. %} -
Perl
#** # This is a comment. #*=pod This is a comment. =cut -
Python
""" This is a comment. """ -
Ruby
=begin This is a comment. =end
Plugins (extend apiDoc)
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.
Support
Please create a new issue if you have a suggestion/question or if you found a problem/bug.
Contributing
apiDoc is a collaborative project. Pull requests are welcome. Please see the CONTRIBUTING file.
Build tools
- 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.