Sphinx API documentation generator
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Sphinx AutoAPI is a Sphinx extension for generating complete API documentation without needing to load, run, or import the project being documented.
In contrast to the traditional Sphinx autodoc <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html>
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which requires manual authoring and uses code imports,
AutoAPI finds and generates documentation by parsing source code.
The following steps will walk through how to add AutoAPI to an existing Sphinx project.
For instructions on how to set up a Sphinx project,
see Sphinx's documentation on
Getting Started <https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/quickstart.html>
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Installation
AutoAPI can be installed through pip:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install sphinx-autoapi
Next, add and configure AutoAPI in your Sphinx project's `conf.py`.
.. code-block:: python
extensions.append('autoapi.extension')
autoapi_dirs = ['path/to/source/files', 'src']
When the documentation is built,
AutoAPI will now generate API documentation into an `autoapi/` directory
and add an entry to the documentation in your top level table of contents!
To configure AutoAPI behaviour further,
see the `Configuration documentation <https://sphinx-autoapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/config.html>`_.
Contributing
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Running the tests
Tests are executed through tox <https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>
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.. code-block:: bash
tox
Code Style
Code is formatted using `black <https://github.com/python/black>`_.
You can check your formatting using black's check mode:
.. code-block:: bash
tox -e formatting
You can also get black to format your changes for you:
.. code-block:: bash
black autoapi/ tests/
You can even get black to format changes automatically when you commit using `pre-commit <https://pre-commit.com/>`_:
.. code-block:: bash
pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install
Release Notes
Release notes are managed through towncrier <https://towncrier.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html>
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When making a pull request you will need to create a news fragment to document your change:
.. code-block:: bash
tox -e release_notes -- create --help
We use SemVer <https://semver.org/>
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This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE.rst <LICENSE.rst>
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