mkdocs-autoapi

Description

mkdocs-autoapi is a MkDocs plugin that automatically generates API documentation from your project's source code. The idea for the plugin comes from this recipe in the MkDocs documentation.

Installation

Requirements

• Python version 3.6 or higher
• MkDocs version 1.4.0 or higher
• mkdocstrings version 0.19.0 or higher

Installation via pip

We recommend installing this package with pip:

pip install mkdocs-autoapi

Usage

Basic Usage

To use the plugin, add the following configuration to your mkdocs.yml file:

plugins:
  - ... other plugin configuration ...
  - mkdocs-autoapi
  - mkdocstrings

Setting the Project Root

By default, the plugin will use the current working directory as the project root. If you would like to use a different directory, you can specify a value in the project_root configuration option:

plugins:
  - ... other plugin configuration ...
  - mkdocs-autoapi:
      project_root: /path/to/project/root
  - mkdocstrings

Excluding Patterns

You can exclude files and directories from the documentation by specifying a value in the exclude configuration option. This option accepts a list of glob patterns. Note that the following patterns are always excluded:

• **/.venv/**/
• **/venv/**/

As an example, suppose your project has the following structure:

project/
    docs/
        index.md
    module/
        __init__.py
        lorem.py
        ipsum.py
        dolor.py
    second_module/
        __init__.py
        lorem.py
        sit.py
        amet.py
    venv/
    mkdocs.yml
    README.md

To exclude all files named lorem.py, you can add the following configuration to your mkdocs.yml file:

plugins:
  - ... other plugin configuration ...
  - mkdocs-autoapi:
      exclude:
        - "**/lorem.py"
  - mkdocstrings

Including API Documentation in Navigation

To include the API documentation created by the plugin in your site's navigation, you can add the following configuration to your mkdocs.yml file:

nav:
  - ... other navigation sections ...
  - API Reference: autoapi/
  - ... other navigation sections ...

More information on navigation configuration can be found in the MkDocs User Guide.

Putting It All Together

Again, consider the following project structure:

project/
    docs/
        index.md
    module/
        __init__.py
        lorem.py
        ipsum.py
        dolor.py
    second_module/
        __init__.py
        lorem.py
        sit.py
        amet.py
    venv/
    mkdocs.yml
    README.md

A full mkdocs.yml for the project might look like this:

site_name: Project

nav:
  - Home: index.md
  - API Reference: autoapi/

plugins:
  - mkdocs-autoapi
  - mkdocstrings

theme:
  name: readthedocs

More information MkDocs configuration through mkdocs.yml can be found in the MkDocs User Guide.

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue to get started.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.