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sphinx-apidoc – Sphinx API doc generator tool
Synopsis
sphinx-apidoc [options] -o <outputdir> <sourcedir> [pathnames …]Description
sphinx-apidoc is a tool for automatic generation of Sphinx sources that, using the autodoc extension, document a whole package in the style of other automatic API documentation tools.sourcedir must point to a Python package. Any pathnames given are paths to be excluded from the generation.
WARNING: sphinx-apidoc generates source files that use sphinx.ext.autodoc to document all found modules. If any modules have side effects on import, these will be executed by autodoc when sphinx-build is run.
If you document scripts (as opposed to library modules), make sure their main routine is protected by a if __name__ == ‘__main__’ condition.
Options
- -o
<outputdir>
- Directory to place the output files. If it does not exist, it is created.
- -f, –force
- Usually, apidoc does not overwrite files, unless this option is given.
- -l, –follow-links
- Follow symbolic links.
- -n, –dry-run
- If given, apidoc does not create any files.
- -s
<suffix>
- Suffix for the source files generated, default is rst.
- -d
<maxdepth>
- Maximum depth for the generated table of contents file.
- -T, –no-toc
- Do not create a table of contents file.
- -F, –full
- If given, a full Sphinx project is generated (conf.py, Makefile etc.) using sphinx-quickstart.
- -e, –separate
- Put each module file in its own page.
- -E, –no-headings
- Don’t create headings for the modules/packages
- -P, –private
- Include "_private" modules
These options are used with -F:
- -H
<project>
- Project name to put into the configuration.
- -A
<author>
- Author name(s) to put into the configuration.
- -V
<version>
- Project version.
- -R
<release>
- Project release.