pydoc-markdown 3.4.0

Create Python API documentation in Markdown format.

Pydoc-Markdown

Pydoc-Markdown is a tool and library to create Python API documentation in Markdown format based on lib2to3, allowing it to parse your Python code without executing it.

Pydoc-Markdown requires Python 3.6 or newer.

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Features

• Understands multiple doc styles (Sphinx, Google, Pydoc-Markdown)
• Supports assignment docstrings (#: block before or string literal after the statement)
• Links references to other documented API objects [WIP]
• MkDocs and Hugo integration

Installation

Install Pydoc-Markdown from PyPI:

$ pipx install 'pydoc-markdown>=3.0.0,<4.0.0'

Quickstart

$ pipx install mkdocs
$ pydoc-markdown --bootstrap mkdocs
$ pydoc-markdown --bootstrap readthedocs
$ pydoc-markdown --server --open

What this does:

1. Install MkDocs
2. Create pydoc-markdown.yaml file in the current directory
3. Render Markdown files from the Python modules/packages in your current working directory and open a browser to the live-reloading HTML page generated by MkDocs.

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