/apidoc

RESTful web API Documentation Generator.

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apiDoc

apiDoc creates a documentation from API descriptions in your source code.

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Documentation: apidocjs.com

Example output.

Installation

$ npm install -g apidoc

Usage

/**
 * @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.
 */
$ apidoc -i example/ -o doc/

Creates from input files in example/ a documentation in path doc/.

More examples and best practice hints: EXAMPLES.md

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.

FAQ

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