API documentation generator for hapi
lout is a documentation generator for hapi servers, providing a human-readable guide for every endpoint using the route configuration. The module allows full customization of the output.
lout requires that the plugin is granted the 'routes' and 'views' permissions.
The following options are available when registering the plugin:
- 'engines' - an object where each key is a file extension (e.g. 'html', 'jade'), mapped to the npm module name (string) used for rendering the templates. Default is { html: 'handlebars' }.
- 'endpoint' - the path where the route will be registered. Default is /docs.
- 'basePath' - the absolute path to the templates folder. Default is the lout templates folder.
- 'auth' - the route configuration for authentication. Default is to disable auth.
- 'indexTemplate' the name of the template file to contain docs main page. Default is 'index'.
- 'routeTemplate' the name of the route template file. Default is 'route'.