apiDoc

Generates a RESTful web API Documentation.

Changes from previous version visit CHANGELOG.md

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

Documentation at apidocjs.com.

Example output.

Installation

npm install apidoc -g

Changelog

CHANGELOG.md

Example

/**
 * @api {get} /user/:id Request User information
 * @apiName GetUser
 * @apiGroup User
 *
 * @apiParam {Number} id Users 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

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.
###
```
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
```

Build tools

flask-apidoc pip install flask-apidoc
grunt-apidoc npm install grunt-apidoc.
gulp-apidoc npm install gulp-apidoc.

Editor integration

Converter

FAQ

Filter for public / private API

Help

Please add issues if you have a question or found a problem. Pull requests are welcome too!

A chat about apiDoc is on Gitter.

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