plapidoc

RESTful web API Documentation Generator

Usage no npm install needed!

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  import plapidoc from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/plapidoc';
</script>

README

apiDoc

Generates a RESTful web API Documentation.

Build Status Dependency Status NPM version

Changes from previous version visit CHANGELOG.md

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

Documentation at apidocjs.com or as Docset.

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
    

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

Build tools

Integration

Converter

FAQ

Extend apiDoc and write your own Plugin

For details and an example view apidoc-plugin-test

Help

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

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