jsii-docgen

Generates markdown reference documentation for jsii modules.

Usage

You can use this as a command line tool or as a library if you need more control.

$ jsii-docgen

Will produce a file called API.md with the api reference for this module.

As a library:

import { Documentation, Language } from 'jsii-docgen';

const docs = await Documentation.forProject('.');
const markdown = await docs.toMarkdown({ language: Language.TYPESCRIPT }).render(); // returns a markdown string

const json = await docs.toJson({ language: Language.TYPESCRIPT }).render(); // returns a JSON object

Curreently jsii-docgen supports generating documentation in the following languages:

• TypeScript (typescript)
• Python (python)
• Java (java)
• C# (csharp or dotnet)

CLI Options

Option	Required	Description
--output, -o	optional	Output filename (defaults to API.md if format is markdown, and API.json if format is JSON). jsii-docgen -o ./docs/API.md
--format, -f	optional	Output format. Can be markdown or json. jsii-docgen -f json
--language, -l	optional	Language to generate documentation for. Can be typescript, python, java, csharp or dotnet. jsii-docgen -l typescript
--package, -p	optional	The name@version of an NPM package to document. jsii-docgen -p my-package
--submodule, -s	optional	Generate docs for a specific submodule or "root". jsii-docgen -s my-submodule
--readme, -r	optional	Generate docs for user specified README.md. jsii-docgen -r

Contributions

All contributions are welcome, just raise an issue or submit a PR. Add a test, update readme. Do the right thing.

License

Apache 2.0