docs/autogen_api.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""Script to auto-generate our API docs.
"""
# stdlib imports
import os
import sys

# local imports
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('sphinxext'))
from apigen import ApiDocWriter

#*****************************************************************************
if __name__ == '__main__':
    pjoin = os.path.join
    package = 'IPython'
    outdir = pjoin('source','api','generated')
    docwriter = ApiDocWriter(package,rst_extension='.rst')
    # You have to escape the . here because . is a special char for regexps.
    # You must do make clean if you change this!
    docwriter.package_skip_patterns += [r'\.external$',
                                        # Extensions are documented elsewhere.
                                        r'\.extensions',
                                        r'\.config\.profile',
                                        # Old nbformat versions
                                        r'\.nbformat\.v[1-2]',
                                        # Public API for this is in kernel.zmq.eventloops
                                        r'\.kernel\.zmq\.gui',
                                        # Magics are documented separately
                                        r'\.core\.magics',
                                        ]

    # The inputhook* modules often cause problems on import, such as trying to
    # load incompatible Qt bindings. It's easiest to leave them all out. The
    # main API is in the inputhook module, which is documented.
    docwriter.module_skip_patterns += [ r'\.lib\.inputhook.+',
                                        r'\.ipdoctest',
                                        r'\.testing\.plugin',
                                        # This just prints a deprecation msg:
                                        r'\.frontend$',
                                        # Deprecated:
                                        r'\.core\.magics\.deprecated',
                                        # We document this manually.
                                        r'\.utils\.py3compat',
                                        # These are exposed by nbformat
                                        r'\.nbformat\.convert',
                                        r'\.nbformat\.validator',
                                        r'\.nbformat\.notebooknode',
                                        # Deprecated
                                        r'\.nbformat\.current',
                                        # Exposed by nbformat.vN
                                        r'\.nbformat\.v[3-4]\.nbbase',
                                        # These are exposed in display
                                        r'\.core\.display',
                                        r'\.lib\.display',
                                        # This isn't actually a module
                                        r'\.html\.tasks',
                                        # This is private
                                        r'\.html\.allow76'
                                        ]

    # These modules import functions and classes from other places to expose
    # them as part of the public API. They must have __all__ defined. The
    # non-API modules they import from should be excluded by the skip patterns
    # above.
    docwriter.names_from__all__.update({
        'IPython.nbformat',
        'IPython.nbformat.v3',
        'IPython.nbformat.v4',
        'IPython.display',
    })
    
    # Now, generate the outputs
    docwriter.write_api_docs(outdir)
    # Write index with .txt extension - we can include it, but Sphinx won't try
    # to compile it
    docwriter.write_index(outdir, 'gen.txt',
                          relative_to = pjoin('source','api')
                          )
    print ('%d files written' % len(docwriter.written_modules))