ibm-apidocs-cli 0.0.2

CLI library to automate the API Reference generation

# ibm-apidocs-cli
[](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ibm-apidocs-cli)

This tool allows users to generate the api documentation.

## Installation

To install, use `pip` or `easy_install`:

```bash
pip install -U ibm-apidocs-cli
```

or

```bash
easy_install -U ibm-apidocs-cli
```

Install the [Frontmatter generator](https://github.ibm.com/cloud-doc-build/frontmatter-generator)

```
The front-matter generator repository should be accessible to enable the call to app.js.
The repository should be cloned or downloaded to the machine where the ibm-apidocs-cli command will be run.
The command uses an argument "--frontmatter" where you will need to specify the full path to the apps.js file.
```

Install the [SDK generator](https://github.ibm.com/CloudEngineering/openapi-sdkgen/releases)

```
The OpenAPI SDK Code Generator should be accessible to enable the call to openapi-sdkgen.jar.
You do not need to clone or download the full repository and build the project.
It is much easier to use the pre-built installer under releases and install it on the machine where
the ibm-apidocs-cli command will be run. The command uses an argument "--sdk-generator" where you will
need to specify the full path to the openapi-sdkgen.jar file. Instructions for installing the pre-built
installer are in the openapi-sdkgen README.md file under the section Using a pre-built installer.
```

Clone or create a [cloud-api-docs](https://github.ibm.com/cloud-api-docs) repo

```
The build process requires access to the directory containing the `apiref-index.json` file and the
front matter configuration file (typically `<openapi>-config.json`) for the cloud-api-docs repo
used to publish the API documentation.
```

## Usage

```
ibm-apidocs-cli --help
```
```
usage: ibm-apidocs-cli [-h] -i <openapi_file> -a <apidocs_path> -c <config_file>
[--frontmatter <frontmatter_path>]
[--sdk-generator <sdk_generator_path>]
[--output_folder <output_path>] [--verbose] [--version]

Generate the apidocs files.

Required arguments:
-i <openapi_file>, --openapi <openapi_file>
The input OpenAPI specification file path or url.
-a <apidocs_path>, --apidocs <apidocs_path>
The path to the cloud-api-docs repository or other directory
containing `apiref-index.json` and front matter config file.
-c <config_file>, --config <config_file>
File name of front matter config file (e.g.
`assistant-v1-config.json`). You can optionally specify
the full path to the config file; if you do not include
the path, the file is assumed to be in the `apidocs`
directory.

optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--frontmatter <frontmatter_path>
Path to the directory containing the frontmatter generator
`app.js` file.
--sdk_generator <sdk_generator_path>
Path to the directory containing the SDK generator JAR file.
--output_folder output_folder
The target directory for generated files.
--verbose verbose flag
--version show program's version number and exit


```
```
Example command: (At this time full pathnames are necessary to execute the command)
All the generated apidocs and artifacts from the command will be written to the target output folder

ibm-apidocs-cli --openapi '/Users/my_user/Documents/GitHub/api-apidocs-cli/test/resources/config/assistant-openapi3-v1.json' \
--config '/Users/my_user/Documents/GitHub/api-apidocs-cli/test/resources/config/test-input-config.yaml' \
--output_folder '/Users/my_user/Documents/GitHub/api-apidocs-cli/test/target' \
--frontmatter '/Users/my_user/Documents/GitHub/frontmatter-generator' \
--sdk_generator '/Users/my_user/Documents/Release/openapi-sdkgen/lib'
```


## Python version

✅ Tested on Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6.

## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md][CONTRIBUTING].

## License

MIT

[ibm_cloud]: https://cloud.ibm.com
[responses]: https://github.com/getsentry/responses
[requests]: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/
[CONTRIBUTING]: ./CONTRIBUTING.md