MkAPI

MkAPI is a plugin for MkDocs to generate API documentation for your Python project.

MkAPI supports two styles of docstrings: Google and NumPy. See Napoleon documentation for details.

Screenshots

Schemdraw (package tree view & package summary)

Polars (class documentation & link to source code)

Altair (table of contents)

Features

• Type annotation: If you write your function such as def func(x: int) -> str:, you don't need write type(s) in Parameters, Returns, or Yields section again. You can override the type annotation in the corresponding docstring.
• Object type inspection: MkAPI plugin creates class, dataclass, function, method, property prefix for each object.
• Docstring inheritance: Docstring of a subclass can inherit parameters and attributes description from its superclasses.
• Table of Contents: Table of contents are inserted into the documentation of each package, module, and class.
• Bidirectional Link: Bidirectional links are created between documentation and source code.

Installation

Install the MkAPI plugin using pip:

pip install mkapi

Configuration

Add the following lines to mkdocs.yml:

plugins:
  - mkapi

Usage

MkAPI provides two modes to generate API documentation: Object mode and Page mode.

Object Mode

To generate the API documentation in a Markdown source, add three colons + object full name. The object can be a function, class, attribute, or module.

::: package.module.object

The Object mode is useful to embed an object documentation in an arbitrary position of a Markdown source. For more details, see Object mode.

Page Mode

Using the Page mode, you can construct a comprehensive API documentation for your project. You can get this powerful feature by just one line in mkdocs.yml:

nav:
  - index.md
  - API: $api/package.***

For more details, see Page mode.