mkdocs-fun-plugin 0.1.2

Dead simple custom python functions with mkdocs

mkdocs-fun-plugin

Dead simple custom python functions with mkdocs

• Usage 📖
• Configuration 🎛
• Examples 💡
  • References and links
  • Shell
  • File contents

Usage 📖

Install the plugin in your project ...

pip install mkdocs-fun-plugin

... and add it to your mkdocs.yaml configuration ...

# mkdocs.yaml
plugins:
  - fun

... create a docs/fun.py file ...

# docs/fun.py
def hello() -> str:
    return "world"

... and start using your functions in your docs ...

<!-- docs/docs.md -->
This #!hello() comes from my function!

... becomes ...

This world comes from my function!

Configuration 🎛

You can customize the plugin behaviour with configuration:

# mkdocs.yaml
plugins:
  - fun:
      pattern: "#!(?P<func>[^\(]+)\((?P<params>[^\)]*)\)"  # Regex to match functions
      module: fun.py  # Python file that defines your functions

Examples 💡

References and links

# docs/fun.py
def ref(key: str) -> str:
    """
    Bookkeeping and standardized format of references in the docs
    """

    r = {
        "mcguffin": ("McGuffin", "/refs/mcguffin.md"),
    }.get(key)
    assert r, f"No ref for '{key}' found"
    return f"[`{r[0]}`]({r[1]})"

def link(key: str) -> str:
    """
    Bookkeeping and standardized format of external links in the docs
    """

    l = {
        "github": (":fontawesome-brands-github: Github", "https://www.github.com"),
    }.get(key)
    assert l, f"No link for '{key}' found"
    return f'[{l[0]}]({l[1]}){{:target="_blank"}}'

<!-- docs/docs.md -->
Look at our internal #!ref(mcguffin) docs for more info. Also open up #!link(github).

... becomes ...

Look at our internal [`McGuffin`](/refs/mcguffin.md) docs for more info. Also open up [:fontawesome-brands-github: Github](https://www.github.com){:target="_blank"}.

Shell

# docs/fun.py
@functools.cache
def shell(cmd: str) -> str:
    """
    Run arbitrary commands and return stdout
    """

    return (
        subprocess.run(
            cmd,
            shell=True,
            check=True,
            capture_output=True,
        )
        .stdout.decode()
        .strip()
    )

<!-- docs/docs.md -->
#!shell("echo hello | cowsay")

... becomes ...

_______
< hello >
 -------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

File contents

# docs/fun.py
def func_def(file: str, name: str) -> str:
    """
    Reads 'file' and returns the definition of function 'name'
    """

    with (pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / file).open() as f:
        content = f.read()

    # Find function definition including decorators
    pattern = rf"(@.*\n)*def {name}\s*\([^)]*\)[^:]*:"
    match = re.search(pattern, content, re.MULTILINE)
    assert match, f"Function '{name}' not found in '{file}'"

    # Find where function starts and ends
    start_pos = match.start()
    lines = content.splitlines()
    start_line = content[:start_pos].count("\n")

    # Find function body by tracking indentation
    function_lines = [lines[start_line]]
    indent = (
        re.match(r"(\s*)", lines[start_line + 1]).group(1)
        if start_line + 1 < len(lines)
        else ""
    )

    # Collect and return
    for i in range(start_line + 1, len(lines)):
        line = lines[i]
        if line.strip() and not line.startswith(indent):
            break
        function_lines.append(line)
    return "\n".join(function_lines).strip()

<!-- docs/docs.md -->
#!func_def(fun.py, hello)

... becomes ...

def hello() -> str:
    return "world"