Install

pip install sphinxcontrib-mockautodoc

Usage

Add mockautodoc to extensions list:

extenstion = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinxcontrib.mockautodoc', ]

The extension add two options to standard automodule:

• :mockimport: list of name spaces to mock separated by ‘,’.

• :mocktype: list of objects which must be mock as type object

  for right way subclass them in sources, separated by ‘,’.

If you have module for documenting:

from twisted.internet import protocol, defer

@defer.inlineCallbacks
def my_func():
    """my function"""
    pass

class MyProtocol(protocol.Protocol):
    """my protocol"""
    pass

And twisted not installed you can document module like that:

.. automodule:: package
    :mockimport: twisted
    :mocktype: protocol.Protocol

Where on :mockimport: will be mocked all twisted.* imports in automodule building context. And :mocktype: means which instances must be object types to successful subclass them without loss target documentation.

mockatudoc settings may be defined on conf.py and all automodule directives with present :mockimport: will be mocked. Where data on mockatodoc settings will be summed with :mockimport: and :mocktype: options:

mockautodoc = {
    'mockimport': ['twisted',],
    'mocktype': ['protocol.Protocol'],
}