mkdocs-typer

An MkDocs extension to generate documentation for Typer command line applications.

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install mkdocs-typer

Quickstart

Add mkdocs-typer to Markdown extensions in your mkdocs.yml configuration:

site_name: Example
theme: readthedocs

markdown_extensions:
    - mkdocs-typer

Add a CLI application, e.g.:

# app/cli.py
import typer


my_app = typer.Typer()


@my_app.command()
def foo():
    """do something fooey"""


@my_app.callback()
def cli():
    """
    Main entrypoint for this dummy program
    """

Add a mkdocs-typer block in your Markdown:

# CLI Reference

This page provides documentation for our command line tools.

::: mkdocs-typer
    :module: app.cli
    :command: cli

Start the docs server:

mkdocs serve

Tada! 💫

Usage

Documenting commands

To add documentation for a command, add a mkdocs-typer block where the documentation should be inserted.

Example:

::: mkdocs-typer
    :module: app.cli
    :command: main

For all available options, see the Block syntax.

Multi-command support

When pointed at a group (or any other multi-command), mkdocs-typer will also generate documentation for sub-commands.

This allows you to generate documentation for an entire CLI application by pointing mkdocs-typer at the root command.

Tweaking header levels

By default, mkdocs-typer generates Markdown headers starting at <h1> for the root command section. This is generally what you want when the documentation should fill the entire page.

If you are inserting documentation within other Markdown content, you can set the :depth: option to tweak the initial header level. Note that this applies even if you are just adding a heading.

By default it is set to 0, i.e. headers start at <h1>. If set to 1, headers will start at <h2>, and so on. Note that if you insert your own first level heading and leave depth at its default value of 0, the page will have multiple <h1> tags, which is not compatible with themes that generate page-internal menus such as the ReadTheDocs and mkdocs-material themes.

Reference

Block syntax

The syntax for mkdocs-typer blocks is the following:

::: mkdocs-typer
    :module: <MODULE>
    :command: <COMMAND>
    :prog_name: <PROG_NAME>
    :depth: <DEPTH>

Options:

• module: path to the module where the command object is located.
• command: name of the command object.
• prog_name: (Optional, default: same as command) the name to display for the command.
• depth: (Optional, default: 0) Offset to add when generating headers.