### Table of Contents * [lint][1] * [Parameters][2] * [Examples][3] * [build][4] * [Parameters][5] * [Examples][6] * [formats][7] * [formats.html][8] * [Parameters][9] * [Examples][10] * [formats.markdown][11] * [Parameters][12] * [Examples][13] * [formats.json][14] * [Parameters][15] * [Examples][16] ## lint Lint files for non-standard or incorrect documentation information, returning a potentially-empty string of lint information intended for human-readable output. ### Parameters * `indexes` **([Array][17]<[string][18]> | [string][18])** files to process * `args` **[Object][19]** args * `args.external` **[Array][17]<[string][18]>** a string regex / glob match pattern that defines what external modules will be whitelisted and included in the generated documentation. * `args.shallow` **[boolean][20]** whether to avoid dependency parsing even in JavaScript code. (optional, default `false`) * `args.inferPrivate` **[string][18]?** a valid regular expression string to infer whether a code element should be private, given its naming structure. For instance, you can specify `inferPrivate: '^_'` to automatically treat methods named like `_myMethod` as private. * `args.extension` **([string][18] | [Array][17]<[string][18]>)?** treat additional file extensions as JavaScript, extending the default set of `js`, `es6`, and `jsx`. ### Examples ```javascript documentation.lint('file.js').then(lintOutput => { if (lintOutput) { console.log(lintOutput); process.exit(1); } else { process.exit(0); } }); ``` Returns **[Promise][21]** promise with lint results ## build Generate JavaScript documentation as a list of parsed JSDoc comments, given a root file as a path. ### Parameters * `indexes` **([Array][17]<[string][18]> | [string][18])** files to process * `args` **[Object][19]** args * `args.external` **[Array][17]<[string][18]>** a string regex / glob match pattern that defines what external modules will be whitelisted and included in the generated documentation. * `args.shallow` **[boolean][20]** whether to avoid dependency parsing even in JavaScript code. (optional, default `false`) * `args.sortOrder` **[Array][17]<([string][18] | [Object][19])>** optional array that defines sorting order of documentation (optional, default `[]`) * `args.access` **[Array][17]<[string][18]>** an array of access levels to output in documentation (optional, default `[]`) * `args.hljs` **[Object][19]?** hljs optional args * `args.hljs.highlightAuto` **[boolean][20]** hljs automatically detect language (optional, default `false`) * `args.hljs.languages` **[Array][17]?** languages for hljs to choose from * `args.inferPrivate` **[string][18]?** a valid regular expression string to infer whether a code element should be private, given its naming structure. For instance, you can specify `inferPrivate: '^_'` to automatically treat methods named like `_myMethod` as private. * `args.extension` **([string][18] | [Array][17]<[string][18]>)?** treat additional file extensions as JavaScript, extending the default set of `js`, `es6`, and `jsx`. ### Examples ```javascript var documentation = require('documentation'); documentation.build(['index.js'], { // only output comments with an explicit @public tag access: ['public'], sortOrder: ['kind', 'alpha'] }).then(res => { // res is an array of parsed comments with inferred properties // and more: everything you need to build documentation or // any other kind of code data. }); ``` Returns **[Promise][21]** results ## formats Documentation's formats are modular methods that take comments and config as input and return Promises with results, like stringified JSON, markdown strings, or Vinyl objects for HTML output. ## formats.html Formats documentation as HTML. ### Parameters * `comments` **[Array][17]<[Comment][22]>** parsed comments * `config` **[Object][19]** Options that can customize the output * `config.theme` **[string][18]** Name of a module used for an HTML theme. (optional, default `'default_theme'`) ### Examples ```javascript var documentation = require('documentation'); documentation.build(['index.js']) .then(documentation.formats.html); ``` Returns **[Promise][21]<[Array][17]<[Object][19]>>** Promise with results ## formats.markdown Formats documentation as [Markdown][23]. ### Parameters * `comments` **[Array][17]<[Object][19]>** parsed comments * `args` **[Object][19]** Options that can customize the output ### Examples ```javascript var documentation = require('documentation'); var fs = require('fs'); documentation.build(['index.js']) .then(documentation.formats.md) .then(output => { // output is a string of Markdown data fs.writeFileSync('./output.md', output); }); ``` Returns **[Promise][21]<[string][18]>** a promise of the eventual value ## formats.json Formats documentation as a JSON string. ### Parameters * `comments` **[Array][17]<[Comment][22]>** parsed comments ### Examples ```javascript var documentation = require('documentation'); var fs = require('fs'); documentation.build(['index.js']) .then(documentation.formats.json) .then(output => { // output is a string of JSON data fs.writeFileSync('./output.json', output); }); ``` Returns **[Promise][21]<[string][18]>** [1]: #lint [2]: #parameters [3]: #examples [4]: #build [5]: #parameters-1 [6]: #examples-1 [7]: #formats [8]: #formatshtml [9]: #parameters-2 [10]: #examples-2 [11]: #formatsmarkdown [12]: #parameters-3 [13]: #examples-3 [14]: #formatsjson [15]: #parameters-4 [16]: #examples-4 [17]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array [18]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String [19]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object [20]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean [21]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise [22]: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Comment/Comment [23]: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/