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116 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
# Generating Markdown Docs For Your Own cobra.Command
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Generating man pages from a cobra command is incredibly easy. An example is as follows:
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```go
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package main
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import (
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"log"
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"github.com/spf13/cobra"
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"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
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)
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func main() {
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cmd := &cobra.Command{
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Use: "test",
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Short: "my test program",
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}
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err := doc.GenMarkdownTree(cmd, "/tmp")
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if err != nil {
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log.Fatal(err)
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}
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}
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```
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That will get you a Markdown document `/tmp/test.md`
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## Generate markdown docs for the entire command tree
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This program can actually generate docs for the kubectl command in the kubernetes project
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```go
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package main
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import (
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"log"
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"io/ioutil"
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"os"
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"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd"
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cmdutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util"
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"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
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)
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func main() {
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kubectl := cmd.NewKubectlCommand(cmdutil.NewFactory(nil), os.Stdin, ioutil.Discard, ioutil.Discard)
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err := doc.GenMarkdownTree(kubectl, "./")
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if err != nil {
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log.Fatal(err)
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}
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}
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```
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This will generate a whole series of files, one for each command in the tree, in the directory specified (in this case "./")
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## Generate markdown docs for a single command
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You may wish to have more control over the output, or only generate for a single command, instead of the entire command tree. If this is the case you may prefer to `GenMarkdown` instead of `GenMarkdownTree`
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```go
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out := new(bytes.Buffer)
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err := doc.GenMarkdown(cmd, out)
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if err != nil {
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log.Fatal(err)
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}
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```
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This will write the markdown doc for ONLY "cmd" into the out, buffer.
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## Customize the output
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Both `GenMarkdown` and `GenMarkdownTree` have alternate versions with callbacks to get some control of the output:
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```go
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func GenMarkdownTreeCustom(cmd *Command, dir string, filePrepender, linkHandler func(string) string) error {
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//...
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}
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```
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```go
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func GenMarkdownCustom(cmd *Command, out *bytes.Buffer, linkHandler func(string) string) error {
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//...
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}
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```
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The `filePrepender` will prepend the return value given the full filepath to the rendered Markdown file. A common use case is to add front matter to use the generated documentation with [Hugo](http://gohugo.io/):
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```go
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const fmTemplate = `---
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date: %s
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title: "%s"
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slug: %s
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url: %s
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---
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`
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filePrepender := func(filename string) string {
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now := time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
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name := filepath.Base(filename)
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base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, path.Ext(name))
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url := "/commands/" + strings.ToLower(base) + "/"
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return fmt.Sprintf(fmTemplate, now, strings.Replace(base, "_", " ", -1), base, url)
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}
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```
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The `linkHandler` can be used to customize the rendered internal links to the commands, given a filename:
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```go
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linkHandler := func(name string) string {
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base := strings.TrimSuffix(name, path.Ext(name))
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return "/commands/" + strings.ToLower(base) + "/"
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}
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```
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