sphinx-toolbox

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Installation

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python3 -m pip install sphinx-toolbox --user

Overview

Enable sphinx-toolbox by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
    'sphinx_tabs.tabs',
    'sphinx-prompt',
    'sphinx_toolbox',
    ]

The following features are enabled by default:

• sphinx_toolbox.assets

• sphinx_toolbox.changeset

• sphinx_toolbox.code

• sphinx_toolbox.collapse

• sphinx_toolbox.confval

• sphinx_toolbox.decorators

• sphinx_toolbox.formatting

• sphinx_toolbox.github

• sphinx_toolbox.installation

• sphinx_toolbox.issues

• sphinx_toolbox.latex

• sphinx_toolbox.rest_example

• sphinx_toolbox.shields *

• sphinx_toolbox.sidebar_links

• sphinx_toolbox.source

• sphinx_toolbox.wikipedia

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autonamedtuple

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autotypeddict

* Indicates that the extension cannot be enabled separately from the rest of sphinx_toolbox.

Some features must be enabled separately:

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.augment_defaults

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.generic_bases

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.genericalias

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.no_docstring

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.overloads

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.regex

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.sourcelink

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typevars

  • sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables

  sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc can also be specified as an extension, which enables all of the above features.

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autosummary

  Provides a patched version of sphinx.ext.autosummary.Autosummary to fix an issue where the module name is sometimes duplicated.

  I.e. foo.bar.baz() became foo.bar.foo.bar.baz(), which of course doesn’t exist and created a broken link.

assets

Role to provide a link to open a file within the web browser, rather than downloading it.

New in version 0.5.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.assets by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.assets',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

:asset:

Adds a link to a local file that can be viewed within the web browser. The file will be copied from the directory set in assets_dir to /_assets in the HTML output.

This is similar to the download role, but that role will download the file to the user’s computer instead. This role may be useful for PDFs, which most web browsers can display.

If the file can’t be found an error will be shown in the build output:

<page where the error occurred>: Asset file '<missing asset file name>' not found.

Asset

:asset:`hello_world.txt`

:asset:`hello_world <hello_world.txt>`

hello_world.txt

hello_world

Download

:download:`hello_world.txt <../assets/hello_world.txt>`

hello_world.txt

Configuration

assets_dir

Type: str

Required: False

Default: './assets'

The directory in which to find assets for the asset role.

API Reference

Functions:

asset_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner)	Adds a link to an asset.
visit_asset_node(translator, node)	Visit an AssetNode.
depart_asset_node(translator, node)	Depart an AssetNode.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.assets.

Classes:

AssetNode([rawsource, text])

Node representing a link to an asset.

asset_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to an asset.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called source_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[Sequence[AssetNode], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

class AssetNode(rawsource='', text='', *children, **attributes)

Bases: reference

Node representing a link to an asset.

visit_asset_node(translator, node)

Visit an AssetNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (AssetNode) – The node being visited.

depart_asset_node(translator, node)

Depart an AssetNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (AssetNode) – The node being visited.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.assets.

New in version 1.0.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

changeset

Customised versions of Sphinx’s versionadded, versionchanged and deprecated directives to correctly handle bullet lists.

New in version 2.11.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.changeset by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.changeset',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. versionadded:: version

Documents the version of the project which added the described feature.

The first argument must be given and is the version in question; you can add a second argument consisting of a brief explanation of the change. Alternatively, a longer description my be given in the body of the directive.

.. versionchanged:: version

Similar to versionadded, but describes when and what changed in the feature in some way (new parameters, changed side effects, etc.).

.. deprecated:: version

Similar to versionchanged, but describes when the feature was deprecated. An explanation can also be given, for example to inform the reader what should be used instead.

This extension also adds the following directive:

.. versionremoved:: version [details]

Similar to versionchanged, but describes when the feature was or will be removed. An explanation can also be given, for example to inform the reader what should be used instead.

API Reference

class VersionChange(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: VersionChange

Directive to describe a addition/change/deprecation/removal in a specific version.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.changeset.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

Examples

.. versionadded:: 2.4
.. versionadded:: 2.5  The *spam* parameter.

.. versionadded:: 2.6
    The *parrot* parameter.

.. deprecated:: 3.1
    Use :func:`spam` instead.

.. deprecated:: 3.2  Use :func:`lobster` instead.

.. versionremoved:: 1.2.3  Use :func:`foo` instead.

.. versionremoved:: 1.2.3

    Due to an unfixable bug this function has been removed.
    If you desperately need this functionality please write to the mailing list at
    :email:`python-users@example.org`

.. versionchanged:: 0.3.0

    * Parameters for ``__init__`` can be documented either in the class docstring
      or alongside the attribute.
      The class docstring has priority.
    * Added support for `autodocsumm <https://github.com/Chilipp/autodocsumm>`_.

New in version 2.4.

New in version 2.5: The spam parameter.

New in version 2.6: The parrot parameter.

Deprecated since version 3.1: Use spam() instead.

Deprecated since version 3.2: Use lobster() instead.

Removed in version 1.2.3: Use foo() instead.

Removed in version 1.2.3: Due to an unfixable bug this function has been removed. If you desperately need this functionality please write to the mailing list at

Changed in version 0.3.0:

• Parameters for __init__ can be documented either in the class docstring or alongside the attribute. The class docstring has priority.

• Added support for autodocsumm.

code

Customised .. code-block:: directive with an adjustable indent size.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.code by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.code',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. code-block:: [language]

.. sourcecode:: [language]

Customised .. code-block:: directive with an adjustable indent size.

:tab-width: width (integer)

Sets the size of the indentation in spaces.

All other options from code-block are available, see the Sphinx documentation for details.

Examples

.. code-block:: python

    def print(text):
        sys.stdout.write(text)

def print(text):
    sys.stdout.write(text)

.. code-block:: python
    :tab-width: 8

    def print(text):
        sys.stdout.write(text)

def print(text):
        sys.stdout.write(text)

.. code-cell:: [language]

.. output-cell:: [language]

Customised .. code-block:: directives which display an execution count to the left of the code block, similar to a Jupyter Notebook cell.

New in version 2.6.0.

:execution-count: count (positive integer)

The execution count of the cell.

All other options from the code-block directive above are available.

Examples

.. code-cell:: python
    :execution-count: 1

    def print(text):
        sys.stdout.write(text)

    print("hello world")

.. output-cell::
    :execution-count: 1

    hello world

In [1]:

def print(text):
    sys.stdout.write(text)

print("hello world")

[1]:

hello world

.. code-cell:: python
    :execution-count: 2
    :tab-width: 8

    def print(text):
        sys.stdout.write(text)

In [2]:

def print(text):
        sys.stdout.write(text)

See also

nbsphinx, which inspired these directives and provides additional functionality for integrating Jupyter Notebooks with Sphinx.

API Reference

Classes:

CodeBlock(name, arguments, options, content, …)	Directive for a code block with special highlighting or line numbering settings.
CodeCell(name, arguments, options, content, …)	Customised code block which displays an execution count to the left of the code block, similar to a Jupyter Notebook cell.
OutputCell(name, arguments, options, …)	Variant of CodeCell for displaying the output of a cell in a Jupyter Notebook.
Prompt([rawsource, text])	Represents a cell prompt for a CodeCell and OutputCell.

Functions:

visit_prompt_html(translator, node)	Visit a Prompt node with the HTML translator.
visit_prompt_latex(translator, node)	Visit a Prompt node with the LaTeX translator.
copy_asset_files(app[, exception])	Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.
configure(app, config)	Configure sphinx_toolbox.code.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.code.

class CodeBlock(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: CodeBlock

Directive for a code block with special highlighting or line numbering settings.

The indent_size can be adjusted with the :tab-width: <int> option.

run()

Process the content of the code block.

Return type

List[Node]

class CodeCell(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: CodeBlock

Customised code block which displays an execution count to the left of the code block, similar to a Jupyter Notebook cell.

The indent_size can be adjusted with the :tab-width: <int> option.

The execution count can be set using the :execution-count: <int> option.

New in version 2.6.0.

run()

Process the content of the code block.

Return type

List[Node]

class OutputCell(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: CodeCell

Variant of CodeCell for displaying the output of a cell in a Jupyter Notebook.

The indent_size can be adjusted with the :tab-width: <int> option.

The execution count can be set using the :execution-count: <int> option.

New in version 2.6.0.

class Prompt(rawsource='', text='', *children, **attributes)

Bases: General, FixedTextElement

Represents a cell prompt for a CodeCell and OutputCell.

New in version 2.6.0.

visit_prompt_html(translator, node)

Visit a Prompt node with the HTML translator.

New in version 2.6.0.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (Prompt)

visit_prompt_latex(translator, node)

Visit a Prompt node with the LaTeX translator.

New in version 2.6.0.

Parameters

• translator (LaTeXTranslator)

• node (Prompt)

copy_asset_files(app, exception=None)

Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.

New in version 2.6.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• exception (Optional[Exception]) – Any exception which occurred and caused Sphinx to abort. Default None.

configure(app, config)

Configure sphinx_toolbox.code.

New in version 2.9.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• config (Config)

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.code.

New in version 1.0.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

collapse

Adds a collapsible section to an HTML page using a details element.

New in version 2.5.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.collapse by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.collapse',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. collapse:: [label]

Adds a collapsible section to an HTML page using a details element.

With non-HTML builders, the content will be added as-is.

.. collapse:: Details

    Something small enough to escape casual notice.


.. collapse:: A Different Label
    :class: custom-summary
    :name: summary0

    Something else that might escape notice.

.. collapse:: A long code block

    .. code-block:: python

        print("Not really")

None

Something small enough to escape casual notice.

None

Something else that might escape notice.

None

print("Not really")

API Reference

Classes:

CollapseDirective(name, arguments, options, …)	A Sphinx directive to add a collapsible section to an HTML page using a details element.
CollapseNode([rawsource, label])	Node that represents a collapsible section.

Functions:

visit_collapse_node(translator, node)	Visit a CollapseNode.
depart_collapse_node(translator, node)	Depart a CollapseNode.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.collapse.

class CollapseDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

A Sphinx directive to add a collapsible section to an HTML page using a details element.

Methods:

run()

Process the content of the directive.

run()

Process the content of the directive.

Return type

Sequence[Node]

class CollapseNode(rawsource='', label=None, *children, **attributes)

Bases: Body, Element

Node that represents a collapsible section.

Parameters

• rawsource (str) – Default ''.

• label (Optional[str]) – Default None.

visit_collapse_node(translator, node)

Visit a CollapseNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (CollapseNode) – The node being visited.

depart_collapse_node(translator, node)

Depart a CollapseNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (CollapseNode) – The node being visited.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.collapse.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

confval

The confval directive and role for configuration values.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.confval by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.confval',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. confval:: name

Used to document a configuration value.

:type: (string)

Indicates the configuration value’s type.

:required: (flag)

Indicates the whether the configuration value is required.

:default: (string)

Indicates the default value.

:noindex: (flag)

Disables the index entry and cross-referencing for this configuration value.

New in version 2.11.0.

:confval:

Role which provides a cross-reference to a confval directive.

Examples:

.. confval:: demo
    :type: string
    :default: ``"Hello World"``
    :required: False

demo

Type: string

Required: False

Default: "Hello World"

To enable this feature set the :confval:`demo` configuration value to "True".

To enable this feature set the demo configuration value to “True”.

API Reference

Classes:

ConfigurationValue(name, arguments, options, …)

The confval directive.

Functions:

register_confval(app[, override])	Create and register the confval role and directive.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.confval.

class ConfigurationValue(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GenericObject

The confval directive.

Changed in version 1.1.0: The formatting of the type, required and default options can be customised using the self.format_* methods.

Changed in version 2.11.0: Added the :noindex: option, which disables the index entry and cross-referencing for this configuration value.

Methods:

run()	Process the content of the directive.
format_type(the_type)	Formats the :type: option.
format_required(required)	Formats the :required: option.
format_default(default)	Formats the :default: option.

run()

Process the content of the directive.

Return type

List[Node]

static format_type(the_type)

Formats the :type: option.

New in version 1.1.0.

Parameters

the_type (str)

Return type

str

static format_required(required)

Formats the :required: option.

New in version 1.1.0.

Parameters

required (str)

Return type

bool

static format_default(default)

Formats the :default: option.

New in version 1.1.0.

Parameters

default (str)

Return type

str

register_confval(app, override=False)

Create and register the confval role and directive.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• override (bool) – Default False.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.confval.

New in version 0.7.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

decorators

reStructuredText XRef role for decorators.

New in version 0.9.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.decorators by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.decorators',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

:deco:

Adds a cross reference to a decorator, prefixed with an @.

.. decorator:: my_decorator

    A decorator.

:deco:`my_decorator`

:deco:`@my_decorator`

:deco:`Title <my_decorator>`

@my_decorator

A decorator.

@my_decorator

@my_decorator

Title

API Reference

Classes:

PyDecoXRefRole([fix_parens, lowercase, …])

XRef Role for decorators members.

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.decorators.

class PyDecoXRefRole(fix_parens=False, lowercase=False, nodeclass=None, innernodeclass=None, warn_dangling=False)

Bases: PyXRefRole

XRef Role for decorators members.

Methods:

process_link(env, refnode, …)

Called after parsing title and target text, and creating the reference node (given in refnode).

process_link(env, refnode, has_explicit_title, title, target)

Called after parsing title and target text, and creating the reference node (given in refnode).

This method can alter the reference node and must return a new (or the same) (title, target) tuple.

Parameters

• env (BuildEnvironment)

• refnode (Element)

• has_explicit_title (bool)

• title (str)

• target (str)

Return type

Tuple[str, str]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.decorators.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

documentation_summary

Allows insertion of a summary line on the title page generated with the LaTeX builder, and at a custom location throughout the document.

New in version 2.2.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.documentation_summary by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.documentation_summary',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

documentation_summary

Type: str

The documentation summary to display on the title page with the LaTeX builder, and at the location of documentation-summary directives for other builders.

If undefined no summary is shown.

Usage

.. documentation-summary::

Adds the documentation summary as configured above.

Example

.. documentation-summary::

Box of handy tools for Sphinx 🧰 📔

:meta:

Include the summary as a meta “description” tag in the HTML output.

The structure of the description is {project} -- {summary}, where project is configured in conf.py.

See the sphinx documentation for more information on the project option.

New in version 2.10.0.

API Reference

Classes:

DocumentationSummaryDirective(name, …)

A Sphinx directive for creating a summary line.

Functions:

configure(app, config)	Configure sphinx_toolbox.documentation_summary.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.documentation_summary.

class DocumentationSummaryDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

A Sphinx directive for creating a summary line.

Methods:

run()

Process the content of the directive.

run()

Process the content of the directive.

Return type

List[Node]

configure(app, config)

Configure sphinx_toolbox.documentation_summary.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• config (Config)

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.documentation_summary.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

flake8

A Sphinx directive for documenting flake8 codes.

New in version 1.6.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.flake8 by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.flake8',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. flake8-codes:: plugin

Adds a table documenting a flake8 plugin’s codes.

The directive takes a single argument – the fully qualified name of the flake8 plugin module.

Codes to document are given in the body of the directive.

Example

.. flake8-codes:: flake8_dunder_all

    DALL000

Code	Description
DALL000	Module lacks __all__.

API Reference

class Flake8CodesDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

A Sphinx directive for documenting flake8 codes.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.flake8.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

formatting

Directives, roles and nodes for text formatting.

New in version 0.2.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.formatting by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.formatting',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

:iabbr:

An abbreviation. If the role content contains a parenthesized explanation, it will be treated specially: it will be shown in a tool-tip in HTML, and output only once in LaTeX.

Unlike Sphinx’s abbr role, this one shows the abbreviation in italics.

New in version 0.2.0.

Example

:iabbr:`LIFO (last-in, first-out)`

LIFO

:bold-title:

Role for displaying a pseudo title in bold.

This is useful for breaking up Python docstrings.

New in version 2.12.0.

Example

:bold-title:`Examples:`

:bold-title:`Other Extensions`

Examples:

Other Extensions

API Reference

Classes:

ItalicAbbreviationNode([rawsource, text])	Docutils Node to show an abbreviation in italics.
ItalicAbbreviation()	Docutils role to show an abbreviation in italics.

Functions:

visit_iabbr_node(translator, node)	Visit an ItalicAbbreviationNode.
depart_iabbr_node(translator, node)	Depart an ItalicAbbreviationNode.
latex_visit_iabbr_node(translator, node)	Visit an ItalicAbbreviationNode.
latex_depart_iabbr_node(translator, node)	Depart an ItalicAbbreviationNode.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.formatting.

class ItalicAbbreviationNode(rawsource='', text='', *children, **attributes)

Bases: abbreviation

Docutils Node to show an abbreviation in italics.

class ItalicAbbreviation

Bases: Abbreviation

Docutils role to show an abbreviation in italics.

Methods:

run()

Process the content of the italic abbreviation role.

run()

Process the content of the italic abbreviation role.

Return type

Tuple[List[Node], List[system_message]]

visit_iabbr_node(translator, node)

Visit an ItalicAbbreviationNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (ItalicAbbreviationNode) – The node being visited.

depart_iabbr_node(translator, node)

Depart an ItalicAbbreviationNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (ItalicAbbreviationNode) – The node being visited.

latex_visit_iabbr_node(translator, node)

Visit an ItalicAbbreviationNode.

Parameters

• translator (LaTeXTranslator)

• node (ItalicAbbreviationNode) – The node being visited.

latex_depart_iabbr_node(translator, node)

Depart an ItalicAbbreviationNode.

Parameters

• translator (LaTeXTranslator)

• node (ItalicAbbreviationNode) – The node being visited.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.formatting.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

github

Sphinx domain for GitHub.com, and related utilities.

New in version 2.4.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.github by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.github',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

github_username

Type: str

Required: True

The username of the GitHub account that owns the repository this documentation corresponds to.

github_repository

Type: str

Required: True

The GitHub repository this documentation corresponds to.

Usage

:github:issue:

Role which shows a link to the given issue on GitHub.

If the issue exists, the link has a tooltip that shows the title of the issue.

Example

:github:issue:`1`

#1#1

You can also reference an issue in a different repository by adding the repository name inside <>.

:github:issue:`7680 <pytest-dev/pytest>`

pytest-dev/pytest#7680pytest-dev/pytest#7680

:github:pull:

Role which shows a link to the given pull request on GitHub.

If the pull requests exists, the link has a tooltip that shows the title of the pull requests.

Example

:github:pull:`2`

#2#2

You can also reference a pull request in a different repository by adding the repository name inside <>.

:github:pull:`7671 <pytest-dev/pytest>`

pytest-dev/pytest#7671pytest-dev/pytest#7671

:github:repo:

Role which shows a link to the given repository on GitHub.

Example

:github:repo:`sphinx-toolbox/sphinx-toolbox`

sphinx-toolbox/sphinx-toolboxsphinx-toolbox/sphinx-toolbox

You can also use a different label for the link:.

See more in the :github:repo:`pytest repository <pytest-dev/pytest>`.

See more in the pytest repository.

:github:user:

Role which shows a link to the given user on GitHub.

Example

:github:user:`domdfcoding`

@domdfcoding@domdfcoding

You can also use a different label for the link:.

See more of my :github:user:`repositories <domdfcoding>`.

See more of my repositories.

:github:org:

Role which shows a link to the given organization on GitHub.

Example

:github:org:`sphinx-toolbox`

@sphinx-toolbox@sphinx-toolbox

You can also use a different label for the link:.

See more repositories in the :github:org:`pytest-dev org <pytest-dev>`.

See more repositories in the pytest-dev org.

Caching

HTTP requests to obtain issue/pull request titles are cached for four hours.

To clear the cache manually, run:

python3 -m sphinx_toolbox

API Reference

Enable this extension from your extension’s setup function like so:

def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    app.setup_extension('sphinx_toolbox.github')
    return {}

This will guarantee that the following values will be available via app.config:

• github_username (str) – The username of the GitHub account that owns the repository this documentation corresponds to.

• github_repository (str) – The GitHub repository this documentation corresponds to.

• github_url (apeye.requests_url.RequestsURL) – The complete URL of the repository on GitHub.

• github_source_url (RequestsURL) – The base URL for the source code on GitHub.

• github_issues_url (RequestsURL) – The base URL for the issues on GitHub.

• github_pull_url (RequestsURL) – The base URL for the pull requests on GitHub.

If the user has not provided either github_username or github_repository a MissingOptionError will be raised.

Classes:

GitHubDomain(env)

Sphinx domain for GitHub.com.

Functions:

validate_config(app, config)	Validate the provided configuration values.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.github.

class GitHubDomain(env)

Bases: Domain

Sphinx domain for GitHub.com.

validate_config(app, config)

Validate the provided configuration values.

See ToolboxConfig for a list of the configuration values.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• config (Config)

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.github.

New in version 1.0.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

github.issues submodule

Roles and nodes for GitHub issues and Pull Requests.

Classes:

IssueNode(issue_number, refuri, **kwargs)	Docutils Node to represent a link to a GitHub Issue or Pull Request.
IssueNodeWithName(repo_name, issue_number, …)	Docutils Node to represent a link to a GitHub Issue or Pull Request, with the repository name shown.

Functions:

issue_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner)	Adds a link to the given issue on GitHub.
pull_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner)	Adds a link to the given pulll request on GitHub.
visit_issue_node(translator, node)	Visit an IssueNode.
depart_issue_node(translator, node)	Depart an IssueNode.
get_issue_title(issue_url)	Returns the title of the issue with the given url, or None if the issue isn’t found.

class IssueNode(issue_number, refuri, **kwargs)

Bases: reference

Docutils Node to represent a link to a GitHub Issue or Pull Request.

Parameters

• issue_number (Union[str, int]) – The number of the issue or pull request.

• refuri (Union[str, URL]) – The URL of the issue / pull request on GitHub.

class IssueNodeWithName(repo_name, issue_number, refuri, **kwargs)

Bases: IssueNode

Docutils Node to represent a link to a GitHub Issue or Pull Request, with the repository name shown.

New in version 2.4.0.

Parameters

• repo_name (str) – The full name of the repository, in the form owner/name.

• issue_number (Union[str, int]) – The number of the issue or pull request.

• refuri (Union[str, URL]) – The URL of the issue / pull request on GitHub.

issue_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to the given issue on GitHub.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called issue_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[List[IssueNode], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

pull_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to the given pulll request on GitHub.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called pull_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[List[IssueNode], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

visit_issue_node(translator, node)

Visit an IssueNode.

If the node points to a valid issue / pull request, add a tooltip giving the title of the issue / pull request and a hyperlink to the page on GitHub.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (IssueNode) – The node being visited.

depart_issue_node(translator, node)

Depart an IssueNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (IssueNode) – The node being visited.

get_issue_title(issue_url)

Returns the title of the issue with the given url, or None if the issue isn’t found.

Parameters

issue_url (str)

Return type

Optional[str]

github.repos_and_users submodule

Roles and nodes for referencing GitHub repositories and organizations.

Classes:

GitHubObjectLinkNode(name, refuri, **kwargs)

Docutils Node to represent a link to a GitHub repository.

Functions:

repository_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, …)	Adds a link to the given repository on GitHub.
user_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner)	Adds a link to the given user / organization on GitHub.
visit_github_object_link_node(translator, node)	Visit a GitHubObjectLinkNode.
depart_github_object_link_node(translator, node)	Depart an GitHubObjectLinkNode.

class GitHubObjectLinkNode(name, refuri, **kwargs)

Bases: reference

Docutils Node to represent a link to a GitHub repository.

Parameters

• repo_name – The full name of the repository, in the form owner/name.

• refuri (Union[str, URL]) – The URL of the issue / pull request on GitHub.

repository_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to the given repository on GitHub.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called repository_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[List[reference], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

user_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to the given user / organization on GitHub.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called user_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[List[reference], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

visit_github_object_link_node(translator, node)

Visit a GitHubObjectLinkNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (GitHubObjectLinkNode) – The node being visited.

depart_github_object_link_node(translator, node)

Depart an GitHubObjectLinkNode.

Parameters

• translator (HTMLTranslator)

• node (GitHubObjectLinkNode) – The node being visited.

installation

Enable sphinx_toolbox.installation by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.installation',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

conda_channels

Type: List[str]

Required: False

Default: []

The conda channels required to install the library from Anaconda.

An alternative to setting it within the installation directive.

Usage

.. installation:: name

Adds a series of tabs providing installation instructions for the project from a number of sources.

The directive takes a single required argument – the name of the project. If the project uses a different name on PyPI and/or Anaconda, the :pypi-name: and :conda-name: options can be used to set the name for those repositories.

:pypi: (flag)

Flag to indicate the project can be installed from PyPI.

:pypi-name: name (string)

The name of the project on PyPI.

:conda: (flag)

Flag to indicate the project can be installed with Conda.

:conda-name: name (string)

The name of the project on Conda.

:conda-channels: channels (comma separated strings)

Comma-separated list of required Conda channels.

This can also be set via the conda_channels option.

:github: (flag)

Flag to indicate the project can be installed from GitHub.

To use this option add the following to your conf.py:

extensions = [
        ...
        'sphinx_toolbox.github',
        ]

github_username = '<your username>'
github_repository = '<your repository>'

See sphinx_toolbox.github for more information.

Example

.. installation:: sphinx-toolbox
    :pypi:
    :anaconda:
    :conda-channels: domdfcoding,conda-forge
    :github:

from PyPIfrom Anacondafrom GitHub

python3 -m pip install sphinx-toolbox --user

.. extensions::

Shows instructions on how to enable a Sphinx extension.

The directive takes a single argument – the name of the extension.

:import-name: (string)

The name used to import the extension, if different from the name of the extension.

:no-preamble: (flag)

Disables the preamble text.

:no-postamble: (flag)

Disables the postamble text.

:first: (flag)

Puts the entry for extension before its dependencies. By default is is placed at the end.

New in version 0.4.0.

Example

.. extensions:: sphinx-toolbox
    :import-name: sphinx_toolbox

    sphinx.ext.viewcode
    sphinx_tabs.tabs
    sphinx-prompt

Enable sphinx-toolbox by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
    'sphinx_tabs.tabs',
    'sphinx-prompt',
    'sphinx_toolbox',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

API Reference

Classes:

ExtensionsDirective(name, arguments, …)	Directive to show instructions for enabling the extension.
InstallationDirective(name, arguments, …)	Directive to show installation instructions.
Sources(*args, **kwargs)	Class to store functions that provide installation instructions for different sources.

Functions:

conda_installation(options, env)	Source to provide instructions for installing from Anaconda.
copy_asset_files(app[, exception])	Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.
github_installation(options, env)	Source to provide instructions for installing from GitHub.
make_installation_instructions(options, env)	Make the content of an installation node.
pypi_installation(options, env)	Source to provide instructions for installing from PyPI.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.installation.

Data:

sources

Instance of Sources.

class ExtensionsDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive to show instructions for enabling the extension.

Methods:

run()

Create the extensions node.

run()

Create the extensions node.

Return type

List[Node]

class InstallationDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive to show installation instructions.

Attributes:

options

Mapping of option names to values.

Methods:

run()	Create the installation node.
run_generic()	Generate generic reStructuredText output.
run_html()	Generate output for HTML builders.

options

Type:    Dict[str, Any]

Mapping of option names to values.

The options are as follows:

• pypi: Flag to indicate the project can be installed from PyPI.

• pypi-name: The name of the project on PyPI.

• conda: Flag to indicate the project can be installed with Conda.

• conda-name: The name of the project on Conda.

• conda-channels: Comma-separated list of required Conda channels.

• github: Flag to indicate the project can be installed from GitHub.

The GitHub username and repository are configured in conf.py and are available in env.config.

run()

Create the installation node.

Return type

List[Node]

run_generic()

Generate generic reStructuredText output.

Return type

List[Node]

run_html()

Generate output for HTML builders.

Return type

List[Node]

class Sources(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: List[Tuple[str, str, Callable, Callable, Optional[Dict[str, Callable]]]]

Class to store functions that provide installation instructions for different sources.

The syntax of each entry is:

(option_name, source_name, getter_function, validator_function, extra_options)

• option_name – a string to use in the directive to specify the source to use,

• source_name – a string to use in the tabs to indicate the installation source,

• getter_function – the function that returns the installation instructions,

• validator_function – a function to validate the option value provided by the user,

• extra_options – a mapping of additional options for the directive that are used by the getter_function.

Methods:

register(option_name, source_name[, …])

Decorator to register a function.

register(option_name, source_name, validator=<function 'unchanged'>, extra_options=None)

Decorator to register a function.

The function must have the following signature:

def function(
    options: Dict[str, Any],  # Mapping of option names to values.
    env: sphinx.environment.BuildEnvironment,  # The Sphinx build environment.
    ) -> List[str]: ...

Parameters

• option_name (str) – A string to use in the directive to specify the source to use.

• source_name (str) – A string to use in tabbed installation instructions to represent this source.

• validator (Callable) – A function to validate the option value provided by the user. Default docutils.parsers.rst.directives.unchanged().

• extra_options (Optional[Dict[str, Callable]]) – An optional mapping of extra option names to validator functions. Default {}.

Return type

Callable

Returns

The registered function.

Raises

SyntaxError if the decorated function does not take the correct arguments.

conda_installation(options, env)

Source to provide instructions for installing from Anaconda.

Parameters

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – Mapping of option names to values.

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

Return type

List[str]

copy_asset_files(app, exception=None)

Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.

New in version 1.2.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• exception (Optional[Exception]) – Any exception which occurred and caused Sphinx to abort. Default None.

github_installation(options, env)

Source to provide instructions for installing from GitHub.

Parameters

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – Mapping of option names to values.

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

Return type

List[str]

make_installation_instructions(options, env)

Make the content of an installation node.

Parameters

• options (Dict[str, Any])

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

Return type

List[str]

pypi_installation(options, env)

Source to provide instructions for installing from PyPI.

Parameters

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – Mapping of option names to values.

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

Return type

List[str]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.installation.

New in version 0.7.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

sources

Type:    Sources

Instance of Sources.

issues

Add links to GitHub issues and Pull Requests.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.issues by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.issues',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

:issue:

Role which shows a link to the given issue on GitHub.

If the issue exists, the link has a tooltip that shows the title of the issue.

Example

:issue:`1`

#1#1

You can also reference an issue in a different repository by adding the repository name inside <>.

:issue:`7680 <pytest-dev/pytest>`

pytest-dev/pytest#7680pytest-dev/pytest#7680

:pull:

Role which shows a link to the given pull request on GitHub.

If the pull requests exists, the link has a tooltip that shows the title of the pull requests.

Example

:pull:`2`

#2#2

You can also reference a pull request in a different repository by adding the repository name inside <>.

:pull:`7671 <pytest-dev/pytest>`

pytest-dev/pytest#7671pytest-dev/pytest#7671

Changed in version 2.4.0: issue and pull now show the repository name when the name differs from that configured in conf.py.

Changed in version 2.4.0: These directives are also available in the github domain.

The only difference between the issue and pull roles is in the URL. GitHub uses the same numbering scheme for issues and pull requests, and automatically redirects to the pull request if the user tries to navigate to an issue with that same number.

Caching

HTTP requests to obtain issue/pull request titles are cached for four hours.

To clear the cache manually, run:

python3 -m sphinx_toolbox

API Reference

Changed in version 2.4.0: The following moved to sphinx_toolbox.github.issues:

• IssueNode

• IssueNodeWithName

• issue_role()

• pull_role()

• visit_issue_node()

• depart_issue_node()

• get_issue_title()

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.issues.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.issues.

New in version 1.0.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

latex

Sphinx utilities for LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.8.0.

In addition to the developer API (see below), sphinx_toolbox.latex configures Sphinx and LaTeX to correctly handle symbol footnotes.

Changed in version 2.12.0: Sphinx is also configured to respect .. only:: html etc. directives surrounding toctree directives when determining the overall toctree depth.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.latex by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.latex',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Example Footnotes

Hello 1

Goodbye 2

Symbol *

Another Symbol †

Number Again 3

Symbol 3 ‡

Symbol 4 §

Symbol 5 ¶

Symbol 6 #

Symbol 7 ♠

Symbol 8 ♥

Symbol 9 ♦

1

One

2

Two

*

Buckle my shoe

†

The second symbol

3

The number after the symbol

‡

Symbol 3

§

Symbol 4

¶

Symbol 5

#

Symbol 6

♠

Symbol 7

♥

Symbol 8

♦

Symbol 9

Usage

.. latex:samepage::

.. samepage::

Configures LaTeX to make all content within this directive appear on the same page.

This can be useful to avoid awkward page breaks.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.9.0.

.. latex:clearpage::

.. clearpage::

Configures LaTeX to start a new page.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.10.0.

See also

latex:cleardoublepage

.. latex:cleardoublepage::

.. cleardoublepage::

Configures LaTeX to start a new page.

In a two-sided printing it also makes the next page a right-hand (odd-numbered) page, inserting a blank page if necessary.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.10.0.

See also

latex:clearpage

.. latex:vspace:: space

Configures LaTeX to add or remove vertical space.

The value for space is passed verbatim to the \vspace{} command. Ensure you pass a valid value.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.11.0.

API Reference

Functions:

use_package(package, config, *args, **kwargs)	Configure LaTeX to use the given package.
visit_footnote(translator, node)	Visit a docutils.nodes.footnote node with the LaTeX translator.
depart_footnote(translator, node)	Depart a docutils.nodes.footnote node with the LaTeX translator.
replace_unknown_unicode(app[, exception])	Replaces certain unknown unicode characters in the Sphinx LaTeX output with the best equivalents.
better_header_layout(config[, space_before, …])	Makes LaTeX chapter names lowercase, and adjusts the spacing above and below the chapter name.
configure(app, config)	Configure sphinx_toolbox.latex.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.latex.

Classes:

SamepageDirective(name, arguments, options, …)	Directive which configures LaTeX to make all content within this directive appear on the same page.
ClearPageDirective(name, arguments, options, …)	Directive which configures LaTeX to start a new page.
ClearDoublePageDirective(name, arguments, …)	Directive which configures LaTeX to start a new page.
VSpaceDirective(name, arguments, options, …)	Directive which configures LaTeX to add or remove vertical space.
LaTeXDomain(env)	Domain containing various LaTeX-specific directives.

use_package(package, config, *args, **kwargs)

Configure LaTeX to use the given package.

The \usepackage entry is added to the sphinx.config.Config.latex_elements ["preamble"] attribute.

Parameters

• package (str)

• config (Config)

• *args

• **kwargs

visit_footnote(translator, node)

Visit a docutils.nodes.footnote node with the LaTeX translator.

Unlike the default visit_footnote function, this one handles footnotes using symbols.

New in version 2.8.0.

Parameters

• translator (LaTeXTranslator)

• node (footnote)

depart_footnote(translator, node)

Depart a docutils.nodes.footnote node with the LaTeX translator.

New in version 2.8.0.

Parameters

• translator (LaTeXTranslator)

• node (footnote)

class SamepageDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive which configures LaTeX to make all content within this directive appear on the same page.

This can be useful to avoid awkward page breaks.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.9.0.

class ClearPageDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive which configures LaTeX to start a new page.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.10.0.

See also

ClearDoublePageDirective

class ClearDoublePageDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive which configures LaTeX to start a new page.

In a two-sided printing it also makes the next page a right-hand (odd-numbered) page, inserting a blank page if necessary.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.10.0.

See also

ClearPageDirective

class VSpaceDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive which configures LaTeX to add or remove vertical space.

This directive has no effect with non-LaTeX builders.

New in version 2.11.0.

class LaTeXDomain(env)

Bases: Domain

Domain containing various LaTeX-specific directives.

New in version 2.11.0.

replace_unknown_unicode(app, exception=None)

Replaces certain unknown unicode characters in the Sphinx LaTeX output with the best equivalents.

The mapping is as follows:

• ♠ – spadesuit

• ♥ – heartsuit

• ♦ – diamondsuit

• ♣ – clubsuit

• Zero width space – hspace{0pt}

• μ – textmu

• ≡ – equiv (new in version 2.11.0)

• ≈ – approx (new in version 2.12.0)

• ≥ – geq (new in version 2.13.0)

• ≤ – leq (new in version 2.13.0)

This function can be hooked into the build-finished event as follows:

app.connect("build-finished", replace_unknown_unicode)

New in version 2.9.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• exception (Optional[Exception]) – Any exception which occurred and caused Sphinx to abort. Default None.

better_header_layout(config, space_before=10, space_after=20)

Makes LaTeX chapter names lowercase, and adjusts the spacing above and below the chapter name.

New in version 2.10.0.

Parameters

• config (Config) – The Sphinx configuration object.

• space_before (int) – The space, in pixels, before the chapter name. Default 10.

• space_after (int) – The space, in pixels, after the chapter name. Default 20.

configure(app, config)

Configure sphinx_toolbox.latex.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• config (Config)

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.latex.

New in version 2.8.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

pre_commit

Sphinx extension to show examples of .pre-commit-config.yaml configuration.

New in version 1.6.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.pre_commit by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.pre_commit',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. pre-commit::

Directive which shows an example snippet of .pre-commit-config.yaml.

:rev: (string)

The revision or tag to clone at.

:hooks: (comma separated list)

A list of hooks IDs to document.

If not given the hooks will be parsed from .pre-commit-hooks.yaml.

:args: (comma separated list)

A list arguments that should or can be provided to the first hook ID.

New in version 1.7.2.

Example

.. pre-commit::
    :rev: v0.0.4
    :hooks: some-hook,some-other-hook

- repo: https://github.com/sphinx-toolbox/sphinx-toolbox
  rev: v0.0.4
  hooks:
  - id: some-hook
  - id: some-other-hook

.. pre-commit:flake8:: version

Directive which shows an example snippet of .pre-commit-config.yaml for a flake8 plugin.

The directive takes a single argument – the version of the flake8 plugin to install from PyPI.

:flake8-version: (string)

The version of flake8 to use. Default 3.8.4.

:plugin-name: (string)

The name of the plugin to install from PyPI. Defaults to the repository name.

Example

.. pre-commit:flake8:: 0.0.4

- repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
  rev: 3.8.4
  hooks:
  - id: flake8
    additional_dependencies:
    - sphinx-toolbox==0.0.4

Changed in version 2.8.0: The repository URL now points to GitHub.

API Reference

Classes:

Flake8PreCommitDirective(name, arguments, …)	A Sphinx directive for documenting flake8 plugins’ pre-commit hooks.
PreCommitDirective(name, arguments, options, …)	A Sphinx directive for documenting pre-commit hooks.

Functions:

parse_hooks(hooks)	Parses the comma, semicolon and/or space delimited list of hook IDs.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.pre_commit.

class Flake8PreCommitDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

A Sphinx directive for documenting flake8 plugins’ pre-commit hooks.

class PreCommitDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

A Sphinx directive for documenting pre-commit hooks.

parse_hooks(hooks)

Parses the comma, semicolon and/or space delimited list of hook IDs.

Parameters

hooks (str)

Return type

List[str]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.pre_commit.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

rest_example

Directive to show example reStructuredText and the rendered output.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.rest_example by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.rest_example',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. rest-example::

Directive to show example reStructuredText and the rendered output.

:force: (flag)

If given, minor errors on highlighting are ignored.

:emphasize-lines: line numbers (comma separated numbers)

Emphasize particular lines of the code block:

:tab-width: number (number)

Sets the size of the indentation in spaces.

:dedent: number (number)

Strip indentation characters from the code block,

Example

.. rest-example::

    :source:`sphinx_toolbox/config.py`

    Here is the :source:`source code <sphinx_toolbox/config.py>`

:source:`sphinx_toolbox/config.py`

Here is the :source:`source code <sphinx_toolbox/config.py>`

sphinx_toolbox/config.py

Here is the source code

API Reference

Classes:

reSTExampleDirective(name, arguments, …)

Directive to show some reStructuredText source, and the rendered output.

Functions:

make_rest_example(options, env, content)	Make the content of a reST Example node.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.rest_example.

Data:

rest_example_purger

Purger to track rest-example nodes, and remove redundant ones.

class reSTExampleDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive to show some reStructuredText source, and the rendered output.

Methods:

run()

Create the rest_example node.

run()

Create the rest_example node.

Return type

List[Node]

make_rest_example(options, env, content)

Make the content of a reST Example node.

Parameters

• options (Dict[str, Any])

• content (Sequence[str]) – The user-provided content of the directive.

Return type

List[str]

rest_example_purger = Purger('all_rest_example_nodes')

Type:    Purger

Purger to track rest-example nodes, and remove redundant ones.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.rest_example.

New in version 0.7.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

shields

Directives for shield/badge images.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.shields by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.shields',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

Several shield/badge directives are available, like this one:

They function similarly to the .. image:: directives, although not all options are available. As with the image directive, shields can be used as part of substitutions, e.g.

This repository uses pre-commit |pre-commit|

.. |pre-commit| pre-commit::

All shields have the following options:

:alt:

Alternative text for the shield, used when the image cannot be displayed or the user uses a screen reader.

:height:

:width:

:scale:

The height/width/scale of the shield.

:name:

:class: (string)

Additional CSS class for the shield. All shields have the sphinx_toolbox_shield class by default.

Shields

.. rtfd-shield::

Shield to show the ReadTheDocs documentation build status.

:project:

The name of the project on ReadTheDocs.

:version:

The documentation version. Default latest.

:target:

The hyperlink target of the shield. Useful if the documentation uses a custom domain.

New in version 1.8.0.

Examples

.. rtfd-shield::
    :project: sphinx-toolbox

.. rtfd-shield::
    :project: attrs
    :target: https://www.attrs.org/

.. pypi-shield::

Shield to show information about the project on PyPI.

:project:

The name of the project on PyPI.

Only one of the following options is permitted:

:version:

Show the package version.

:py-versions:

Show the supported python versions.

:implementations:

Show the supported python implementations.

:wheel:

Show whether the package has a wheel.

:license:

Show the license listed on PyPI.

:downloads:

Show the downloads for the given period (day / week / month)

Changed in version 2.5.0: Shields created with this option now link to pypistats.

Examples

.. pypi-shield::
    :version:

\

.. pypi-shield::
    :project: sphinx
    :downloads: month

.. maintained-shield:::

Shield to indicate whether the project is maintained.

Takes a single argument: the current year.

Example

.. maintained-shield:: 2020

.. github-shield::

Shield to show information about a GitHub repository.

:username:

The GitHub username. Defaults to github_username.

:repository:

The GitHub repository. Defaults to github_repository.

:branch:

The branch to show information about. Default master.

Required for commits-since and last-commit.

Only one of the following options is permitted:

:contributors: (flag)

Show the number of contributors.

:commits-since: tag (string)

Show the number of commits since the given tag.

:last-commit: (flag)

Show the date of the last commit.

:top-language: (flag)

Show the top language and percentage.

:license: (flag)

Show the license detected by GitHub.

Examples

.. github-shield::
    :last-commit:

\

.. github-shield::
    :commits-since: v0.1.0

.. actions-shield::

Shield to show the GitHub Actions build status.

:username:

The GitHub username. Defaults to github_username.

:repository:

The GitHub repository. Defaults to github_repository.

:workflow:

The workflow to show the status for.

Example

.. actions-shield::
    :workflow: Windows Tests

.. requires-io-shield::

Shield to show the Requires.io status.

:username:

The GitHub username. Defaults to github_username.

:repository:

The GitHub repository. Defaults to github_repository.

:branch:

The branch to show the build status for. Default master.

Example

.. requires-io-shield::

.. coveralls-shield::

Shield to show the code coverage from Coveralls.io.

:username:

The GitHub username. Defaults to github_username.

:repository:

The GitHub repository. Defaults to github_repository.

:branch:

The branch to show the build status for. Default master.

Example

.. coveralls-shield::

.. codefactor-shield::

Shield to show the code quality score from Codefactor.

:username:

The GitHub username. Defaults to github_username.

:repository:

The GitHub repository. Defaults to github_repository.

Example

.. codefactor-shield::

.. pre-commit-shield::

Shield to indicate that the project uses pre-commit.

Example

.. pre-commit-shield::

.. pre-commit-ci-shield::

New in version 1.7.0.

Shield to show the pre-commit.ci status.

:username:

The GitHub username. Defaults to github_username.

:repository:

The GitHub repository. Defaults to github_repository.

:branch:

The branch to show the status for. Default master.

Example

.. pre-commit-ci-shield::

Data:

SHIELDS_IO	Base URL for shields.io
shield_default_option_spec	Options common to all shields.

Classes:

Shield(name, arguments, options, content, …)	Directive for shields.io shields/badges.
RTFDShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show the ReadTheDocs documentation build status.
PyPIShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show information about the project on PyPI.
MaintainedShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to indicate whether the project is maintained.
GitHubBackedShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Base class for badges that are based around GitHub.
GitHubShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show information about a GitHub repository.
GitHubActionsShield(name, arguments, …)	Shield to show the GitHub Actions build status.
RequiresIOShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show the Requires.io status.
CoverallsShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show the code coverage from Coveralls.io.
CodefactorShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show the code quality score from Codefactor.
PreCommitShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to indicate that the project uses pre-commit.
PreCommitCIShield(name, arguments, options, …)	Shield to show the pre-commit.ci status.

Functions:

copy_asset_files(app[, exception])	Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.shields.

API Reference

SHIELDS_IO = URL('https://img.shields.io')

Type:    URL

Base URL for shields.io

shield_default_option_spec

Type:    Mapping[str, Callable[[str], Any]]

Options common to all shields.

class Shield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive for shields.io shields/badges.

class RTFDShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: Shield

Shield to show the ReadTheDocs documentation build status.

Changed in version 1.8.0: Added the :target: option, to allow a custom target to be specified. Useful if the documentation uses a custom domain.

class PyPIShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: Shield

Shield to show information about the project on PyPI.

class MaintainedShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: Shield

Shield to indicate whether the project is maintained.

class GitHubBackedShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: Shield

Base class for badges that are based around GitHub.

get_repo_details()

Returns the username and repository name, either parsed from the directive’s options or from conf.py.

class GitHubShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GitHubBackedShield

Shield to show information about a GitHub repository.

class GitHubActionsShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GitHubBackedShield

Shield to show the GitHub Actions build status.

class RequiresIOShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GitHubBackedShield

Shield to show the Requires.io status.

class CoverallsShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GitHubBackedShield

Shield to show the code coverage from Coveralls.io.

class CodefactorShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GitHubBackedShield

Shield to show the code quality score from Codefactor.

class PreCommitShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: Shield

Shield to indicate that the project uses pre-commit.

class PreCommitCIShield(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: GitHubBackedShield

Shield to show the pre-commit.ci status.

New in version 1.7.0.

copy_asset_files(app, exception=None)

Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.

New in version 2.3.1.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• exception (Optional[Exception]) – Any exception which occurred and caused Sphinx to abort. Default None.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.shields.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

sidebar_links

Directive which adds a toctree to the sidebar containing links to the GitHub repository, PyPI project page etc.

New in version 2.9.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.sidebar_links by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.sidebar_links',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. sidebar-links::

Adds a toctree to the sidebar containing links to the GitHub repository, PyPI project page etc. The toctree is only shown in the sidebar and is hidden with non-HTML builders.

You can see an example of this in the sidebar of this documentation.

Note

This directive can only be used on the root document (i.e. index.rst).

:github: (flag)

Flag to add a link to the project’s GitHub repository.

To use this option add the following to your conf.py:

extensions = [
        ...
        'sphinx_toolbox.github',
        ]

github_username = '<your username>'
github_repository = '<your repository>'

See sphinx_toolbox.github for more information.

:pypi: (string)

Flag to add a link to the project page on PyPI.

The name of the project on PyPI must be passed as the option’s value.

:caption: (string)

The caption of the toctree. Defaults to Links

Additional toctree entries may be added as the content of the directive, in the same manner as normal toctrees.

API Reference

Classes:

SidebarLinksDirective(name, arguments, …)

Directive which adds a toctree to the sidebar containing links to the GitHub repository, PyPI project page etc.

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.sidebar_links.

class SidebarLinksDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: SphinxDirective

Directive which adds a toctree to the sidebar containing links to the GitHub repository, PyPI project page etc.

Methods:

process_github_option()	Process the :github: flag.
run()	Create the installation node.

process_github_option()

Process the :github: flag.

Return type

str

run()

Create the installation node.

Return type

List[Node]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.sidebar_links.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

source

Add hyperlinks to source files, either on GitHub or in the documentation itself.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.source by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.source',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

If you’re looking for a [source] button to go at the end of your class and function signatures, checkout sphinx.ext.linkcode and sphinx.ext.viewcode.

Usage

source_link_target

Type: str

Required: False

Default: 'Sphinx'

The target of the source link, either 'GitHub' or 'Sphinx'. Case insensitive.

:source:

Role which shows a link to the given source file, either on GitHub or within the Sphinx documentation.

By default, the link points to the code within the documentation, but can be configured to point to GitHub by setting source_link_target to 'GitHub'.

Example

:source:`sphinx_toolbox/config.py`

Here is the :source:`source code <sphinx_toolbox/config.py>`

sphinx_toolbox/config.py

Here is the source code

API Reference

Functions:

source_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner)	Adds a link to the given Python source file in the documentation or on GitHub.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.source.

source_role(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to the given Python source file in the documentation or on GitHub.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called source_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[Sequence[Node], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

Changed in version 2.8.0: Now returns a sequence of nodes.reference and addnodes.pending_xref as the first tuple element, rather than nodes.reference and addnodes.pending_xref as in previous versions.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.source.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

wikipedia

Sphinx extension to create links to Wikipedia articles.

New in version 0.2.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.wikipedia by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.wikipedia',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

wikipedia_lang

Type: str

Required: False

Default: 'en'

The Wikipedia language to use for wikipedia roles.

New in version 0.2.0.

Usage

:wikipedia:

Role which shows a link to the given article on Wikipedia.

The title and language can be customised.

Example

:wikipedia:`Sphinx`

:wikipedia:`mythical creature <Sphinx>`

:wikipedia:`Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything <:de:42 (Antwort)>`

Sphinx

mythical creature

Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

:wikipedia:`:zh:斯芬克斯`

斯芬克斯

API Reference

Functions:

make_wikipedia_link(name, rawtext, text, …)	Adds a link to the given article on Wikipedia.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.wikipedia.

make_wikipedia_link(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[])

Adds a link to the given article on Wikipedia.

Parameters

• name (str) – The local name of the interpreted role, the role name actually used in the document.

• rawtext (str) – A string containing the entire interpreted text input, including the role and markup.

• text (str) – The interpreted text content.

• lineno (int) – The line number where the interpreted text begins.

• inliner (Inliner) – The docutils.parsers.rst.states.Inliner object that called source_role(). It contains the several attributes useful for error reporting and document tree access.

• options (Dict) – A dictionary of directive options for customization (from the role directive), to be interpreted by the function. Used for additional attributes for the generated elements and other functionality. Default {}.

• content (List[str]) – A list of strings, the directive content for customization (from the role directive). To be interpreted by the function. Default [].

Return type

Tuple[List[reference], List[system_message]]

Returns

A list containing the created node, and a list containing any messages generated during the function.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.wikipedia.

New in version 1.0.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc

sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc can be enabled by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc',
    ]

Alternatively, the following features can be enabled individually:

more_autodoc.augment_defaults

Sphinx’s autodoc module allows for default options to be set, and allows for those defaults to be disabled for an :auto*: directive and different values given instead.

However, it does not appear to be possible to augment the defaults, such as to globally exclude certain members and then exclude additional members of a single class. This module monkeypatches in that behaviour.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.augment_defaults by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.augment_defaults',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Changed in version 0.6.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.autodoc_augment_defaults.

Functions:

process_documenter_options(documenter, …)	Recognize options of Documenter from user input.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.augment_defaults.

process_documenter_options(documenter, config, options)

Recognize options of Documenter from user input.

Parameters

• documenter (Type[Documenter])

• config (Config)

• options (Dict)

Return type

Options

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.augment_defaults.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.autonamedtuple

A Sphinx directive for documenting NamedTuples in Python.

New in version 0.8.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autonamedtuple by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autonamedtuple',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Changed in version 1.5.0: __new__ methods are documented regardless of other exclusion settings if the annotations differ from the namedtuple itself.

Usage

.. autonamedtuple::

Directive to automatically document a typing.NamedTuple or collections.namedtuple().

The output is based on the autoclass directive. The list of parameters and the attributes are replaced by a list of Fields, combining the types and docstrings from the class docstring individual attributes. These will always be shown regardless of the state of the :members: option.

Otherwise the directive behaves the same as autoclass, and takes all of its arguments. See https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html for further information.

New in version 0.8.0.

:namedtuple:

Role which provides a cross-reference to the documentation generated by autonamedtuple.

See also

https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html

Examples

# Examples from
# https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.NamedTuple
# https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0589/#totality
# https://github.com/python/typing/pull/700

# stdlib
import collections
from typing import NamedTuple

__all__ = ["Animal", "Employee", "Movie"]


class Animal(NamedTuple):
    """
    An animal.

    :param name: The name of the animal.
    :param voice: The animal's voice.
    """

    name: str
    voice: str


class Employee(NamedTuple):
    """
    Represents an employee.

    :param id: The employee's ID number
    """

    #: The employee's name
    name: str

    id: int = 3

    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return f'<Employee {self.name}, id={self.id}>'

    def is_executive(self) -> bool:
        """
        Returns whether the employee is an executive.

        Executives have ID numbers < 10.
        """


class Movie(NamedTuple):
    """
    Represents a movie.
    """

    #: The name of the movie.
    name: str

    #: The movie's release year.
    year: int

    based_on: str

.. automodule:: autonamedtuple_demo
    :no-autosummary:
    :exclude-members: Movie

.. autonamedtuple:: autonamedtuple_demo.Movie

This function takes a single argument, the :namedtuple:`~.Movie` to watch.

namedtuple Animal(name, voice)

Bases: NamedTuple

An animal.

Fields

0.  name (str) – The name of the animal.

1.  voice (str) – The animal’s voice.

__repr__()

Return a nicely formatted representation string

namedtuple Employee(name, id=3)

Bases: NamedTuple

Represents an employee.

Fields

0.  name (str) – The employee’s name

1.  id (int) – The employee’s ID number

__repr__()

Return repr(self).

Return type

str

is_executive()

Returns whether the employee is an executive.

Executives have ID numbers < 10.

Return type

bool

namedtuple Movie(name, year, based_on)

Bases: NamedTuple

Represents a movie.

Fields

0.  name (str) – The name of the movie.

1.  year (int) – The movie’s release year.

2.  based_on (str) – Alias for field number 2

__repr__()

Return a nicely formatted representation string

This function takes a single argument, the Movie to watch.

API Reference

Classes:

NamedTupleDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])

Sphinx autodoc Documenter for documenting typing.NamedTuples.

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autonamedtuple.

class NamedTupleDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: ClassDocumenter

Sphinx autodoc Documenter for documenting typing.NamedTuples.

New in version 0.8.0.

Changed in version 0.1.0: Will no longer attempt to find attribute docstrings from other namedtuple classes.

Methods:

add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add extra content (from docstrings, attribute docs etc.), but not the typing.NamedTuple's docstring.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive’s header, and the inheritance information if the :show-inheritance: flag set.
can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
filter_members(members, want_all)	Filter the list of members to always include __new__ if it has a different signature to the tuple.
sort_members(documenters, order)	Sort the typing.NamedTuple's members.

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=True)

Add extra content (from docstrings, attribute docs etc.), but not the typing.NamedTuple's docstring.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default True.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header, and the inheritance information if the :show-inheritance: flag set.

Parameters

sig (str) – The NamedTuple’s signature.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

filter_members(members, want_all)

Filter the list of members to always include __new__ if it has a different signature to the tuple.

Parameters

• members (List[Tuple[str, Any]])

• want_all (bool)

Return type

List[Tuple[str, Any, bool]]

sort_members(documenters, order)

Sort the typing.NamedTuple's members.

Parameters

• documenters (List[Tuple[Documenter, bool]])

• order (str)

Return type

List[Tuple[Documenter, bool]]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autonamedtuple.

New in version 0.8.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.autoprotocol

A Sphinx directive for documenting Protocols in Python.

New in version 0.2.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Changed in version 0.6.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.autoprotocol.

Changed in version 2.13.0: Added support for generic bases, such as class SupportsAbs(Protocol[T_co]): ....

Usage

.. autoprotocol::

Directive to automatically document a typing.Protocol.

The output is based on the autoclass directive, but with a few differences:

• Private members are always excluded.

• Special members (dunder methods) are always included.

• Undocumented members are always included.

The following options from autoclass are available:

:noindex: (flag)

Do not generate index entries for the documented object (and all autodocumented members).

:member-order: (string)

Override the global value of autodoc_member_order for one directive.

:show-inheritance: (flag)

Inserts a list of base classes just below the protocol’s signature.

See https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html for further information.

:protocol:

Role which provides a cross-reference to the documentation generated by autoprotocol.

See also

https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html

Examples:

# stdlib
from abc import abstractmethod
from typing import Any, TypeVar

# 3rd party
from domdf_python_tools.doctools import prettify_docstrings
from typing_extensions import Protocol, runtime_checkable

__all__ = ["HasLessThan", "HasGreaterThan", "Frobnicater"]


@prettify_docstrings
class HasLessThan(Protocol):
    """
    :class:`typing.Protocol` for classes that support the ``<`` operator.
    """

    def __lt__(self, other) -> bool: ...


@prettify_docstrings
class HasGreaterThan(Protocol):

    def __gt__(self, other) -> bool: ...


@runtime_checkable
class Frobnicater(Protocol):

    def frobnicate(self, something) -> Any: ...

.. automodule:: autoprotocol_demo
    :members:
    :no-autosummary:
    :exclude-members: HasGreaterThan

.. autoprotocol:: autoprotocol_demo.HasGreaterThan

The objects being sorted must implement the :protocol:`~.HasGreaterThan` protocol.

protocol Frobnicater

Bases: Protocol

This protocol is runtime checkable.

Classes that implement this protocol must have the following methods / attributes:

frobnicate(something)

Return type

Any

protocol HasLessThan

Bases: Protocol

typing.Protocol for classes that support the < operator.

Classes that implement this protocol must have the following methods / attributes:

__lt__(other)

Return self < other.

Return type

bool

protocol HasGreaterThan

Bases: Protocol

Classes that implement this protocol must have the following methods / attributes:

__gt__(other)

Return self > other.

Return type

bool

The objects being sorted must implement the HasGreaterThan protocol.

API Reference

Classes:

ProtocolDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])

Sphinx autodoc Documenter for documenting typing.Protocols.

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol.

class ProtocolDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: ClassDocumenter

Sphinx autodoc Documenter for documenting typing.Protocols.

Methods:

add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add the autodocumenter content.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive header.
can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
document_members([all_members])	Generate reST for member documentation.
filter_members(members, want_all)	Filter the given member list.
format_signature(**kwargs)	Protocols do not have a signature.

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add the autodocumenter content.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default False.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive header.

Parameters

sig (str)

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

document_members(all_members=False)

Generate reST for member documentation.

All members are always documented.

filter_members(members, want_all)

Filter the given member list.

Parameters

• members (List[Tuple[str, Any]])

• want_all (bool)

Return type

List[Tuple[str, Any, bool]]

format_signature(**kwargs)

Protocols do not have a signature.

Return type

str

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.autotypeddict

A Sphinx directive for documenting TypedDicts in Python.

Only supports typing_extensions's TypedDict until python/typing#700python/typing#700 is implemented in CPython.

New in version 0.5.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autotypeddict by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autotypeddict',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Changed in version 0.6.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.autotypeddict.

Usage

.. autotypeddict::

Directive to automatically document a typing.TypedDict.

The output is based on the autoclass directive, but with a few differences:

• Private and Special members are always excluded.

• Undocumented members are always included.

• The default sort order is bysource.

The following options are available:

:noindex: (flag)

Do not generate index entries for the documented object (and all autodocumented members).

:alphabetical: (flag)

Sort the keys alphabetically. By default the keys are listed in the order they were defined.

:show-inheritance: (flag)

Inserts a list of base classes just below the TypedDict’s signature.

See https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions/autodoc.html for further information.

:typeddict:

Role which provides a cross-reference to the documentation generated by autotypeddict.

Examples:

# Examples from
# https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0589/#totality
# https://github.com/python/typing/pull/700
"""
Demo of ``.. autotypeddict::``
"""

# 3rd party
from typing_extensions import TypedDict

__all__ = ["Movie", "Animal", "OldStyleAnimal", "Cat", "Bird", "AquaticBird"]


class Movie(TypedDict):
    """
    Represents a movie.
    """

    #: The name of the movie.
    name: str

    #: The movie's release year.
    year: int

    based_on: str


class _Animal(TypedDict):
    """
    Keys required by all animals.
    """

    #: The name of the animal
    name: str


class Animal(_Animal, total=False):
    """
    Optional keys common to all animals.
    """

    #: The animal's voice.
    voice: str


#: Old style TypedDict for Python 2 and where keys aren't valid Python identifiers.
OldStyleAnimal = TypedDict(
        "OldStyleAnimal", {
                "animal-name": str,
                "animal-voice": str,
                }, total=False
        )


class Cat(Animal):
    """
    A cat.
    """

    #: The colour of the cat's fur.
    fur_color: str


class Bird(Animal):
    """
    A bird.
    """

    #: The size of the bird's egg, in mm.
    egg_size: float


class AquaticBird(Bird):

    #: The bird's habitat (e.g. lake, sea)
    habitat: float

.. automodule:: autotypeddict_demo
    :no-autosummary:
    :exclude-members: Movie,AquaticBird,OldStyleAnimal

.. autotypeddict:: autotypeddict_demo.Movie

This function takes a single argument, the :typeddict:`~.Movie` to watch.

Demo of .. autotypeddict::

typeddict Animal

Bases: dict

Optional keys common to all animals.

Required Keys

• name (str) – The name of the animal

Optional Keys

• voice (str) – The animal’s voice.

typeddict Bird

Bases: dict

A bird.

Required Keys

• egg_size (float) – The size of the bird’s egg, in mm.

• name (str) – The name of the animal

Optional Keys

• voice (str) – The animal’s voice.

typeddict Cat

Bases: dict

A cat.

Required Keys

• fur_color (str) – The colour of the cat’s fur.

• name (str) – The name of the animal

Optional Keys

• voice (str) – The animal’s voice.

typeddict Movie

Bases: dict

Represents a movie.

Required Keys

• name (str) – The name of the animal

• year (int) – The movie’s release year.

• based_on (str)

This function takes a single argument, the Movie to watch.

API Reference

Classes:

TypedDictDocumenter(*args)

Sphinx autodoc Documenter for documenting typing.TypedDicts.

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autotypeddict.

class TypedDictDocumenter(*args)

Bases: ClassDocumenter

Sphinx autodoc Documenter for documenting typing.TypedDicts.

Methods:

add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add the autodocumenter content.
can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
document_keys(keys, types, docstrings)	Document keys in a typing.TypedDict.
document_members([all_members])	Generate reST for member documentation.
filter_members(members, want_all)	Filter the given member list.
format_signature(**kwargs)	Typed Dicts do not have a signature.
sort_members(documenters, order)	Sort the TypedDict’s members.

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add the autodocumenter content.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default False.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

document_keys(keys, types, docstrings)

Document keys in a typing.TypedDict.

Parameters

• keys (List[str]) – List of key names to document.

• types (Dict[str, Type]) – Mapping of key names to types.

• docstrings (Dict[str, List[str]]) – Mapping of key names to docstrings.

document_members(all_members=False)

Generate reST for member documentation. All members are always documented.

filter_members(members, want_all)

Filter the given member list.

Parameters

• members (List[Tuple[str, Any]])

• want_all (bool)

Return type

List[Tuple[str, Any, bool]]

format_signature(**kwargs)

Typed Dicts do not have a signature.

Return type

str

sort_members(documenters, order)

Sort the TypedDict’s members.

Parameters

• documenters (List[Tuple[Documenter, bool]])

• order (str)

Return type

List[Tuple[Documenter, bool]]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autotypeddict.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.generic_bases

Modifies sphinx.ext.autodoc.ClassDocumenter's :show-inheritence: option to show generic base classes.

This requires a relatively new version of the typing module that implements __orig_bases__.

New in version 1.5.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.generic_bases by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.generic_bases',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

generic_bases_fully_qualified

Type: bool

Required: False

Default: False

Determines whether the fully qualified name should be shown for bases.

If False (the default):

class Foo

Bases: List[str]

If True:

class Foo

Bases: typing.List[str]

Corresponds to the fully_qualified argument to sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints.format_annotation().

New in version 2.13.0.

Example

class Example(iterable=())

Bases: List[Tuple[str, float, List[str]]]

An example of sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.generic_bases.

API Reference

class GenericBasesClassDocumenter(*args)

Bases: PatchedAutoSummClassDocumenter

Class documenter that adds inheritance info, with support for generics.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive header.

Parameters

sig (str)

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.generic_bases.

New in version 1.5.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.genericalias

Documenter for alias, which usually manifest as type aliases.

New in version 0.6.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.genericalias by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.genericalias',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Note

sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.genericalias is only supported on Python 3.7 and above.

class PrettyGenericAliasDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: DataDocumenter

Specialized Documenter subclass for GenericAliases, with prettier output than Sphinx’s one.

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add the autodocumenter content.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default False.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive header and options to the generated content.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Return type

bool

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.genericalias.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.no_docstring

Adds the :no-docstring: option to automodule directives to exclude the docstring from the output.

New in version 1.0.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.no_docstring by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.no_docstring',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Functions:

automodule_add_nodocstring(app)	Add the :no-docstring: option to automodule directives to exclude the docstring from the output.
no_docstring_process_docstring(app, what, …)	Process the docstring of a module, and remove its docstring of the :no-docstring: flag was set..
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.no_docstring.

automodule_add_nodocstring(app)

Add the :no-docstring: option to automodule directives to exclude the docstring from the output.

Parameters

app – The Sphinx application.

Changed in version 1.0.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.__init__.py

no_docstring_process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines)

Process the docstring of a module, and remove its docstring of the :no-docstring: flag was set..

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• what

• name (str) – The name of the object being documented.

• obj – The object being documented.

• options – Mapping of autodoc options to values.

• lines (List[str]) – List of strings representing the current contents of the docstring.

Changed in version 1.0.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.__init__.py

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.no_docstring.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.overloads

Documenters for functions and methods which display overloads differently.

New in version 1.4.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.overloads by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.overloads',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

overloads_location

Type: str

Default: 'signature'

The location to display overloads at:

• 'signature' – Display overloads above the function signature.

• 'top' – Display overloads at the top of the docstring, immediately below the signature.

• 'bottom' – Display overloads at the bottom of the docstring, or immediately below the return type.

API Reference

Classes:

FunctionDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])	Custom sphinx.ext.autodoc.FunctionDocumenter which renders overloads differently.
MethodDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])	Custom sphinx.ext.autodoc.MethodDocumenter which renders overloads differently.
OverloadMixin()	Mixin class for function and class documenters that changes the appearance of overloaded functions.

Functions:

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.overloads.

class OverloadMixin

Bases: object

Mixin class for function and class documenters that changes the appearance of overloaded functions.

New in version 1.4.0.

Methods:

create_body_overloads()	Create the overloaded implementations for insertion into to the body of the documenter’s output.
process_overload_signature(overload)	Processes the signature of the given overloaded implementation.
add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and the user.

create_body_overloads()

Create the overloaded implementations for insertion into to the body of the documenter’s output.

Return type

StringList

process_overload_signature(overload)

Processes the signature of the given overloaded implementation.

Parameters

overload (Signature)

Return type

Signature

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and the user.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default False.

class FunctionDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: OverloadMixin, FunctionDocumenter

Custom sphinx.ext.autodoc.FunctionDocumenter which renders overloads differently.

New in version 1.4.0.

Methods:

format_signature(**kwargs)	Format the function’s signature, including those for any overloaded implementations.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive’s header.
process_overload_signature(overload)	Processes the signature of the given overloaded implementation.

format_signature(**kwargs)

Format the function’s signature, including those for any overloaded implementations.

Return type

str

Returns

The signature(s), as a multi-line string.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

Parameters

sig (str)

process_overload_signature(overload)

Processes the signature of the given overloaded implementation.

Parameters

overload (Signature)

Return type

Signature

class MethodDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: OverloadMixin, MethodDocumenter

Custom sphinx.ext.autodoc.MethodDocumenter which renders overloads differently.

New in version 1.4.0.

Methods:

format_signature(**kwargs)	Format the method’s signature, including those for any overloaded implementations.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive’s header.
process_overload_signature(overload)	Processes the signature of the given overloaded implementation.

format_signature(**kwargs)

Format the method’s signature, including those for any overloaded implementations.

Parameters

kwargs (Any)

Return type

str

Returns

The signature(s), as a multi-line string.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

Parameters

sig (str)

process_overload_signature(overload)

Processes the signature of the given overloaded implementation.

Parameters

overload (Signature)

Return type

Signature

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.overloads.

New in version 1.4.0.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.regex

Specialized Documenter for regular expression variables, similar to autodata.

New in version 1.2.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.regex by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.regex',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Usage

.. autoregex::

Directive to automatically document a regular expression variable.

The output is based on the autodata directive, and takes all of its options except :annotation:.

:no-value:

Don’t show the value of the variable.

:value: value (string)

Show this instead of the value taken from the Python source code.

:no-type:

Don’t show the type of the variable.

:no-flags:

Don’t show the flags of the Pattern object.

:flags: flags (string)

Show this instead of the flags taken from the Pattern object. This should be correctly formatted for insertion into reStructuredText, such as :py:data:`re.ASCII`.

Changed in version 2.7.0: The flags re.DEBUG and re.VERBOSE are now hidden as they don’t affect the regex itself.

:regex:

Formats a regular expression with coloured output.

:regex:`^Hello\s+[Ww]orld[.,](Lovely|Horrible) weather, isn't it (.*)?`

^Hello\s+[Ww]orld[.,](Lovely|Horrible) weather, isn't it (.*)?

Changed in version 2.11.0: Now generates coloured output with the LaTeX builder.

API Reference

Classes:

RegexDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])	Specialized Documenter subclass for regex patterns.
RegexParser()	Parser for regular expressions that outputs coloured output.
TerminalRegexParser()	RegexParser that outputs ANSI coloured output for the terminal.
HTMLRegexParser()	RegexParser that outputs styled HTML.
LaTeXRegexParser()	RegexParser that outputs styled LaTeX.

Functions:

parse_regex_flags(flags)	Convert regex flags into “bitwise-or’d” Sphinx xrefs.
no_formatting(value)	No-op that returns the value as a string.
span(css_class)	Returns a function that wraps a value in a span tag with the given class.
latex_textcolor(colour_name)	Returns a function that wraps a value in a LaTeX textcolor command for the given colour.
copy_asset_files(app[, exception])	Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.regex.

class RegexDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: VariableDocumenter

Specialized Documenter subclass for regex patterns.

Methods:

add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and the user.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive’s header.
can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and the user.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default False.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

Parameters

sig (str)

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

class RegexParser

Bases: object

Parser for regular expressions that outputs coloured output.

The formatting is controlled by the following callable attributes:

• AT_COLOUR – Used for e.g. ^\A\b\B\Z$

• SUBPATTERN_COLOUR – Used for the parentheses around subpatterns, e.g. (Hello) World

• IN_COLOUR – Used for the square brackets around character sets, e.g. [Hh]ello

• REPEAT_COLOUR – Used for repeats, e.g. A?B+C*D{2,4}E{5}

• REPEAT_BRACE_COLOUR – Used for the braces around numerical repeats.

• CATEGORY_COLOUR – Used for categories, e.g. \d\D\s\D\w\W

• BRANCH_COLOUR – Used for branches, e.g. (Lovely|Horrible) Weather

• LITERAL_COLOUR – Used for literal characters.

• ANY_COLOUR – Used for the “any” dot.

These are all Callable[[Any], str].

By default no formatting is performed. Subclasses should set these attributes to appropriate functions.

Methods:

parse_pattern(regex)

Parse the given regular expression and return the formatted pattern.

parse_pattern(regex)

Parse the given regular expression and return the formatted pattern.

Parameters

regex (Pattern)

Return type

str

class TerminalRegexParser

Bases: RegexParser

RegexParser that outputs ANSI coloured output for the terminal.

The formatting is controlled by the following callable attributes, which set ANSI escape codes for the appropriate colour:

• AT_COLOUR -> YELLOW, Used for e.g. ^\A\b\B\Z$

• SUBPATTERN_COLOUR -> LIGHTYELLOW_EX, Used for the parentheses around subpatterns, e.g. (Hello) World

• IN_COLOUR -> LIGHTRED_EX, Used for the square brackets around character sets, e.g. [Hh]ello

• REPEAT_COLOUR -> LIGHTBLUE_EX, Used for repeats, e.g. A?B+C*D{2,4}E{5}

• REPEAT_BRACE_COLOUR -> YELLOW, Used for the braces around numerical repeats.

• CATEGORY_COLOUR -> LIGHTYELLOW_EX, Used for categories, e.g. \d\D\s\D\w\W

• BRANCH_COLOUR -> YELLOW, Used for branches, e.g. (Lovely|Horrible) Weather

• LITERAL_COLOUR -> GREEN, Used for literal characters.

• ANY_COLOUR -> YELLOW, Used for the “any” dot.

class HTMLRegexParser

Bases: RegexParser

RegexParser that outputs styled HTML.

The formatting is controlled by the following functions, which wrap the character in a span tag with an appropriate CSS class:

• AT_COLOUR -> regex_at – Used for e.g. ^\A\b\B\Z$

• SUBPATTERN_COLOUR -> regex_subpattern – Used for the parentheses around subpatterns, e.g. (Hello) World

• IN_COLOUR -> regex_in – Used for the square brackets around character sets, e.g. [Hh]ello

• REPEAT_COLOUR -> regex_repeat – Used for repeats, e.g. A?B+C*D{2,4}E{5}

• REPEAT_BRACE_COLOUR -> regex_repeat_brace – Used for the braces around numerical repeats.

• CATEGORY_COLOUR -> regex_category – Used for categories, e.g. \d\D\s\D\w\W

• BRANCH_COLOUR -> regex_branch – Used for branches, e.g. (Lovely|Horrible) Weather

• LITERAL_COLOUR -> regex_literal – Used for literal characters.

• ANY_COLOUR -> regex_any – Used for the “any” dot.

Additionally, all span tags the regex class, and the surrounding code tag has the following classes: docutils literal notranslate regex.

class LaTeXRegexParser

Bases: RegexParser

RegexParser that outputs styled LaTeX.

The formatting is controlled by the following functions, which wrap the character in a LaTeX textcolor command for an appropriate colour:

• AT_COLOUR -> regex_at – Used for e.g. ^\A\b\B\Z$

• SUBPATTERN_COLOUR -> regex_subpattern – Used for the parentheses around subpatterns, e.g. (Hello) World

• IN_COLOUR -> regex_in – Used for the square brackets around character sets, e.g. [Hh]ello

• REPEAT_COLOUR -> regex_repeat – Used for repeats, e.g. A?B+C*D{2,4}E{5}

• REPEAT_BRACE_COLOUR -> regex_repeat_brace – Used for the braces around numerical repeats.

• CATEGORY_COLOUR -> regex_category – Used for categories, e.g. \d\D\s\D\w\W

• BRANCH_COLOUR -> regex_branch – Used for branches, e.g. (Lovely|Horrible) Weather

• LITERAL_COLOUR -> regex_literal – Used for literal characters.

• ANY_COLOUR -> regex_any – Used for the “any” dot.

New in version 2.11.0.

parse_regex_flags(flags)

Convert regex flags into “bitwise-or’d” Sphinx xrefs.

Parameters

flags (int)

Return type

str

no_formatting(value)

No-op that returns the value as a string.

Used for unformatted output.

Return type

str

span(css_class)

Returns a function that wraps a value in a span tag with the given class.

Parameters

css_class (str)

Return type

Callable[[Any], str]

latex_textcolor(colour_name)

Returns a function that wraps a value in a LaTeX textcolor command for the given colour.

New in version 2.11.0.

Parameters

colour_name (str)

Return type

Callable[[Any], str]

copy_asset_files(app, exception=None)

Copy additional stylesheets into the HTML build directory.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• exception (Optional[Exception]) – Any exception which occurred and caused Sphinx to abort. Default None.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.regex.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.sourcelink

Source code: sphinx_toolbox/more_autodoc/sourcelink.py

---

Show a link to the corresponding source code at the top of automodule output.

New in version 0.6.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.sourcelink by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.sourcelink',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.sourcelink can be configured using the autodoc_default_options option in conf.py, or with the :sourcelink: option flag to automodule.

autodoc_show_sourcelink

Type: bool

Default: False

If True, shows a link to the corresponding source code at the top of each automodule directive.

:sourcelink:

When passed as an option flag to an automodule directive, show a link to the corresponding source code at the top of the output for that module only.

Changed in version 1.1.0: Added support for the :sourcelink: option flag to automodule.

API Reference

Functions:

sourcelinks_process_docstring(app, what, …)	Process the docstring of a module and add a link to the source code if given in the configuration.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.sourcelink.

sourcelinks_process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines)

Process the docstring of a module and add a link to the source code if given in the configuration.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• what

• name (str) – The name of the object being documented.

• obj – The object being documented.

• options (Mapping[str, Any]) – Mapping of autodoc options to values.

• lines (List[str]) – List of strings representing the current contents of the docstring.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.sourcelink.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.typehints

Enhanced version of sphinx-autodoc-typehints.

Copyright (c) Alex Grönholm

The changes are:

• None is formatted as None and not None. If intersphinx is used this will now be a link to the Python documentation.

  Since agronholm/sphinx-autodoc-typehints#154agronholm/sphinx-autodoc-typehints#154 this feature is now available upstream.

• If the signature of the object cannot be read, the signature provided by Sphinx will be used rather than raising an error.

  This usually occurs for methods of builtin types.

• typing.TypeVars are linked to if they have been included in the documentation.

• If a function/method argument has a module, class or function object as its default value a better representation will be shown in the signature.

  For example:

  serialise(obj, library=<module 'json'>)

  Serialise an object into a JSON string.

  Parameters

  • obj (Any) – The object to serialise.

  • library – The JSON library to use.

  Return type

  str

  Returns

  The JSON string.

  Previously this would have shown the full path to the source file. Now it displays <module 'json'>.

• The ability to hook into the process_docstring() function to edit the object’s properties before the annotations are added to the docstring.

  This is used by attr-utils to add annotations based on converter functions in attrs classes.

  To use this, in your extension’s setup function:

  def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
      from sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints import docstring_hooks
      docstring_hooks.append((my_hook, 75))
      return {}
  

  my_hook is a function that takes the object being documented as its only argument and returns that object after modification. The 75 is the priority of the hook:

  • < 20 runs before fget functions are extracted from properties

  • < 90 runs before __new__ functions are extracted from NamedTuples.

  • < 100 runs before __init__ functions are extracted from classes.

• Unresolved forward references are handled better.

• Many of the built in types from the types module are now formatted and linked to correctly.

---

New in version 0.4.0.

Changed in version 0.6.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.autodoc_typehints.

Changed in version 0.8.0: Added support for collections.namedtuple().

---

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

For configuration information see https://github.com/agronholm/sphinx-autodoc-typehints

In addition, the following configuration value is added by this extension:

hide_none_rtype

Type: bool

Default: False

Hides return types of None.

API Reference

Classes:

ObjectAlias(name)	Used to represent a module, class, function etc in a Sphinx function/class signature.
Module(name)	Used to represent a module in a Sphinx function/class signature.
Function(name)	Used to represent a function in a Sphinx function/class signature.
Class(name)	Used to represent a class in a Sphinx function/class signature.

Functions:

process_signature(app, what, name, obj, …)	Process the signature for a function/method.
process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, …)	Process the docstring of a class, function, method etc.
format_annotation(annotation[, fully_qualified])	Format a type annotation.
get_all_type_hints(obj, name, original_obj)	Returns the resolved type hints for the given objects.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints.

Data:

docstring_hooks	List of additional hooks to run in process_docstring().
default_preprocessors	A list of 2-element tuples, comprising a function to check the default value against and a preprocessor to pass the function to if True.
Preprocessor	Type hint for default preprocessor functions.

class ObjectAlias(name)

Bases: object

Used to represent a module, class, function etc in a Sphinx function/class signature.

New in version 0.9.0.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the object being aliased.

__repr__()

Returns a string representation of the ObjectAlias.

Return type

str

class Module(name)

Bases: ObjectAlias

Used to represent a module in a Sphinx function/class signature.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the module.

class Function(name)

Bases: ObjectAlias

Used to represent a function in a Sphinx function/class signature.

New in version 0.9.0.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the function.

class Class(name)

Bases: ObjectAlias

Used to represent a class in a Sphinx function/class signature.

New in version 0.9.0.

Parameters

name (str) – The name of the class.

process_signature(app, what, name, obj, options, signature, return_annotation)

Process the signature for a function/method.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• what (str)

• name (str) – The name of the object being documented.

• obj – The object being documented.

• options – Mapping of autodoc options to values.

• signature

• return_annotation (Any)

Return type

Optional[Tuple[str, None]]

Changed in version 0.8.0: Added support for factory function default values in attrs classes.

process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines)

Process the docstring of a class, function, method etc.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• what (str)

• name (str) – The name of the object being documented.

• obj (Any) – The object being documented.

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – Mapping of autodoc options to values.

• lines (List[str]) – List of strings representing the current contents of the docstring.

Changed in version 1.1.0: An empty :rtype: flag can be used to control the position of the return type annotation in the docstring.

format_annotation(annotation, fully_qualified=False)

Format a type annotation.

Parameters

• annotation

• fully_qualified (bool) – Whether the fully qualified name should be shown (e.g. typing.List) or only the object name (e.g. List). Default False.

Return type

str

Changed in version 2.13.0: Added support for True and False

get_all_type_hints(obj, name, original_obj)

Returns the resolved type hints for the given objects.

Parameters

• obj (Any)

• name (str)

• original_obj – The original object, before the class if obj is its __init__ method.

Return type

Dict[str, Any]

Preprocessor

Type hint for default preprocessor functions.

Alias of Callable[[Type], Any]

docstring_hooks

Type:    List[Tuple[Callable[[Any], Callable], int]]

List of additional hooks to run in process_docstring().

Each entry in the list consists of:

• a function that takes the object being documented as its only argument and returns that object after modification.

• a number giving the priority of the hook, in ascending order.

  • < 20 runs before fget functions are extracted from properties

  • < 90 runs before __new__ functions are extracted from NamedTuples.

  • < 100 runs before __init__ functions are extracted from classes.

default_preprocessors

Type:    List[Tuple[Callable[[Type], bool], Callable[[Type], Any]]]

A list of 2-element tuples, comprising a function to check the default value against and a preprocessor to pass the function to if True.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.typevars

Documenter for module level typing.TypeVar's, similar to Sphinx’s autotypevar but with a different appearance.

New in version 1.3.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typevars by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typevars',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Configuration

all_typevars

Type: bool

Default: False

Document all typing.TypeVars, even if they have no docstring.

no_unbound_typevars

Type: bool

Default: True

Only document typing.TypeVars that have a constraint of are bound.

This option has no effect if all_typevars is False.

Usage

.. autotypevar::

Directive to automatically document a typing.TypeVar.

The output is based on the autodata directive, and takes all of its options plus these additional ones:

:no-value:

Don’t show the value of the variable.

:value: value (string)

Show this instead of the value taken from the Python source code.

:no-type:

Don’t show the type of the variable.

API Reference

Classes:

TypeVarDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])

Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.TypeVarDocumenter with better type hint rendering.

Functions:

unskip_typevars(app, what, name, obj, skip, …)	Unskip undocumented typing.TypeVars if all_typevars is True.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typevars.

class TypeVarDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: VariableDocumenter

Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.TypeVarDocumenter with better type hint rendering.

Specialized Documenter subclass for typing.TypeVars.

Methods:

can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
resolve_type(forward_ref)	Resolve a typing.ForwardRef using the module the TypeVar belongs to.
add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive’s header.
get_doc([encoding, ignore])	Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

resolve_type(forward_ref)

Resolve a typing.ForwardRef using the module the TypeVar belongs to.

Parameters

forward_ref (ForwardRef)

Return type

Type

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user.

Parameters

• more_content (Any)

• no_docstring (bool) – Default False.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

Parameters

sig (str)

get_doc(encoding=None, ignore=None)

Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object.

Parameters

• encoding (Optional[str]) – Default None.

• ignore (Optional[int]) – Default None.

Return type

List[List[str]]

unskip_typevars(app, what, name, obj, skip, options)

Unskip undocumented typing.TypeVars if all_typevars is True.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• what (str) – The type of the object which the docstring belongs to (one of 'module', 'class', 'exception', 'function', 'method', 'attribute').

• name (str) – The fully qualified name of the object.

• obj (Any) – The object itself.

• skip (bool) – A boolean indicating if autodoc will skip this member if the user handler does not override the decision.

• options (Dict[str, Any]) – The options given to the directive: an object with attributes inherited_members, undoc_members, show_inheritance and noindex that are true if the flag option of same name was given to the auto directive.

Return type

Optional[bool]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typevars.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autodoc.variables

Documenter for module level variables, similar to autodata but with a different appearance and more customisation options.

New in version 0.6.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

Changed in version 0.7.0: Added *AttributeDocumenters

Changed in version 1.1.0: Added SlotsAttributeDocumenter

Usage

.. autovariable::

Directive to automatically document a variable.

The output is based on the autodata directive, and takes all of its options, plus these additional ones:

:no-value:

Don’t show the value of the variable.

:value: value (string)

Show this instead of the value taken from the Python source code.

:no-type:

Don’t show the type of the variable.

:type: type (string)

Show this instead of the type taken from the Python source code.

An example of the output cen be seen below for type_template.

API Reference

Classes:

VariableDocumenter(directive, name[, indent])	Specialized Documenter subclass for data items.
TypedAttributeDocumenter(directive, name[, …])	Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.AttributeDocumenter with better type hint rendering.
InstanceAttributeDocumenter(directive, name)	Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.InstanceAttributeDocumenter with better type hint rendering.
SlotsAttributeDocumenter(directive, name[, …])	Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.InstanceAttributeDocumenter with better type hint rendering.

Data:

type_template

Template for rendering type annotations in VariableDocumenter, TypedAttributeDocumenter and InstanceAttributeDocumenter.

Functions:

get_variable_type(documenter)	Returns the formatted type annotation for a variable.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables.

class VariableDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: DataDocumenter

Specialized Documenter subclass for data items.

Methods:

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

Parameters

sig (str)

class TypedAttributeDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: DocstringStripSignatureMixin, ClassLevelDocumenter

Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.AttributeDocumenter with better type hint rendering.

Specialized Documenter subclass for attributes.

New in version 0.7.0.

Changed in version 1.0.0: Now uses the type of the variable if it is not explicitly annotated.

Methods:

can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
add_directive_header(sig)	Add the directive’s header.
get_doc([encoding, ignore])	Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object.
add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

Return type

bool

add_directive_header(sig)

Add the directive’s header.

Parameters

sig (str)

get_doc(encoding=None, ignore=None)

Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object.

Parameters

• encoding (Optional[str]) – Default None.

• ignore (Optional[int]) – Default None.

Return type

List[List[str]]

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user.

class InstanceAttributeDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: TypedAttributeDocumenter

Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.InstanceAttributeDocumenter with better type hint rendering.

Specialized Documenter subclass for attributes that cannot be imported because they are instance attributes (e.g. assigned in __init__).

New in version 0.7.0.

Changed in version 1.0.0: Now uses the type of the variable if it is not explicitly annotated.

Methods:

can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
import_parent()	Import and return the attribute’s parent.
add_content(more_content[, no_docstring])	Never try to get a docstring from the object.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

This documenter only documents INSTANCEATTR members.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

import_parent()

Import and return the attribute’s parent.

Return type

Any

add_content(more_content, no_docstring=False)

Never try to get a docstring from the object.

class SlotsAttributeDocumenter(directive, name, indent='')

Bases: TypedAttributeDocumenter

Alternative version of sphinx.ext.autodoc.InstanceAttributeDocumenter with better type hint rendering.

Specialized Documenter subclass for attributes that cannot be imported because they are attributes in __slots__.

New in version 1.1.0.

Methods:

can_document_member(member, membername, …)	Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.
get_doc([encoding, ignore])	Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object.

classmethod can_document_member(member, membername, isattr, parent)

Called to see if a member can be documented by this documenter.

This documenter only documents SLOTSATTR members.

Parameters

• member (Any) – The member being checked.

• membername (str) – The name of the member.

• isattr (bool)

• parent (Any) – The parent of the member.

Return type

bool

get_doc(encoding=None, ignore=None)

Decode and return lines of the docstring(s) for the object.

Parameters

• encoding (Optional[str]) – Default None.

• ignore (Optional[int]) – Default None.

Return type

List[List[str]]

type_template = '   **Type:** |nbsp| |nbsp| |nbsp| |nbsp| %s'

Type:    str

Template for rendering type annotations in VariableDocumenter, TypedAttributeDocumenter and InstanceAttributeDocumenter.

Renders like:

Type:    str

Note

Be sure to call :func:~.add_nbsp_substitution` in the setup function of any extensions using this template.

get_variable_type(documenter)

Returns the formatted type annotation for a variable.

Parameters

documenter (Documenter)

Return type

str

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.variables.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

---

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

more_autosummary

Extensions to sphinx.ext.autosummary.

Provides an enhanced version of https://autodocsumm.readthedocs.io/ which respects the autodoc member-order option. This can be given for an individual directive, in the autodoc_member_order configuration value, or via autodocsumm_member_order.

Also patches sphinx.ext.autosummary.Autosummary to fix an issue where the module name is sometimes duplicated. I.e. foo.bar.baz() became foo.bar.foo.bar.baz(), which of course doesn’t exist and created a broken link.

New in version 0.7.0.

Changed in version 1.3.0: Autosummary now selects the appropriate documenter for attributes rather than falling back to DataDocumenter.

Changed in version 2.13.0: Also patches sphinx.ext.autodoc.ModuleDocumenter to fix an issue where __all__ is not respected for autosummary tables.

Configuration

autodocsumm_member_order

Type: str

Default: 'alphabetical'

Determines the sort order of members in autodocsumm summary tables. Valid values are 'alphabetical' and 'bysource'.

Note that for 'bysource' the module must be a Python module with the source code available.

The member order can also be set on a per-directive basis using the :member-order: [order] option. This applies not only to automodule etc. directives, but also to automodulesumm etc. directives.

autosummary_col_type

Type: str

Default: '\X'

The LaTeX column type to use for autosummary tables.

Custom columns can be defined in the LaTeX preamble for use with this option.

For example:

latex_elements["preamble"] = r'''
    \makeatletter
    \newcolumntype{\Xx}[2]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{\dimexpr
        (\linewidth-\arrayrulewidth)*#1/#2-\tw@\tabcolsep-\arrayrulewidth\relax}}
    \makeatother
    '''

autosummary_col_type = "\\Xx"

New in version 2.13.0.

API Reference

Classes:

PatchedAutoSummClassDocumenter(*args)	Patched version of autodocsumm.AutoSummClassDocumenter which doesn’t show summary tables for aliased objects.
PatchedAutoSummModuleDocumenter(*args)	Patched version of autodocsumm.AutoSummClassDocumenter which works around a bug in Sphinx 3.4 and above where __all__ is not respected.
PatchedAutosummary(name, arguments, options, …)	Pretty table containing short signatures and summaries of functions etc.

Functions:

get_documenter(app, obj, parent)	Returns an autodoc.Documenter class suitable for documenting the given object.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autosummary.

class PatchedAutoSummClassDocumenter(*args)

Bases: AutoSummClassDocumenter

Patched version of autodocsumm.AutoSummClassDocumenter which doesn’t show summary tables for aliased objects.

New in version 0.9.0.

Methods:

add_content(*args, **kwargs)

Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user.

add_content(*args, **kwargs)

Add content from docstrings, attribute documentation and user.

class PatchedAutoSummModuleDocumenter(*args)

Bases: AutoSummModuleDocumenter

Patched version of autodocsumm.AutoSummClassDocumenter which works around a bug in Sphinx 3.4 and above where __all__ is not respected.

New in version 2.13.0.

class PatchedAutosummary(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)

Bases: Autosummary

Pretty table containing short signatures and summaries of functions etc.

Patched version of sphinx.ext.autosummary.Autosummary to fix an issue where the module name is sometimes duplicated.

I.e. foo.bar.baz() became foo.bar.foo.bar.baz(), which of course doesn’t exist and created a broken link.

New in version 0.5.1.

Changed in version 0.7.0: Moved from sphinx_toolbox.patched_autosummary.

Changed in version 2.13.0: Added support for customising the column type with the autosummary_col_type option.

Methods:

create_documenter(app, obj, parent, full_name)	Get an autodoc.Documenter class suitable for documenting the given object.
get_table(items)	Generate a list of table nodes for the autosummary directive.
import_by_name(name, prefixes)	Import the object with the give name.

create_documenter(app, obj, parent, full_name)

Get an autodoc.Documenter class suitable for documenting the given object.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• obj (Any) – The object being documented.

• parent (Any) – The parent of the object (e.g. a module or a class).

• full_name (str) – The full name of the object.

Changed in version 1.3.0: Now selects the appropriate documenter for attributes rather than falling back to DataDocumenter.

Return type

Documenter

get_table(items)

Generate a list of table nodes for the autosummary directive.

Parameters

items (List[Tuple[str, str, str, str]]) – A list produced by self.get_items.

Return type

List[Node]

import_by_name(name, prefixes)

Import the object with the give name.

Parameters

• name (str)

• prefixes (List[str])

Return type

Tuple[str, Any, Any, str]

Returns

The real name of the object, the object, the parent of the object, and the name of the module.

get_documenter(app, obj, parent)

Returns an autodoc.Documenter class suitable for documenting the given object.

New in version 1.3.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• obj (Any) – The object being documented.

• parent (Any) – The parent of the object (e.g. a module or a class).

Return type

Type[Documenter]

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.more_autosummary.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

tweaks

The following tweaks are available:

tweaks.footnote_symbols

Tweak which monkeypatches docutils to use the following symbols for footnotes:

• † – dagger

• ‡ – double dagger

• § – section mark

• ¶ – paragraph mark (pilcrow)

• # – number sign

• ♠ – spade suit

• ♥ – heart suit

• ♦ – diamond suit

• ♣ – club suit

With some themes the superscript asterisk becomes very hard to see.

New in version 2.7.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.footnote_symbols by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.footnote_symbols',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

---

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.footnote_symbols.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

tweaks.latex_layout

Makes minor adjustments to the LaTeX layout.

• Increases the whitespace above function signatures by 5px, to prevent the function visually merging with the previous one.

• Remove unnecessary indentation and allow “raggedright” for the fields in the body of functions, which prevents ugly whitespace and line breaks.

• Disables justification for function signatures. This is a backport of changes from Sphinx 4 added in sphinx-doc/sphinx#8997sphinx-doc/sphinx#8997.

  New in version 2.12.0.

• With Sphinx 3.5, doesn’t add \sphinxAtStartPar before every paragraph. The change in sphinx-doc/sphinx#8781sphinx-doc/sphinx#8781 was to solve an issue with tables, but it isn’t clear why it then gets added for every paragraph so this extension removes it.

  New in version 2.13.0.

• Configures hyperref to apply correct page numbering to the frontmatter.

  New in version 2.14.0.

New in version 2.10.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_layout by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_layout',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

---

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_layout.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

tweaks.latex_toc

Adjusts the default LaTeX output as follows:

• The captions from toctree directives are converted into document parts.

• The PDF outline has the correct hierarchy, including having the indices as top-level elements.

New in version 2.1.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_toc by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_toc',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

---

Functions:

configure(app, config)	Configure sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_toc.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_toc.

configure(app, config)

Configure sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_toc.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• config (Config)

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_toc.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

tweaks.param_dash

Monkeypatches sphinx.util.docfields.TypedField to only output the endash (–) separating the parameter name from its description if a description was given.

New in version 0.9.0.

Example

.. class:: MyClass(foo, bar)

    This is my class.

    :param foo: An argument
    :param bar:

class MyClass(foo, bar)

This is my class.

Parameters

• foo – An argument

• bar

Enable sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.param_dash by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.param_dash',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

---

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.param_dash.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

tweaks.sphinx_panels_tabs

Tweak to executablebooks/sphinx-tabsexecutablebooks/sphinx-tabs to fix a CSS conflict with executablebooks/sphinx-panelsexecutablebooks/sphinx-panels.

Fix for executablebooks/sphinx-panels#51executablebooks/sphinx-panels#51.

New in version 1.9.0.

Enable sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.sphinx_panels_tabs by adding the following to the extensions variable in your conf.py:

extensions = [
    ...
    'sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.sphinx_panels_tabs',
    ]

For more information see https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/extensions#third-party-extensions .

---

Functions:

copy_asset_files(app[, exception])	Copy asset files to the output.
setup(app)	Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.sphinx_panels_tabs.

copy_asset_files(app, exception=None)

Copy asset files to the output.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• exception (Optional[Exception]) – Any exception which occurred and caused Sphinx to abort. Default None.

Changed in version 2.7.0: Renamed from copy_assets. The old name is deprecated an will be removed in 3.0.0

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.sphinx_panels_tabs.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

tweaks.tabsize

Hack to get the docutils tab size, as there doesn’t appear to be any other way.

New in version 1.0.0.

You probably don’t need to use this extension directly, but if you’re developing an extension of your own you can enable it like so:

def setup(app: Sphinx) -> Dict[str, Any]:
    app.setup_extension('sphinx_toolbox.github')
    return {}

This will guarantee that the following value will be available via app.config:

• docutils_tab_width (int) – The number of spaces that correspond to a tab when Docutils parses source files.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.tabsize.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

Changelog

2.18.0

consolekit is no longer a dependency; TerminalRegexParser now contains the necessary code to create coloured text itself.

2.17.0

Additions

• sphinx_toolbox.testing.latex_regression() and sphinx_toolbox.testing.LaTeXRegressionFixture

• The jinja2_namespace argument to sphinx_toolbox.testing.HTMLRegressionFixture.check

Bugs Fixed

• Close the underlying requests session of sphinx_toolbox.utils.GITHUB_COM when the Python interpreter exits.

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints.process_docstring() is skipped for variable and regex documenters where there aren’t :param: and :rtype: attributes.

2.16.1

Removed top-end requirement for Sphinx. The officially supported versions are Sphinx 3.2 to 4.4 inclusive.

2.16.0

Bugs Fixed

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc – Ensure the |nbsp| substitution is set up correctly when the rst_prolog option is specified in conf.py (Issue #80#80). when using the extension on its own.

• Set the class CSS class with custom autodocumenters (autonamedtuple, autoprotocol and autotypeddict) (Issue #79#79)

Additions

• sphinx_toolbox.utils.add_fallback_css_class()

• sphinx_toolbox.testing.HTMLRegressionFixture – made the docutils_version variable available in jinja2 templates.

2.15.3

Features

• Support sphinx-autodoc-typehints versions 1.12-1.14.

Bugs Fixed

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.regex – Ensure the |nbsp| substitution is set up when using the extension on its own (Issue #80#80).

Deprecations

• sphinx_toolbox.utils.begin_generate() – Will be removed in v3.0.0. Users of this function should reimplement it in their own code.

2.15.2

Bugs Fixed

• sphinx_toolbox.decorators – Ensure the deco role correctly finds the targets of xrefs.

2.15.1

Bugs Fixed

• sphinx_toolbox.github – fix crash when getting GitHub issue titles if there’s no internet.

2.15.0

Features

• Added support for Sphinx 4.1 and 4.2

• Added support for autodocsumm > 0.2.2

• Improved support for Python 3.10.0 rc.2

Bugs Fixed

• RegexDocumenter – No longer outputs a csv-table directive when there is no pattern and no flags. This prevents docutils emitting a warning.

• Correctly uses UTF-8 when reading files in HTML regression tests.

2.14.0

Features

• sphinx_toolbox.testing.HTMLRegressionFixture – Added support for rendering the reference file as a jinja2 template, which can be used to account for differences between Python and Sphinx versions.

• Added support for Sphinx 4.0 and sphinx-tabs versions up to 3.2.0

• Improved support for Python 3.10.0 rc.1

• sphinx_toolbox.tweaks.latex_layout – Now configures hyperref to use correct page numbering for the frontmatter.

Bugs Fixed

• URLs pointing to https://pypistats.org/ now use lowercased project names.

• The cls and return attributes are ignored from __annotations__ when deciding whether to include the __new__ method for a NamedTuple with NamedTupleDocumenter.

2.13.0

Features

• Added support for Sphinx 3.4.x and 3.5.x.

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.autoprotocol – Added support for generic bases, such as class SupportsAbs(Protocol[T_co]): ....

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autosummary – Added the autosummary_col_type configuration option.

• sphinx_toolbox.latex.replace_unknown_unicode() – Add support for converting ≥ and ≤.

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autodoc.typehints.format_annotation() – Added support for True and False

Bugs Fixed

• sphinx_toolbox.more_autosummary – Ensure __all__ is respected for autosummary tables.

---

Note

The changlog prior to 2.13.0 has not been compiled yet.

sphinx_toolbox

sphinx_toolbox also provides some utility functions for building Sphinx extensions.

setup(app)

Setup sphinx_toolbox.

Parameters

app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

Return type

SphinxExtMetadata

sphinx_toolbox.config

Internal configuration for sphinx-toolbox.

Exceptions:

InvalidOptionError	Subclass of ValueError to indicate an invalid value for a configuration value.
MissingOptionError	Subclass of ValueError to indicate a missing configuration option.

Classes:

ToolboxConfig([config, overrides])

Subclass of sphinx.config.Config with type annotations for the configuration values added by sphinx-toolbox.

Functions:

validate_config(app, config)

Validate the provided configuration values.

exception InvalidOptionError

Bases: ValueError

Subclass of ValueError to indicate an invalid value for a configuration value.

exception MissingOptionError

Bases: ValueError

Subclass of ValueError to indicate a missing configuration option.

class ToolboxConfig(config={}, overrides={})

Bases: Config

Subclass of sphinx.config.Config with type annotations for the configuration values added by sphinx-toolbox.

Depending on the extensions enabled not all of these configuration values will be present.

Functionally compatible with sphinx.config.Config.

Attributes:

all_typevars	Document all typing.TypeVars, even if they have no docstring.
assets_dir	The directory in which to find assets for the asset role.
conda_channels	List of required Conda channels.
docutils_tab_width	The tab size used by docutils.
github_issues_url	The base URL for the issues on GitHub.
github_pull_url	The base URL for the pull requests on GitHub.
github_repository	The GitHub repository this documentation corresponds to.
github_source_url	The base URL for the source code on GitHub.
github_url	The complete URL of the repository on GitHub.
github_username	The username of the GitHub account that owns the repository this documentation corresponds to.
no_unbound_typevars	Only document typing.TypeVars that have a constraint of are bound.
rst_prolog	A string of reStructuredText that will be included at the beginning of every source file that is read.
source_link_target	The target of the source link, either 'github' or 'sphinx'.
wikipedia_lang	The Wikipedia language to use for wikipedia roles.

all_typevars

Type:    bool

Document all typing.TypeVars, even if they have no docstring.

assets_dir

Type:    str

The directory in which to find assets for the asset role.

conda_channels

Type:    List[str]

List of required Conda channels.

docutils_tab_width

Type:    int

The tab size used by docutils. This is usually 8 spaces, but can be configured in the docutils.conf file.

github_issues_url

Type:    RequestsURL

The base URL for the issues on GitHub.

github_pull_url

Type:    RequestsURL

The base URL for the pull requests on GitHub.

github_repository

Type:    str

The GitHub repository this documentation corresponds to.

github_source_url

Type:    RequestsURL

The base URL for the source code on GitHub.

github_url

Type:    RequestsURL

The complete URL of the repository on GitHub.

github_username

Type:    str

The username of the GitHub account that owns the repository this documentation corresponds to.

no_unbound_typevars

Type:    bool

Only document typing.TypeVars that have a constraint of are bound.

This option has no effect if all_typevars is False.

rst_prolog

Type:    str

A string of reStructuredText that will be included at the beginning of every source file that is read.

source_link_target

Type:    str

The target of the source link, either 'github' or 'sphinx'. Will be lowercase after validate_config() has run.

wikipedia_lang

Type:    str

The Wikipedia language to use for wikipedia roles.

validate_config(app, config)

Validate the provided configuration values.

See ToolboxConfig for a list of the configuration values.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• config (Config)

sphinx_toolbox.testing

Functions for testing Sphinx extensions.

Attention

This module has the following additional requirements:

coincidence>=0.4.3
pygments>=2.7.4

These can be installed as follows:

python -m pip install sphinx-toolbox[testing]

See also

Sphinx’s own testing library: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/tree/3.x/sphinx/testing

Classes:

Sphinx()	A class that pretends to be sphinx.application.Sphinx but that is stripped back to allow the internals to be inspected.
RunSetupOutput(setup_ret, directives, roles, …)	NamedTuple representing the output from run_setup().
HTMLRegressionFixture(datadir, …)	Subclass of pytest_regressions.file_regression.FileRegressionFixture for checking HTML files.
LaTeXRegressionFixture(datadir, …)	Subclass of coincidence.regressions.AdvancedFileRegressionFixture for checking LaTeX files.

Functions:

run_setup(setup_func)	Function for running an extension’s setup() function for testing.
remove_html_footer(page)	Remove the Sphinx footer from HTML pages.
check_html_regression(page, file_regression)	Check an HTML page generated by Sphinx for regressions, using pytest-regressions.
remove_html_link_tags(page)	Remove link tags from HTML pages.
check_asset_copy(func, *asset_files, …)	Helper to test functions which respond to Sphinx build-finished events and copy asset files.
html_regression(datadir, original_datadir, …)	Returns an HTMLRegressionFixture scoped to the test function.
latex_regression(datadir, original_datadir, …)	Returns a LaTeXRegressionFixture scoped to the test function.

class Sphinx

Bases: object

A class that pretends to be sphinx.application.Sphinx but that is stripped back to allow the internals to be inspected. This can be used in tests to ensure the nodes, roles etc. being registered in an extension’s setup() function are actually being registered.

Attributes:

registry	Instance of sphinx.registry.SphinxComponentRegistry
config	Instance of sphinx.config.Config
events	Instance of sphinx.events.EventManager
html_themes	Mapping of HTML theme names to filesystem paths.

Methods:

add_builder(builder[, override])	Register a new builder.
add_config_value(name, default, rebuild[, types])	Register a configuration value.
add_event(name)	Register an event called name.
set_translator(name, translator_class[, …])	Register or override a Docutils translator class.
add_node(node[, override])	Register a Docutils node class.
add_enumerable_node(node, figtype[, …])	Register a Docutils node class as a numfig target.
add_directive(name, cls[, override])	Register a Docutils directive.
add_role(name, role[, override])	Register a Docutils role.
add_generic_role(name, nodeclass[, override])	Register a generic Docutils role.
add_domain(domain[, override])	Register a domain.
add_directive_to_domain(domain, name, cls[, …])	Register a Docutils directive in a domain.
add_role_to_domain(domain, name, role[, …])	Register a Docutils role in a domain.
add_index_to_domain(domain, index[, override])	Register a custom index for a domain.
add_object_type(directivename, rolename[, …])	Register a new object type.
add_crossref_type(directivename, rolename[, …])	Register a new crossref object type.
add_transform(transform)	Register a Docutils transform to be applied after parsing.
add_post_transform(transform)	Register a Docutils transform to be applied before writing.
add_js_file(filename, **kwargs)	Register a JavaScript file to include in the HTML output.
add_css_file(filename, **kwargs)	Register a stylesheet to include in the HTML output.
add_latex_package(packagename[, options, …])	Register a package to include in the LaTeX source code.
add_lexer(alias, lexer)	Register a new lexer for source code.
add_autodocumenter(cls[, override])	Register a new documenter class for the autodoc extension.
add_autodoc_attrgetter(typ, getter)	Register a new getattr-like function for the autodoc extension.
add_source_suffix(suffix, filetype[, override])	Register a suffix of source files.
add_source_parser(*args, **kwargs)	Register a parser class.
add_env_collector(collector)	No-op for now.
add_html_theme(name, theme_path)	Register an HTML Theme.
add_html_math_renderer(name[, …])	Register a math renderer for HTML.
setup_extension(extname)	Import and setup a Sphinx extension module.
require_sphinx(version)	Check the Sphinx version if requested.
connect(event, callback[, priority])	Register callback to be called when event is emitted.

registry

Type:    SphinxComponentRegistry

Instance of sphinx.registry.SphinxComponentRegistry

config

Type:    Config

Instance of sphinx.config.Config

events

Type:    EventManager

Instance of sphinx.events.EventManager

html_themes

Type:    Dict[str, str]

Mapping of HTML theme names to filesystem paths.

add_builder(builder, override=False)

Register a new builder.

The registered values are stored in the app.registry.builders dictionary (typing.Dict[str, typing.Type[sphinx.builders.Builder]]).

add_config_value(name, default, rebuild, types=())

Register a configuration value.

The registered values are stored in the app.config.values dictionary (typing.Dict[str, typing.Tuple]).

add_event(name)

Register an event called name.

The registered values are stored in the app.events.events dictionary (typing.Dict[str, str]).

set_translator(name, translator_class, override=False)

Register or override a Docutils translator class.

The registered values are stored in the app.registry.translators dictionary. (typing.Dict[str, typing.Type[docutils.nodes.NodeVisitor]]).

add_node(node, override=False, **kwargs)

Register a Docutils node class.

The registered values are stored in the additional_nodes set returned by run_setup() (typing.Set[typing.Type[docutils.nodes.Node]]).

add_enumerable_node(node, figtype, title_getter=None, override=False, **kwargs)

Register a Docutils node class as a numfig target.

add_directive(name, cls, override=False)

Register a Docutils directive.

add_role(name, role, override=False)

Register a Docutils role.

The registered values are stored in the roles dictionary returned by run_setup(). (typing.Dict[str, typing.Callable]).

add_generic_role(name, nodeclass, override=False)

Register a generic Docutils role.

add_domain(domain, override=False)

Register a domain.

add_directive_to_domain(domain, name, cls, override=False)

Register a Docutils directive in a domain.

add_role_to_domain(domain, name, role, override=False)

Register a Docutils role in a domain.

add_index_to_domain(domain, index, override=False)

Register a custom index for a domain.

add_object_type(directivename, rolename, indextemplate='', parse_node=None, ref_nodeclass=None, objname='', doc_field_types=[], override=False)

Register a new object type.

add_crossref_type(directivename, rolename, indextemplate='', ref_nodeclass=None, objname='', override=False)

Register a new crossref object type.

add_transform(transform)

Register a Docutils transform to be applied after parsing.

add_post_transform(transform)

Register a Docutils transform to be applied before writing.

add_js_file(filename, **kwargs)

Register a JavaScript file to include in the HTML output.

New in version 2.8.0.

add_css_file(filename, **kwargs)

Register a stylesheet to include in the HTML output.

New in version 2.7.0.

add_latex_package(packagename, options=None, after_hyperref=False)

Register a package to include in the LaTeX source code.

add_lexer(alias, lexer)

Register a new lexer for source code.

add_autodocumenter(cls, override=False)

Register a new documenter class for the autodoc extension.

add_autodoc_attrgetter(typ, getter)

Register a new getattr-like function for the autodoc extension.

add_source_suffix(suffix, filetype, override=False)

Register a suffix of source files.

add_source_parser(*args, **kwargs)

Register a parser class.

add_env_collector(collector)

No-op for now.

add_html_theme(name, theme_path)

Register an HTML Theme.

add_html_math_renderer(name, inline_renderers=None, block_renderers=None)

Register a math renderer for HTML.

setup_extension(extname)

Import and setup a Sphinx extension module.

require_sphinx(version)

Check the Sphinx version if requested.

No-op when testing

connect(event, callback, priority=500)

Register callback to be called when event is emitted.

Return type

int

run_setup(setup_func)

Function for running an extension’s setup() function for testing.

Parameters

setup_func (Union[Callable[[Sphinx], Optional[Dict[str, Any]]], Callable[[Sphinx], Optional[SphinxExtMetadata]], Callable[[Sphinx], Optional[Dict[str, Any]]], Callable[[Sphinx], Optional[SphinxExtMetadata]]]) – The setup() function under test.

Return type

RunSetupOutput

Returns

5-element namedtuple

namedtuple RunSetupOutput(setup_ret, directives, roles, additional_nodes, app)

Bases: NamedTuple

NamedTuple representing the output from run_setup().

Fields

0.  setup_ret (Union[None, Dict[str, Any], SphinxExtMetadata]) – The output from the setup() function.

1.  directives (Dict[str, Callable]) – Mapping of directive names to directive functions.

2.  roles (Dict[str, Callable]) – Mapping of role names to role functions.

3.  additional_nodes (Set[Type[Any]]) – Set of custom docutils nodes registered in setup().

4.  app (Sphinx) – Instance of sphinx_toolbox.testing.Sphinx.

__repr__()

Return a string representation of the RunSetupOutput.

Return type

str

remove_html_footer(page)

Remove the Sphinx footer from HTML pages.

The footer contains the Sphinx and theme versions and therefore changes between versions. This can cause unwanted, false positive test failures.

Parameters

page (BeautifulSoup) – The page to remove the footer from.

Return type

BeautifulSoup

Returns

The page without the footer.

check_html_regression(page, file_regression)

Check an HTML page generated by Sphinx for regressions, using pytest-regressions.

Parameters

• page (BeautifulSoup) – The page to test.

• file_regression (FileRegressionFixture) – The file regression fixture.

Example usage

@pytest.mark.parametrize("page", ["index.html"], indirect=True)
def test_page(page: BeautifulSoup, file_regression: FileRegressionFixture):
    check_html_regression(page, file_regression)

remove_html_link_tags(page)

Remove link tags from HTML pages.

These may vary between different versions of Sphinx and its extensions. This can cause unwanted, false positive test failures.

Parameters

page (BeautifulSoup) – The page to remove the link tags from.

Return type

BeautifulSoup

Returns

The page without the link tags.

check_asset_copy(func, *asset_files, file_regression)

Helper to test functions which respond to Sphinx build-finished events and copy asset files.

New in version 2.0.0.

Parameters

• func (Callable[[Sphinx, Exception], Any]) – The function to test.

• *asset_files – The paths of asset files copied by the function, relative to the Sphinx output directory.

• file_regression (FileRegressionFixture)

class HTMLRegressionFixture(datadir, original_datadir, request)

Bases: FileRegressionFixture

Subclass of pytest_regressions.file_regression.FileRegressionFixture for checking HTML files.

New in version 2.0.0.

Methods:

check(page, *[, extension, jinja2, …])

Check an HTML page generated by Sphinx for regressions, using pytest-regressions.

check(page, *, extension='.html', jinja2=False, jinja2_namespace=None, **kwargs)

Check an HTML page generated by Sphinx for regressions, using pytest-regressions.

Parameters

• page (BeautifulSoup) – The page to test.

• jinja2 (bool) – Whether to render the reference file as a jinja2 template. Default False.

• jinja2_namespace (Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) – If jinja2 is True, a mapping of variable names to values to make available in the jinja2 template. Default None.

• **kwargs – Additional keyword arguments passed to pytest_regressions.file_regression.FileRegressionFixture.check().

Changed in version 2.14.0: Added the jinja2 keyword argument.

Changed in version 2.17.0: Added the jinja2_namespace keyword argument.

When jinja2 is True, the reference file will be rendered as a jinja2 template. The template is passed the following variables:

• sphinx_version – the Sphinx version number, as a tuple of integers.

• python_version – the Python version number, in the form returned by sys.version_info.

• docutils_version – the docutils version number, as a tuple of integers (New in version 2.16.0).

Example usage

@pytest.mark.parametrize("page", ["index.html"], indirect=True)
def test_page(page: BeautifulSoup, html_regression: HTMLRegressionFixture):
    html_regression.check(page, file_regression)

fixture html_regression

Scope:    function

Returns an HTMLRegressionFixture scoped to the test function.

New in version 2.0.0.

Return type

HTMLRegressionFixture

class LaTeXRegressionFixture(datadir, original_datadir, request)

Bases: AdvancedFileRegressionFixture

Subclass of coincidence.regressions.AdvancedFileRegressionFixture for checking LaTeX files.

New in version 2.17.0.

Methods:

check(contents, *[, extension, jinja2, …])

Check a LaTeX file generated by Sphinx for regressions, using pytest-regressions

check(contents, *, extension='.html', jinja2=False, jinja2_namespace=None, **kwargs)

Check a LaTeX file generated by Sphinx for regressions, using pytest-regressions

Parameters

• contents (Union[str, StringList])

• jinja2 (bool) – Whether to render the reference file as a jinja2 template. Default False.

• jinja2_namespace (Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) – If jinja2 is True, a mapping of variable names to values to make available in the jinja2 template. Default None.

• **kwargs – Additional keyword arguments passed to pytest_regressions.file_regression.FileRegressionFixture.check().

When jinja2 is True, the reference file will be rendered as a jinja2 template. The template is passed the following variables:

• sphinx_version – the Sphinx version number, as a tuple of integers.

• python_version – the Python version number, in the form returned by sys.version_info.

• docutils_version – the docutils version number, as a tuple of integers (New in version 2.16.0).

Note

Unlike standard HTML jinja2 templates, this class expects the use of < and > rather than { and }.

For example:

<% if foo %>
<# This should only happen on Tuesdays #>
<< foo.upper() >>
<% endif %>

Example usage

@pytest.mark.sphinx("latex")
def test_latex_output(app: Sphinx, latex_regression: LaTeXRegressionFixture):
    app.build()
    output_file = app.outdir / "python.tex"
    latex_regression.check(output_file.read_text())

fixture latex_regression

Scope:    function

Returns a LaTeXRegressionFixture scoped to the test function.

New in version 2.17.0.

Return type

LaTeXRegressionFixture

sphinx_toolbox.utils

General utility functions.

Functions:

add_nbsp_substitution(config)	Adds the |nbsp| substitution directive to the reStructuredText prolog.
allow_subclass_add(app, *documenters)	Add the given autodocumenters, but only if a subclass of it is not already registered.
baseclass_is_private(obj)	Returns True if the first and only base class starts with a double underscore.
begin_generate(documenter[, real_modname, …])	Boilerplate for the top of generate in sphinx.ext.autodoc.Documenter subclasses.
code_repr(obj)	Returns the repr of the given object as reStructuredText inline code.
escape_trailing__(string)	Returns the given string with trailing underscores escaped to prevent Sphinx treating them as references.
filter_members_warning(member, exception)	Log a warning when filtering members.
flag(argument)	Check for a valid flag option (no argument) and return True.
get_first_matching(condition, iterable[, …])	Returns the first value in iterable that meets condition, or default if none match.
is_namedtuple(obj)	Returns whether the given object is a collections.namedtuple() class.
make_github_url(username, repository)	Construct a URL to a GitHub repository from a username and repository name.
parse_parameters(lines[, tab_size])	Parse parameters from the docstring of a class/function.
unknown_module_warning(documenter)	Log a warning that the module to import the object from is unknown.
add_fallback_css_class(objtypes_css_fallbacks)	Registers a transform which will edit the CSS classes of documented objects based on their objtype.

Data:

GITHUB_COM	Instance of apeye.requests_url.RequestsURL that points to the GitHub website.
OptionSpec	Type hint for the option_spec variable of Docutils directives.
SetupFunc	Type annotation for Sphinx extensions’ setup functions.
typed_flag_regex	Regex to match :type <name>: <type> flags.
typed_param_regex	Regex to match :param <type> <name>: <docstring> flags.
untyped_param_regex	Regex to match :param <name>: <docstring> flags.

Exceptions:

NoMatchError

Raised when no matching values were found in get_first_matching().

Classes:

Param	TypedDict to represent a parameter parsed from a class or function’s docstring.
Purger(attr_name)	Class to purge redundant nodes.
SphinxExtMetadata	typing.TypedDict representing the metadata dictionary returned by Sphinx extensions’ setup functions.

add_nbsp_substitution(config)

Adds the |nbsp| substitution directive to the reStructuredText prolog.

New in version 2.1.0.

Parameters

config (Config)

allow_subclass_add(app, *documenters)

Add the given autodocumenters, but only if a subclass of it is not already registered.

This allows other libraries to extend the autodocumenters.

New in version 0.8.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• documenters (Type[Documenter])

baseclass_is_private(obj)

Returns True if the first and only base class starts with a double underscore.

Parameters

obj (Type)

Return type

bool

begin_generate(documenter, real_modname=None, check_module=False)

Boilerplate for the top of generate in sphinx.ext.autodoc.Documenter subclasses.

New in version 0.2.0.

Parameters

• documenter (Documenter)

• real_modname (Optional[str]) – Default None.

• check_module (bool) – Default False.

Return type

Optional[str]

Returns

The sourcename, or None if certain conditions are met, to indicate that the Documenter class should exit early.

Deprecated since version 2.16.0: This will be removed in 3.0.0. Users of this function should reimplement it in their own code.

code_repr(obj)

Returns the repr of the given object as reStructuredText inline code.

New in version 0.9.0.

Parameters

obj (Any)

Return type

str

escape_trailing__(string)

Returns the given string with trailing underscores escaped to prevent Sphinx treating them as references.

New in version 0.8.0.

Parameters

string (str)

Return type

str

filter_members_warning(member, exception)

Log a warning when filtering members.

New in version 0.2.0.

Parameters

• member

• exception (Exception)

flag(argument)

Check for a valid flag option (no argument) and return True.

Used in the option_spec of directives.

See also

docutils.parsers.rst.directives.flag, which returns None instead of True.

Raises

ValueError if an argument is given.

Return type

bool

get_first_matching(condition, iterable, default=no_default)

Returns the first value in iterable that meets condition, or default if none match.

New in version 0.7.0.

Parameters

• condition (Callable[[Any], bool]) – The condition to evaluate.

• iterable (Iterable[~_T])

• default (~_T) – The default value to return if no values in iterable match. Default no_default.

Return type

~_T

GITHUB_COM = RequestsURL('https://github.com')

Type:    RequestsURL

Instance of apeye.requests_url.RequestsURL that points to the GitHub website.

is_namedtuple(obj)

Returns whether the given object is a collections.namedtuple() class.

New in version 0.8.0.

Parameters

obj (Any)

Return type

bool

make_github_url(username, repository)

Construct a URL to a GitHub repository from a username and repository name.

Parameters

• username (str) – The username of the GitHub account that owns the repository.

• repository (str) – The name of the repository.

Return type

RequestsURL

exception NoMatchError

Bases: ValueError

Raised when no matching values were found in get_first_matching().

New in version 0.7.0.

OptionSpec

Type hint for the option_spec variable of Docutils directives.

Alias of Mapping[str, Callable[[str], Any]]

typeddict Param

Bases: dict

TypedDict to represent a parameter parsed from a class or function’s docstring.

New in version 0.8.0.

Required Keys

• doc (List[str]) – The docstring of the parameter.

• type (str) – The type of the parameter.

parse_parameters(lines, tab_size=8)

Parse parameters from the docstring of a class/function.

New in version 0.8.0.

Parameters

• lines (List[str]) – The lines of the docstring

• tab_size (int) – Default 8.

Return type

Tuple[Dict[str, Param], List[str], List[str]]

Returns

A mapping of parameter names to their docstrings and types, a list of docstring lines that appeared before the parameters, and the list of docstring lines that appear after the parameters.

class Purger(attr_name)

Bases: object

Class to purge redundant nodes.

Parameters

attr_name (str) – The name of the build environment’s attribute that stores the list of nodes, e.g. all_installation_nodes.

Methods:

purge_nodes(app, env, docname)	Remove all redundant nodes.
get_outdated_docnames(app, env, added, …)	Returns a list of all docnames containing one or more nodes this Purger is aware of.
add_node(env, node, targetnode, lineno)	Add a node.

purge_nodes(app, env, docname)

Remove all redundant nodes.

This function can be configured for the env-purge-doc event:

my_node_purger = Purger("all_my_node_nodes")

def setup(app: Sphinx):
    app.connect("env-purge-doc", my_node_purger.purge_nodes)

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

• docname (str) – The name of the document to remove nodes for.

get_outdated_docnames(app, env, added, changed, removed)

Returns a list of all docnames containing one or more nodes this Purger is aware of.

This function can be configured for the env-get-outdated event:

my_node_purger = Purger("all_my_node_nodes")

def setup(app: Sphinx):
    app.connect("env-get-outdated", my_node_purger.get_outdated_docnames)

New in version 2.7.0.

Parameters

• app (Sphinx) – The Sphinx application.

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

• added (Set[str]) – A set of newly added documents.

• changed (Set[str]) – A set of document names whose content has changed.

• removed (Set[str]) – A set of document names which have been removed.

Return type

List[str]

add_node(env, node, targetnode, lineno)

Add a node.

Parameters

• env (BuildEnvironment) – The Sphinx build environment.

• node (Node)

• targetnode (Node)

• lineno (int)

SetupFunc

Type annotation for Sphinx extensions’ setup functions.

New in version 1.9.0.

Alias of Callable[[Sphinx], Optional[SphinxExtMetadata]]

typeddict SphinxExtMetadata

Bases: dict

typing.TypedDict representing the metadata dictionary returned by Sphinx extensions’ setup functions.

This is treated by Sphinx as metadata of the extension.

Optional Keys

• version (str) – A string that identifies the extension version. It is used for extension version requirement checking and informational purposes. If not given, 'unknown version' is substituted.

• env_version (int) – An integer that identifies the version of env data structure if the extension stores any data to environment. It is used to detect the data structure has been changed from last build. Extensions have to increment the version when data structure has changed. If not given, Sphinx considers the extension does not stores any data to environment.

• parallel_read_safe (bool) – A boolean that specifies if parallel reading of source files can be used when the extension is loaded. It defaults to False, i.e. you have to explicitly specify your extension to be parallel-read-safe after checking that it is.

• parallel_write_safe (bool) – A boolean that specifies if parallel writing of output files can be used when the extension is loaded. Since extensions usually don’t negatively influence the process, this defaults to True.

typed_flag_regex

Type:    Pattern[str]

Regex to match :type <name>: <type> flags.

New in version 0.8.0.

Pattern	^:(paramtype|type)\s*([A-Za-z_]\w*\s*):\s*(.*)
Flags	re.ASCII

typed_param_regex

Type:    Pattern[str]

Regex to match :param <type> <name>: <docstring> flags.

New in version 0.8.0.

Pattern	^:(param|parameter|arg|argument)\s*([A-Za-z_]\w*\s+)([A-Za-z_]\w*\s*):\s*(.*)
Flags	re.ASCII

unknown_module_warning(documenter)

Log a warning that the module to import the object from is unknown.

New in version 0.2.0.

Parameters

documenter (Documenter)

untyped_param_regex

Type:    Pattern[str]

Regex to match :param <name>: <docstring> flags.

New in version 0.8.0.

Pattern	^:(param|parameter|arg|argument)\s*([A-Za-z_]\w*\s*):\s*(.*)
Flags	re.ASCII

add_fallback_css_class(objtypes_css_fallbacks)

Registers a transform which will edit the CSS classes of documented objects based on their objtype.

Parameters

objtypes_css_fallbacks (Dict[str, str]) – A mapping of Sphinx objtypes to the CSS class which should be added to them. The class is usually the objtype attribute from the documenter’s parent class.

New in version 2.16.0.

Used as follows:

app.connect("object-description-transform", add_fallback_css_class({"typeddict": "class"}))

This will apply the transformation to documented objects with the typeddict CSS class by adding the class CSS class.

Parameters

objtypes_css_fallbacks

Downloading source code

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