yours-truly

This is a node.js APIBlueprint formatter for producing HTML documents.

It uses protagonist and ejs to do all the dirty work.

Writing API documentation

For writing API documentation, read up on the APIBlueprint specification.

Here's a small sample:

FORMAT: 1A
HOST: https://api.example.com/v1

# Example API

A simple API example

# Group People

This section describes the People endpoint

## Person [/people/{id}]

Represent a particular Person

+ Parameters

    + id (required, string, `123`) ... The id of the Person.

+ Model (application/json)

    ```
    {"first_name":"Samuel","last_name":"Adams","birthdate":"09-27-1722"}
    ```

### Retrieve Person [GET]

Return the information for the Person

+ Response 200 (application/json)

    [Person][]

Usage

$ ./node_modules/bin/yours-truly INPUT_FILE.md [OUTPUT_FILE.html]

Examples

Output to stdout

1. Create your API markdown file, e.g. `blueprint.md`
1. Run `./node_modules/bin/yours-truly blueprint.md`
1. Pipe the output somewhere
1. Done!

Output to HTML file

1. Create your API markdown file, e.g. `blueprint.md`
1. Run `./node_modules/bin/yours-truly blueprint.md blueprint.html`
1. Done!

Notes

- Trying to view the output HTML file in your browser directly from the filesystem will not display correctly.

Related Projects

If the GO language is more your thing, you might want to check out these projects

• github.com/subosita/iglo : Original inspiration of this project

• github.com/peterhellberg/hiro : Uses iglo to output HTML to a file