depdoc

Auto-generate documentation using your package.json's dependencies

depdoc simply scans your package.json's dependencies property and returns some simple information about each item. For an example, please see this package's own depdoc.md.

Install

npm install --global depdoc

CLI

Usage: depdoc <filepath> [options]
 
Options:
 
  -h, --help      output usage information
  -V, --version   output the version number
  -g, --generate  Generate a markdown file of the result
  -p, --print     Print result to the console
  -c, --copy      Copy result to clipboard

CLI usage:

Print result to the console

depdoc <filepath> -p
 
depdoc package.json -p
depdoc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TryKickoff/generator-kickoff/master/package.json -p

Note: files hosted on github.com can also be used

Copy result to your clipboard

depdoc <filepath> -c
 
depdoc package.json -c
depdoc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TryKickoff/generator-kickoff/master/package.json -c

Create markdown file of result

Default filename is depdoc.md

depdoc <filepath> -g
 
depdoc package.json -g dependencies
depdoc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrmartineau/depdoc/master/package.json -g dependencies

Non-CLI usage

depdoc can also be used in your node code, but in order for your it to parse your json, you will need to normalise it first, see below for an example from the depdoc demo site.

var depdoc = require('depdoc');
var input = document.querySelector('.packageInput').value;
        var normalisedInput = input.replace(/\r?\n|\s|\r/g,'');
 
var result = depdoc(input, 'json');