API Doc Generator

Generate beautiful API documentation from code or specs.

Features

• 📝 Multi-format — Markdown, HTML, PDF
• 🎨 Interactive — Try-it-out functionality
• 📊 OpenAPI — Generate from OpenAPI/Swagger
• 🔄 Auto-sync — Keep docs updated
• 🌐 Hosting — Deploy to GitHub Pages

Usage

From Code

# Python FastAPI
hermes api-docs generate --framework fastapi --file main.py

# Node.js Express
hermes api-docs generate --framework express --dir ./src

# Go Gin
hermes api-docs generate --framework gin --file main.go

From OpenAPI

# Generate from spec
hermes api-docs generate --spec openapi.yaml

# Update existing
hermes api-docs update --spec openapi.yaml --output ./docs

Generate Output

# Markdown
hermes api-docs generate --format markdown --output README.md

# HTML (Redoc)
hermes api-docs generate --format html --output docs/

# Stoplight
hermes api-docs generate --format stoplight --output docs/

Examples

FastAPI Project

hermes api-docs generate \
  --framework fastapi \
  --file app/main.py \
  --title "My API" \
  --version 1.0.0 \
  --output docs/

From OpenAPI 3.0

hermes api-docs generate \
  --spec api.yaml \
  --theme redoc \
  --output docs/

Output Formats

Format	Use Case	Interactive
Markdown	GitHub README	❌
HTML/Redoc	Self-hosted docs	✅
HTML/Swagger	Swagger UI	✅
Slate	Stripe-style docs	✅
PDF	Offline viewing	❌

Configuration

# api-docs-config.yml
output:
  format: redoc
  theme: dark
  
metadata:
  title: My API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: API documentation
  
hosting:
  provider: github-pages
  branch: gh-pages

Pitfalls

1. Spec Quality — Good docs need good OpenAPI spec
2. Keep Updated — Docs can become stale
3. Security — Don't expose internal endpoints