Clarify role of generate-documentation.py
[dygraphs.git] / generate-documentation.py
1 #!/usr/bin/python
2
3 # Generate docs/options.html
4
5 import json
6 import glob
7 import re
8 import sys
9
10 # Set this to the path to a test file to get debug output for just that test
11 # file. Can be helpful to figure out why a test is not being shown for a
12 # particular option.
13 debug_tests = [] # [ 'tests/zoom.html' ]
14
15 # Pull options reference JSON out of dygraph.js
16 js = ''
17 in_json = False
18 for line in file('dygraph-options-reference.js'):
19 if '<JSON>' in line:
20 in_json = True
21 elif '</JSON>' in line:
22 in_json = False
23 elif in_json:
24 js += line
25
26 # TODO(danvk): better errors here.
27 assert js
28 docs = json.loads(js)
29
30 # Go through the tests and find uses of each option.
31 for opt in docs:
32 docs[opt]['tests'] = []
33
34 # This is helpful for differentiating uses of options like 'width' and 'height'
35 # from appearances of identically-named options in CSS.
36 def find_braces(txt):
37 """Really primitive method to find text inside of {..} braces.
38 Doesn't work if there's an unmatched brace in a string, e.g. '{'. """
39 out = ''
40 level = 0
41 for char in txt:
42 if char == '{':
43 level += 1
44 if level >= 1:
45 out += char
46 if char == '}':
47 level -= 1
48 return out
49
50 # Find text followed by a colon. These won't all be options, but those that
51 # have the same name as a Dygraph option probably will be.
52 prop_re = re.compile(r'\b([a-zA-Z0-9]+) *:')
53 tests = debug_tests or glob.glob('tests/*.html')
54 for test_file in tests:
55 braced_html = find_braces(file(test_file).read())
56 if debug_tests:
57 print braced_html
58
59 ms = re.findall(prop_re, braced_html)
60 for opt in ms:
61 if debug_tests: print '\n'.join(ms)
62 if opt in docs and test_file not in docs[opt]['tests']:
63 docs[opt]['tests'].append(test_file)
64
65 if debug_tests: sys.exit(0)
66
67 # Extract a labels list.
68 labels = []
69 for nu, opt in docs.iteritems():
70 for label in opt['labels']:
71 if label not in labels:
72 labels.append(label)
73
74 print """
75 <html>
76 <head>
77 <title>Dygraphs Options Reference</title>
78 <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
79 <style type="text/css">
80 p.option {
81 padding-left: 25px;
82 }
83 #nav {
84 position: fixed;
85 }
86 #content {
87 max-width: 800px;
88 }
89 </style>
90 </head>
91 <body>
92 """
93
94 print """
95 <div id=nav>
96 <h2>Dygraphs</h2>
97 <ul>
98 <li><a href="index.html">Home</a>
99 <li><a href="data.html">Data Formats</a></li>
100 <li><a href="annotations.html">Annotations</a></li>
101 </ul>
102 <h2>Options Reference</h2>
103 <ul>
104 <li><a href="#usage">Usage</a>
105 """
106 for label in sorted(labels):
107 print ' <li><a href="#%s">%s</a>\n' % (label, label)
108 print '</ul>\n</div>\n\n'
109
110 def name(f):
111 """Takes 'tests/demo.html' -> 'demo'"""
112 return f.replace('tests/', '').replace('.html', '')
113
114 print """
115 <div id=content>
116 <h2>Options Reference</h2>
117 <p>Dygraphs tries to do a good job of displaying your data without any further configuration. But inevitably, you're going to want to tinker. Dygraphs provides a rich set of options for configuring its display and behavior.</p>
118
119 <a name="usage"><h3>Usage</h3>
120 <p>You specify options in the third parameter to the dygraphs constructor:
121 <pre>g = new Dygraph(div,
122 data,
123 {
124 option1: value1,
125 option2: value2,
126 ...
127 });
128 </pre>
129
130 After you've created a Dygraph, you can change an option by calling the <code>updateOptions</code> method:
131 <pre>g.updateOptions({
132 new_option1: value1,
133 new_option2: value2
134 });
135 </pre>
136
137 <p>And, without further ado, here's the complete list of options:</p>
138 """
139 for label in sorted(labels):
140 print '<a name="%s"><h3>%s</h3>\n' % (label, label)
141
142 for opt_name in sorted(docs.keys()):
143 opt = docs[opt_name]
144 if label not in opt['labels']: continue
145 tests = opt['tests']
146 if not tests:
147 examples_html = '<font color=red>NONE</font>'
148 else:
149 examples_html = ' '.join(
150 '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (f, name(f)) for f in tests)
151
152 if not opt['type']: opt['type'] = '(missing)'
153 if not opt['default']: opt['default'] = '(missing)'
154 if not opt['description']: opt['description'] = '(missing)'
155
156 print """
157 <p class='option'><a name="%(name)s"/><b>%(name)s</b><br/>
158 %(desc)s<br/>
159 <i>Type: %(type)s<br/>
160 Default: %(default)s</i><br/>
161 Examples: %(examples_html)s<br/>
162 <br/>
163 """ % { 'name': opt_name,
164 'type': opt['type'],
165 'default': opt['default'],
166 'desc': opt['description'],
167 'examples_html': examples_html}
168
169
170 print """
171 </div>
172 </body>
173 </html>
174 """
175
176 # This page was super-helpful:
177 # http://jsbeautifier.org/