docstring-to-markdown

On the fly conversion of Python docstrings to markdown

Python 3.7+ (tested on 3.8 up to 3.13)
can recognise reStructuredText and convert multiple of its features to Markdown
since v0.13 includes initial support for Google-formatted docstrings

Installation

pip install docstring-to-markdown

Example

Convert reStructuredText:

>>> import docstring_to_markdown
>>> docstring_to_markdown.convert(':math:`\\sum`')
'$\\sum$'

When given the format cannot be recognised an exception will be raised:

>>> docstring_to_markdown.convert('\\sum')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    raise UnknownFormatError()
docstring_to_markdown.UnknownFormatError

Extensibility

docstring_to_markdown entry point group allows to add custom converters which follow the Converter protocol. The built-in converters can be customized by providing entry point with matching name.

Development

pip install -e .
pytest