# grunt-apidoc
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## About
Generates a RESTful API Documentation with [apiDoc](http://apidocjs.com).
Generated example documentation at [http://apidocjs.com/example/](http://apidocjs.com/example/)
## Installation
1. `npm install grunt-apidoc --save-dev`
2. Add `grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-apidoc');` to `Gruntfile.js`
## Configuration
Add the task to your Gruntfile's **grunt.initConfig**:
```javascript
apidoc: {
myapp: {
src: "app/",
dest: "apidoc/"
}
}
```
Use only one src and one dest, apiDoc search in subdirs for files with apidoc-parameters.
### Additional options
All `apiDoc` options can be used within options-block, see [apiDoc configure](http://apidocjs.com/#configure) for details,
or look [directly at the code](https://github.com/apidoc/apidoc/blob/master/lib/index.js#L10-L22).
* src:
Source files directory.
* dest:
Destination directory, where the documentation will be created.
* template:
Directory with the template files.
* options
* includeFilters: [ ".*\\.js$" ]
RegEx, which files to parse.
* debug: false
Show Debug Output.
* log: true
Show Log Output.
* simulate: false
Simulation, no files will be written.
**Example options:**
**includeFilters**
With `includeFilters` you can define which files apiDoc should include, default `*.js`.
**debug**
Show verbose information.
```javascript
apidoc: {
mypp: {
src: "app/",
dest: "apidoc/",
options: {
debug: true,
includeFilters: [ ".*\\.js$" ],
excludeFilters: [ "node_modules/" ]
}
}
}
```
## Changelog
* `0.11.0` Update for Grunt 1.
* `0.10.2` Update dependencies.
* `0.10.1` Update dependencies.
* `0.10.0` Upgrade to use always the latest version of apiDoc.
* `0.9.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.9.x.
* `0.8.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.8.x.
* `0.7.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.7.x.
* `0.6.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.6.x.
* `0.5.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.5.x.
* `0.4.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.4.x.
* `0.3.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.3.x.
* `0.2.1` remove this.async() (Iolo https://github.com/apidoc/grunt-apidoc/pull/2)
* `0.2.0` Upgrade to apiDoc 0.2.x.
* `0.1.2` Grunt peer dependencies.
* `0.1.1` Change binary Name.
* `0.1.0` Initial release.
## Help
Please visit the main [apiDoc project page on github](https://github.com/apidoc/apidoc) for help and information.