doctr 1.6.1

Installation

Install doctr with pip

pip install doctr

or conda

conda install -c conda-forge doctr

Note that doctr requires Python 3.5 or newer.

Usage

doctr configure

# doctr requires python >=3.5
language: python
python:
  - 3.6

# This gives doctr the key we've generated
sudo: false
env:
  global:
    secure: "<your secure key from doctr here>"

# This is the script to build the docs on travis, then deploy
script:
  - set -e
  - pip install doctr
  - cd docs
  - make html
  - cd ..
  - doctr deploy . --built-docs path/to/built/html/

Notes

Doctr requires Python 3.5 or newer. Be sure to run it in a Python 3.5 or newer section of your build matrix. It should be in the same build in your build matrix as your docs build, as it reuses that.

Doctr does not require Sphinx. It will work with deploying anything to GitHub pages. However, if you do use Sphinx, doctr will find your Sphinx docs automatically (otherwise use doctr deploy . --built-docs <DOCS PATH>).

FAQ

• Why did you build this?

  Deploying to GitHub pages from Travis is not amazingly difficult, but it’s difficult enough that we wanted to write the code to do it once. We found that Travis docs uploading scripts are cargo culted and done in a way that is difficult to reproduce, especially the do-once steps of setting up keys. The doctr configure command handles key generation automatically, and tells you everything you need to do to set Doctr up. It is also completely self-contained (it does not depend on the travis Ruby gem). The doctr deploy command handles key decryption (for deploy keys) and hiding tokens from the command output (for personal access tokens).

  Furthermore, most Travis deploy guides that we’ve found recommend setting up a GitHub personal access token to push to GitHub pages. GitHub personal access tokens grant read/write access to all public GitHub repositories for a given user. A more secure way is to use a GitHub deploy key, which grants read/write access only to a single repository. Doctr creates a GitHub deploy key by default (although the option to use a token exists if you know what you are doing).

• Why not Read the Docs?

  Read the Docs is great, but it has some limitations:

  • You are limited in what you can install in Read the Docs. Travis lets you run arbitrary code, which may be necessary to build your documentation.

  • Read the Docs deploys to readthedocs.io. Doctr deploys to GitHub pages. This is often more convenient, as your docs can easily sit alongside other website materials for your project on GitHub pages.

  In general, you should already be building your docs on Travis anyway (to test that they build), so it seems natural to deploy them from there.

• Why does Doctr require Python 3.5 or newer?

  There are several language features of Python that we wanted to make use of that are not available in earlier versions of Python, such as keyword-only arguments, subprocess.run, and recursive globs. These features help keep the Doctr code cleaner and more maintainable.

  If you cannot build your documentation in Python 3, you will need to install Python 3.6 in Travis to run Doctr.

• I would use this, but it’s missing a feature that I want.

  Doctr is still very new. We welcome all feature requests and pull requests.

• Why is it called Doctr?

  Because it deploys documentation from Travis. And it makes you feel good.

Projects using Doctr

• SymPy

• conda

• doctr

• PyGBe

• xonsh

Are you using doctr? Please add your project to the list!