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Rules for generating protobuf Markdown, JSON, HTML or DocBook documentation with protoc-gen-doc

Rules

Rule

Description

doc_docbook_compile

Generates DocBook .xml documentation file

doc_html_compile

Generates .html documentation file

doc_json_compile

Generates .json documentation file

doc_markdown_compile

Generates Markdown .md documentation file

doc_docbook_compile

Note: This rule is experimental. It may not work correctly!

Generates DocBook .xml documentation file

Example

Full example project can be found here

WORKSPACE

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:repositories.bzl", rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos = "doc_repos")

rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos()

BUILD.bazel

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:defs.bzl", "doc_docbook_compile")

doc_docbook_compile(
    name = "person_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:person_proto"],
)

doc_docbook_compile(
    name = "place_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:place_proto"],
)

doc_docbook_compile(
    name = "thing_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:thing_proto"],
)

Attributes

Attributes for doc_docbook_compile

Name

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

protos

label_list

true

List of labels that provide the ProtoInfo provider (such as proto_library from rules_proto)

options

string_list_dict

false

[]

Extra options to pass to plugins, as a dict of plugin label -> list of strings. The key * can be used exclusively to apply to all plugins

verbose

int

false

0

The verbosity level. Supported values and results are 1: show command, 2: show command and sandbox after running protoc, 3: show command and sandbox before and after running protoc, 4. show env, command, expected outputs and sandbox before and after running protoc

prefix_path

string

false

""

Path to prefix to the generated files in the output directory

extra_protoc_args

string_list

false

[]

A list of extra args to pass directly to protoc, not as plugin options

Plugins

  • @rules_proto_grpc//doc:docbook_plugin

doc_html_compile

Note: This rule is experimental. It may not work correctly!

Generates .html documentation file

Example

Full example project can be found here

WORKSPACE

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:repositories.bzl", rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos = "doc_repos")

rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos()

BUILD.bazel

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:defs.bzl", "doc_html_compile")

doc_html_compile(
    name = "person_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:person_proto"],
)

doc_html_compile(
    name = "place_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:place_proto"],
)

doc_html_compile(
    name = "thing_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:thing_proto"],
)

Attributes

Attributes for doc_html_compile

Name

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

protos

label_list

true

List of labels that provide the ProtoInfo provider (such as proto_library from rules_proto)

options

string_list_dict

false

[]

Extra options to pass to plugins, as a dict of plugin label -> list of strings. The key * can be used exclusively to apply to all plugins

verbose

int

false

0

The verbosity level. Supported values and results are 1: show command, 2: show command and sandbox after running protoc, 3: show command and sandbox before and after running protoc, 4. show env, command, expected outputs and sandbox before and after running protoc

prefix_path

string

false

""

Path to prefix to the generated files in the output directory

extra_protoc_args

string_list

false

[]

A list of extra args to pass directly to protoc, not as plugin options

Plugins

  • @rules_proto_grpc//doc:html_plugin

doc_json_compile

Note: This rule is experimental. It may not work correctly!

Generates .json documentation file

Example

Full example project can be found here

WORKSPACE

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:repositories.bzl", rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos = "doc_repos")

rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos()

BUILD.bazel

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:defs.bzl", "doc_json_compile")

doc_json_compile(
    name = "person_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:person_proto"],
)

doc_json_compile(
    name = "place_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:place_proto"],
)

doc_json_compile(
    name = "thing_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:thing_proto"],
)

Attributes

Attributes for doc_json_compile

Name

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

protos

label_list

true

List of labels that provide the ProtoInfo provider (such as proto_library from rules_proto)

options

string_list_dict

false

[]

Extra options to pass to plugins, as a dict of plugin label -> list of strings. The key * can be used exclusively to apply to all plugins

verbose

int

false

0

The verbosity level. Supported values and results are 1: show command, 2: show command and sandbox after running protoc, 3: show command and sandbox before and after running protoc, 4. show env, command, expected outputs and sandbox before and after running protoc

prefix_path

string

false

""

Path to prefix to the generated files in the output directory

extra_protoc_args

string_list

false

[]

A list of extra args to pass directly to protoc, not as plugin options

Plugins

  • @rules_proto_grpc//doc:json_plugin

doc_markdown_compile

Note: This rule is experimental. It may not work correctly!

Generates Markdown .md documentation file

Example

Full example project can be found here

WORKSPACE

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:repositories.bzl", rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos = "doc_repos")

rules_proto_grpc_doc_repos()

BUILD.bazel

load("@rules_proto_grpc//doc:defs.bzl", "doc_markdown_compile")

doc_markdown_compile(
    name = "person_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:person_proto"],
)

doc_markdown_compile(
    name = "place_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:place_proto"],
)

doc_markdown_compile(
    name = "thing_doc_proto",
    protos = ["@rules_proto_grpc//example/proto:thing_proto"],
)

Attributes

Attributes for doc_markdown_compile

Name

Type

Mandatory

Default

Description

protos

label_list

true

List of labels that provide the ProtoInfo provider (such as proto_library from rules_proto)

options

string_list_dict

false

[]

Extra options to pass to plugins, as a dict of plugin label -> list of strings. The key * can be used exclusively to apply to all plugins

verbose

int

false

0

The verbosity level. Supported values and results are 1: show command, 2: show command and sandbox after running protoc, 3: show command and sandbox before and after running protoc, 4. show env, command, expected outputs and sandbox before and after running protoc

prefix_path

string

false

""

Path to prefix to the generated files in the output directory

extra_protoc_args

string_list

false

[]

A list of extra args to pass directly to protoc, not as plugin options

Plugins

  • @rules_proto_grpc//doc:markdown_plugin