Custom Docs Generation

Stencil exposes an output target titled docs-custom where users can access the generated docs json data. This feature can be used to generate custom markdown or to execute other logic on the json data during the build. As with other docs output targets, strict mode is supported.

To make use of this output target, simply add the following to your Stencil configuration.

import { Config } from '@stencil/core';

export const config: Config = {
  outputTargets: [
    {
      type: 'docs-custom',
      generator: (docs: JsonDocs) => {
          // Custom logic goes here
      }
    }
  ]
};

Config

Property	Description	Default
generator	A function with the docs json data as argument.
strict	If set to true, Stencil will output a warning whenever there is missing documentation.	false

Custom Docs Data Model

The generated docs JSON data will in the type of JsonDocs which consists of main components array which consists of components that stencil core found and meta information such as timestamp and compiler

JsonDocs

Property	Description
components	Array with type of JsonDocsComponent[] which consists component information
timestamp	string with timestamp
compiler	Object with typescriptVersion, compiler, and version

JsonDocsComponent

Property	Description
dirPath	Component directory path
fileName	File name
filePath	File path
readmePath	Readme file path
usagesDir	Stencil looks in a directory named usages/ in the same directory as your component to find usage examples. This holds the full path to that directory.
encapsulation	Component encapsulation type. Possible values are shadow, scoped, none
tag	Component tag described in .tsx file
readme	Component readme file first line content
docs	Description written in top of @Component e.g. /** Documentation Example */. If no JSDoc is present, default to any manually written text in the component's markdown file. Empty otherwise.
docsTags	Annotations (In the way of JSDoc ) written in .tsx file will be collected here
overview	Description written in top of @Component e.g. /** Documentation Example */
usage	Array of usage examples, written in Markdown files in the usages/ directory adjacent to the current component.
props	Array of metadata objects for each usage of the @Prop decorator on the current component.
methods	Array of metadata objects for each usage of the @Method decorator on the current component.
events	Array of metadata objects for each usage of the @Event decorator on the current component.
listeners	Array of metadata objects for each usage of the @Listen decorator on the current component.
styles	Array of objects documenting annotated CSS variables used in the current component's CSS.
slots	Array of objects documenting slots which are tagged with @slot in the current component's JSDoc comment.
parts	Array of objects derived from @part tags in the current component's JSDoc comment.
dependents	Array of components where current component is used
dependencies	Array of components which is used in current component
dependencyGraph	Describes a tree of components coupling