# Extractly
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## Mix task to Transform EEx templates in the context of the `Extractly` module.
This tool serves two purposes.
1. A simple CLI to basicly `EEx.eval_file/2`
1. Access to the `Extractly` module (available as binding `xtra` too)
1. Access to the name of the rendered template with the `template` binding
The `Extractly` module gives easy access to Elixir metainformation of the application using
the `extractly` package, notably, _module_ and _function_ documentation.
This is BTW the raison d'être of this package, simple creation of a `README.md` file with very simple
access to the projects hex documentation.
Thusly hexdoc and Github will always be synchronized.
To see that in action just look at the [`README.md.eex`](README.md.eex) file of this package and compare
with what you are reading here.
Example Template:
Some text
<%= xtra.functiondoc("M.shiny_function/2") %>
<%= xtra.moduledoc("String") %>
More text
### Usage:
mix xtra [options]... [template]
#### Options:
--help | -h Prints short help information to stdout and exits.
--quiet | -q No output to stdout or stderr
--version | -v Prints the current version to stdout and exits.
--verbose Prints additional output to stderr
--output filename
The name of the file the rendered template is written to, defaults to the templates'
name, without the suffix `.eex`
#### Argument:
template, filename of the `EEx` template to use, defaults to `"README.md.eex"`
### API
### Extractly.functiondoc/2
Returns docstring of a function (or nil)
Ex:
```elixir
iex(0)> Extractly.functiondoc("Extractly.moduledoc/2")
...(0)> |> String.split("\n") |> Enum.take(3)
[" Returns docstring of a module (or nil)", " Ex:", ""]
```
We can also pass a list of functions to get their docs concatenated
```elixir
iex(1)> out = Extractly.functiondoc(["Extractly.moduledoc/2", "Extactly.functiondoc/2"])
...(1)> String.split(out, "\n") |> Enum.take(5)
[ " Returns docstring of a module (or nil)",
" Ex:",
"",
" Extractly.moduledoc(\"Extractly\")",
""]
```
If all the functions are in the same module the following form can be used
```elixir
iex(2)> out = Extractly.functiondoc(["moduledoc/2", "functiondoc/2"], module: "Extractly")
...(2)> String.split(out, "\n") |> hd()
" Returns docstring of a module (or nil)"
```
However it is convenient to add a markdown headline before each functiondoc, especially in these cases,
it can be done by indicating the `headline: level` option
```elixir
iex(3)> Extractly.functiondoc(["moduledoc/2", "functiondoc/2"], module: "Extractly", headline: 2)
...(3)> |> String.split("\n") |> Enum.take(3)
[ "## Extractly.moduledoc/2",
"",
" Returns docstring of a module (or nil)"]
```
Often times we are interested by **all** public functiondocs...
```elixir
iex(4)> out = Extractly.functiondoc(:all, module: "Extractly", headline: 2)
...(4)> String.split(out, "\n") |> Enum.take(3)
[ "## Extractly.do_not_edit_warning/1",
"",
" Emits a comment including a message not to edit the created file, as it will be recreated from this template."]
```
We can specify a language to wrap indented code blocks into ` ```elixir\n...\n``` `
Here is an example
```elixir
iex(0)> Extractly.functiondoc("Extractly.functiondoc/2", wrap_code_blocks: "elixir")
...(0)> |> String.split("\n") |> Enum.take(10)
[ " Returns docstring of a function (or nil)",
" Ex:",
"",
"```elixir",
" iex(0)> Extractly.functiondoc(\"Extractly.moduledoc/2\") ",
" ...(0)> |> String.split(\"\\n\") |> Enum.take(3)",
" [\" Returns docstring of a module (or nil)\", \" Ex:\", \"\"]",
"```",
"",
" We can also pass a list of functions to get their docs concatenated"]
```
### Extractly.task/2
Returns the output of a mix task
Ex:
```elixir
iex(5)> Extractly.task("cmd", ~W[echo 42])
"42\n"
```
```elixir
iex(0)> Extractly.task("xxx") |> String.split("\n")|> hd()
"***Error, the following output was produced wih error code 1"
```
## Installation
If [available in Hex](https://hex.pm/docs/publish), the package can be installed
by adding `extractly` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
```elixir
def deps do
[
{:extractly, "~> 0.4.1"}
]
end
```
Documentation can be generated with [ExDoc](https://github.com/elixir-lang/ex_doc)
and published on [HexDocs](https://hexdocs.pm). Once published, the docs can
be found at [https://hexdocs.pm/extractly](https://hexdocs.pm/extractly).
## Author
Copyright © 20[18-21] Robert Dober, robert.dober@gmail.com,
# LICENSE
Same as Elixir, which is Apache License v2.0. Please refer to [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
