How to import pydoc and then use it?

[mrstevegross]

I know how to use pydoc from the command line. However, because of
complicated environmental setup, it would be preferable to run it
within a python script as a native API call. That is, my python runner
looks a bit like this:

import pydoc
pydoc.generate_html_docs_for(someFile)

However, it's not clear to me from the pydoc documentation which
function calls I need to use to make this behavior work. Any ideas?

Thanks,
--Steve

 

[Albert Hopkins]

I know how to use pydoc from the command line. However, because of
complicated environmental setup, it would be preferable to run it
within a python script as a native API call. That is, my python runner
looks a bit like this:

import pydoc
pydoc.generate_html_docs_for(someFile)

However, it's not clear to me from the pydoc documentation which
function calls I need to use to make this behavior work. Any ideas?

Did you try 'pydoc pydoc'?

 

[Jean-Michel Pichavant]

Did you try 'pydoc pydoc'?

By the way, just in case the OP didn't know, there is the epydoc module
(google it) which is doing basically the same things than pydoc, but
with a much better look and feel to my opinion.

JM