DocFX TOC Generator

What is this?

This script is used to generate toc.yml file for every folder in documentation project.

Prerequesties

First you should install powershell-yaml

Install-Module powershell-yaml

Installing Module

⚠ THIS MODULE DOES NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS POWERSHELL

⚠ MAKE SURE YOU HAVE POWERSHELL CORE INSTALLED.

Install-Module -Name docfx-toc-generator    

FAQ

How to use this module?

Install the module, then run Build-TocHereRecursive function in the root of the docfx project, besides docfx.json

What is the limitation?

This module doesn't generate the root TOC (root of folder besides docfx.json), you should create that file yourself.

What if I want to ignore a folder?

Simply create an empty .nodoc file in the root of the folder.

How to give markdown files name, href, items and order?

The href and items property of item in yaml file is created automatically. For naming and order use Front Matter style yaml meta data in markdown file:

---
name: Sample Page
order: 100 # higher has more priority
---

# Sample Page

How to create hierarchy?

This module puts every non-index file(non-index.md) in the toc, then it includes every index.md files in subfolder in the toc, and other files in subfolders in the items subchild of index file. For example if you have such hierarchy:

|-- root-doc.md
|-- some-other-root-doc.md
>-- MyTopic
  |---- somefile.md
  |---- index.md
|
>-- OtherTopic
  |-- index.md
  |-- hello.md

This toc will be generated:

- name: Root Doc
  href: root-doc.md
- name: Some Other Root Doc
  href: some-other-root-doc.md
- name: My Topic
  href: MyTopic/index.md
  items:
    - name: Some File
      href: MyTopic/somefile.md
- name: Other Topic
  href: OtherTopic/index.md
  items:
    - name: Hello World!
      href: OtherTopic/hello.md

If you want to ignore content of an index and remove its href attribute from toc file, simply add nocontent: true to the front matter:

Table of Front-Matter Tags

Attribute	Description	Type
name	Gives document a name in toc	string
order	Gives order of rendering to the document in toc (higher number has more priority and comes top of others)	int
nocontent	Ignores content and remove the href attribute in toc	boolean