How do I document members in specific sections using Sphinx?

Question

I'm struggling to figure out how to place the documentation for specific members of my Python class in specific sections of my Sphinx documentation, ideally while auto-documenting the rest in another section.

I have a Python class

class MyClass(object):

    def funky(self, arg):
        """Some docs."""
        ...

defined in my/module.py which works as expected and I can document without issues using

***************************
MyModule - :mod:`my.module`
***************************

.. automodule:: my.module

.. autoclass:: MyClass
   :members:
   :undoc-members:
   :show-inheritance:

But when I try to get more control over the organization of my documentation I can't get things working. Specifically, I'd like to have some members documented in explicit sections (just one is shown here, but there would be several), with the rest auto-documented as a group.

But when I try this with, for example

***************************
MyModule - :mod:`my.module`
***************************

To document
===========

Things that are not yet documented.

.. automodule:: my.module

.. autoclass:: MyClass
   :members:
   :undoc-members:
   :show-inheritance:
   :exclude-members: funky

Funky things
------------

Some funky things.

.. automethod:: funky

I get

WARNING: don't know which module to import for autodocumenting u'funky' (try placing a "module" or "currentmodule" directive in the document, or giving an explicit module name)

but no variations of

.. currentmodule:: my.module
.. class:: MyClass

.. automethod:: funky

or

.. currentmodule:: my.module

   .. automethod:: funky

etc. get me anywhere.

How do I auto-document some members of my class in specific places in my Sphinx documentation?

Answer 1

This works:

.. currentmodule:: my.module

.. automethod:: MyClass.funky

You could skip .. currentmodule:: and do it like this:

.. automethod:: my.module.MyClass.funky

A third option:

.. currentmodule:: my.module

.. autoclass:: MyClass   

   .. automethod:: funky