How to autogenerate Python documentation using Sphinx when using dynamic classes and dynamic modules

Question

I currently have a use case where I am creating Python classes in modules using the following code.

...
module = type.ModuleType(module_name)
...
klass = type(name, (object, ), dict(__doc__='docstring'))
...
setattr(module, name, klass)
...

However Sphinx is not able to generate documentation for these classes. It is not even able to find the classes. Is there a way to add an extension to Sphinx to handle this use case? Thoughts?

The full minimum working example for this is located here .

Answer 1

You have the following automodule directive in modules.rst:

.. automodule:: modules
   :members:
   :undoc-members:
   :show-inheritance:

But the qualified names of the dynamic modules are modules.Module1 and modules.Module2 (these names are added to sys.modules in _factory.py).

The following works for me:

.. automodule:: modules.Module1
    :members:
    :undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance:

.. automodule:: modules.Module2
    :members:
    :undoc-members:
    :show-inheritance: