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This module contains the "mkdocs-autorefs" plugin.

After each page is processed by the Markdown converter, this plugin stores absolute URLs of every HTML anchors it finds to later be able to fix unresolved references. It stores them during the on_page_content event hook.

Just before writing the final HTML to the disc, during the on_post_page event hook, this plugin searches for references of the form [identifier][] or [title][identifier] that were not resolved, and fixes them using the previously stored identifier-URL mapping.

Classes:

AutorefsPlugin ¤

AutorefsPlugin()

Bases: BasePlugin

An mkdocs plugin.

This plugin defines the following event hooks:

  • on_config
  • on_page_content
  • on_post_page

Check the Developing Plugins page of mkdocs for more information about its plugin system.

Methods:

  • get_item_url

    Return a site-relative URL with anchor to the identifier, if it's present anywhere.

  • map_urls

    Recurse on every anchor to map its ID to its absolute URL.

  • on_config

    Instantiate our Markdown extension.

  • on_page_content

    Map anchors to URLs.

  • on_page_markdown

    Remember which page is the current one.

  • on_post_page

    Fix cross-references.

  • register_anchor

    Register that an anchor corresponding to an identifier was encountered when rendering the page.

  • register_url

    Register that the identifier should be turned into a link to this URL.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def __init__(self) -> None:
    """Initialize the object."""
    super().__init__()
    self._url_map: dict[str, str] = {}
    self._abs_url_map: dict[str, str] = {}
    self.get_fallback_anchor: Callable[[str], tuple[str, ...]] | None = None

get_item_url ¤

get_item_url(
    identifier: str,
    from_url: str | None = None,
    fallback: Callable[[str], Sequence[str]] | None = None,
) -> str

Return a site-relative URL with anchor to the identifier, if it's present anywhere.

Parameters:

  • identifier (str) –

    The anchor (without '#').

  • from_url (str | None, default: None ) –

    The URL of the base page, from which we link towards the targeted pages.

  • fallback (Callable[[str], Sequence[str]] | None, default: None ) –

    An optional function to suggest alternative anchors to try on failure.

Returns:

  • str

    A site-relative URL.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def get_item_url(
    self,
    identifier: str,
    from_url: str | None = None,
    fallback: Callable[[str], Sequence[str]] | None = None,
) -> str:
    """Return a site-relative URL with anchor to the identifier, if it's present anywhere.

    Arguments:
        identifier: The anchor (without '#').
        from_url: The URL of the base page, from which we link towards the targeted pages.
        fallback: An optional function to suggest alternative anchors to try on failure.

    Returns:
        A site-relative URL.
    """
    url = self._get_item_url(identifier, fallback)
    if from_url is not None:
        parsed = urlsplit(url)
        if not parsed.scheme and not parsed.netloc:
            return relative_url(from_url, url)
    return url

map_urls ¤

map_urls(base_url: str, anchor: AnchorLink) -> None

Recurse on every anchor to map its ID to its absolute URL.

This method populates self.url_map by side-effect.

Parameters:

  • base_url (str) –

    The base URL to use as a prefix for each anchor's relative URL.

  • anchor (AnchorLink) –

    The anchor to process and to recurse on.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def map_urls(self, base_url: str, anchor: AnchorLink) -> None:
    """Recurse on every anchor to map its ID to its absolute URL.

    This method populates `self.url_map` by side-effect.

    Arguments:
        base_url: The base URL to use as a prefix for each anchor's relative URL.
        anchor: The anchor to process and to recurse on.
    """
    self.register_anchor(base_url, anchor.id)
    for child in anchor.children:
        self.map_urls(base_url, child)

on_config ¤

on_config(config: MkDocsConfig) -> MkDocsConfig | None

Instantiate our Markdown extension.

Hook for the on_config event. In this hook, we instantiate our AutorefsExtension and add it to the list of Markdown extensions used by mkdocs.

Parameters:

  • config (MkDocsConfig) –

    The MkDocs config object.

Returns:

  • MkDocsConfig | None

    The modified config.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def on_config(self, config: MkDocsConfig) -> MkDocsConfig | None:
    """Instantiate our Markdown extension.

    Hook for the [`on_config` event](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/plugins/#on_config).
    In this hook, we instantiate our [`AutorefsExtension`][mkdocs_autorefs.references.AutorefsExtension]
    and add it to the list of Markdown extensions used by `mkdocs`.

    Arguments:
        config: The MkDocs config object.

    Returns:
        The modified config.
    """
    log.debug("Adding AutorefsExtension to the list")
    config["markdown_extensions"].append(AutorefsExtension(self))
    return config

on_page_content ¤

on_page_content(
    html: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any
) -> str

Map anchors to URLs.

Hook for the on_page_content event. In this hook, we map the IDs of every anchor found in the table of contents to the anchors absolute URLs. This mapping will be used later to fix unresolved reference of the form [title][identifier] or [identifier][].

Parameters:

  • html (str) –

    HTML converted from Markdown.

  • page (Page) –

    The related MkDocs page instance.

  • kwargs (Any, default: {} ) –

    Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.

Returns:

  • str

    The same HTML. We only use this hook to map anchors to URLs.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def on_page_content(self, html: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any) -> str:  # noqa: ARG002
    """Map anchors to URLs.

    Hook for the [`on_page_content` event](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/plugins/#on_page_content).
    In this hook, we map the IDs of every anchor found in the table of contents to the anchors absolute URLs.
    This mapping will be used later to fix unresolved reference of the form `[title][identifier]` or
    `[identifier][]`.

    Arguments:
        html: HTML converted from Markdown.
        page: The related MkDocs page instance.
        kwargs: Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.

    Returns:
        The same HTML. We only use this hook to map anchors to URLs.
    """
    if self.scan_toc:
        log.debug(f"Mapping identifiers to URLs for page {page.file.src_path}")
        for item in page.toc.items:
            self.map_urls(page.url, item)
    return html

on_page_markdown ¤

on_page_markdown(
    markdown: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any
) -> str

Remember which page is the current one.

Parameters:

  • markdown (str) –

    Input Markdown.

  • page (Page) –

    The related MkDocs page instance.

  • kwargs (Any, default: {} ) –

    Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.

Returns:

  • str

    The same Markdown. We only use this hook to keep a reference to the current page URL, used during Markdown conversion by the anchor scanner tree processor.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def on_page_markdown(self, markdown: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any) -> str:  # noqa: ARG002
    """Remember which page is the current one.

    Arguments:
        markdown: Input Markdown.
        page: The related MkDocs page instance.
        kwargs: Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.

    Returns:
        The same Markdown. We only use this hook to keep a reference to the current page URL,
            used during Markdown conversion by the anchor scanner tree processor.
    """
    self.current_page = page.url
    return markdown

on_post_page ¤

on_post_page(output: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any) -> str

Fix cross-references.

Hook for the on_post_page event. In this hook, we try to fix unresolved references of the form [title][identifier] or [identifier][]. Doing that allows the user of autorefs to cross-reference objects in their documentation strings. It uses the native Markdown syntax so it's easy to remember and use.

We log a warning for each reference that we couldn't map to an URL, but try to be smart and ignore identifiers that do not look legitimate (sometimes documentation can contain strings matching our AUTO_REF_RE regular expression that did not intend to reference anything). We currently ignore references when their identifier contains a space or a slash.

Parameters:

  • output (str) –

    HTML converted from Markdown.

  • page (Page) –

    The related MkDocs page instance.

  • kwargs (Any, default: {} ) –

    Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.

Returns:

  • str

    Modified HTML.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def on_post_page(self, output: str, page: Page, **kwargs: Any) -> str:  # noqa: ARG002
    """Fix cross-references.

    Hook for the [`on_post_page` event](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/plugins/#on_post_page).
    In this hook, we try to fix unresolved references of the form `[title][identifier]` or `[identifier][]`.
    Doing that allows the user of `autorefs` to cross-reference objects in their documentation strings.
    It uses the native Markdown syntax so it's easy to remember and use.

    We log a warning for each reference that we couldn't map to an URL, but try to be smart and ignore identifiers
    that do not look legitimate (sometimes documentation can contain strings matching
    our [`AUTO_REF_RE`][mkdocs_autorefs.references.AUTO_REF_RE] regular expression that did not intend to reference anything).
    We currently ignore references when their identifier contains a space or a slash.

    Arguments:
        output: HTML converted from Markdown.
        page: The related MkDocs page instance.
        kwargs: Additional arguments passed by MkDocs.

    Returns:
        Modified HTML.
    """
    log.debug(f"Fixing references in page {page.file.src_path}")

    url_mapper = functools.partial(self.get_item_url, from_url=page.url, fallback=self.get_fallback_anchor)
    fixed_output, unmapped = fix_refs(output, url_mapper)

    if unmapped and log.isEnabledFor(logging.WARNING):
        for ref in unmapped:
            log.warning(f"{page.file.src_path}: Could not find cross-reference target '[{ref}]'")

    return fixed_output

register_anchor ¤

register_anchor(
    page: str, identifier: str, anchor: str | None = None
) -> None

Register that an anchor corresponding to an identifier was encountered when rendering the page.

Parameters:

  • page (str) –

    The relative URL of the current page. Examples: 'foo/bar/', 'foo/index.html'

  • identifier (str) –

    The HTML anchor (without '#') as a string.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def register_anchor(self, page: str, identifier: str, anchor: str | None = None) -> None:
    """Register that an anchor corresponding to an identifier was encountered when rendering the page.

    Arguments:
        page: The relative URL of the current page. Examples: `'foo/bar/'`, `'foo/index.html'`
        identifier: The HTML anchor (without '#') as a string.
    """
    self._url_map[identifier] = f"{page}#{anchor or identifier}"

register_url ¤

register_url(identifier: str, url: str) -> None

Register that the identifier should be turned into a link to this URL.

Parameters:

  • identifier (str) –

    The new identifier.

  • url (str) –

    The absolute URL (including anchor, if needed) where this item can be found.

Source code in src/mkdocs_autorefs/plugin.py
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def register_url(self, identifier: str, url: str) -> None:
    """Register that the identifier should be turned into a link to this URL.

    Arguments:
        identifier: The new identifier.
        url: The absolute URL (including anchor, if needed) where this item can be found.
    """
    self._abs_url_map[identifier] = url