pydocstyle Command Examples

Statically check Python scripts for compliance with Python docstring conventions. More information: https://www.pydocstyle.org/en/latest/.

• Analyze a Python script or all the Python scripts in a specific directory:

pydocstyle {{file.py|path/to/directory}}

• Show an explanation of each error:

pydocstyle {{[-e|--explain]}} {{file.py|path/to/directory}}

• Show debug information:

pydocstyle {{[-d|--debug]}} {{file.py|path/to/directory}}

• Display the total number of errors:

pydocstyle --count {{file.py|path/to/directory}}

• Use a specific configuration file:

pydocstyle --config {{path/to/config_file}} {{file.py|path/to/directory}}

• Ignore one or more errors:

pydocstyle --ignore {{D101,D2,D107,...}} {{file.py|path/to/directory}}

• Check for errors from a specific convention:

pydocstyle --convention {{pep257|numpy|google}} {{file.py|path/to/directory}}