python: Add documentation generation.

[libsigrok.git] / bindings / python / sigrok / core / classes.i

diff --git a/bindings/python/sigrok/core/classes.i b/bindings/python/sigrok/core/classes.i
index ba70d2249c8f104eb5a9f7a9d9f6b513ca5cd688..91c4fe63538fa77b1377b90a7e49cd7b801cd6ca 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/sigrok/core/classes.i
+++ b/bindings/python/sigrok/core/classes.i
@@ -17,7 +17,32 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-%module classes
+%define DOCSTRING
+"@mainpage API Reference
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+The pysigrok API provides an object-oriented Python interface to the
+functionality in libsigrok. It is built on top of the sigrok++ C++ API.
+
+Getting started
+---------------
+
+Usage of the pysigrok API needs to begin with a call to Context.create().
+This will create the global libsigrok context and returns a Context object.
+Methods on this object provide access to the hardware drivers, input and output
+formats supported by the library, as well as means of creating other objects
+such as sessions and triggers.
+
+Error handling
+--------------
+
+When any libsigrok C API call returns an error, an Error exception is raised,
+which provides access to the error code and description."
+%enddef
+
+%module(docstring=DOCSTRING) classes
 
 %{
 #include <pygobject.h>