1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index bc4989e..8c2d6c6 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 import os
 import sys
+import subprocess
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
 
@@ -346,3 +347,22 @@ texinfo_documents = [
 
 # Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.
 intersphinx_mapping = {'https://docs.python.org/': None}
+
+
+# Automate building apidoc when building with readthedocs
+# https://github.com/rtfd/readthedocs.org/issues/1139
+def run_apidoc(_):
+    module = 'pymemcache'
+    cur_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+    output_path = os.path.join(cur_dir, 'docs', 'apidoc')
+    cmd_path = 'sphinx-apidoc'
+    if hasattr(sys, 'real_prefix'):  # Check to see if we are in a virtualenv
+        # If we are, assemble the path manually
+        cmd_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(sys.prefix,
+                                                'bin', 'sphinx-apidoc'))
+    subprocess.check_call([cmd_path, '-e', '-o',
+                           output_path, module, '--force'])
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.connect('builder-inited', run_apidoc)