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Analyze the exported API for a TypeScript library and generate reviews, documentation, and .d.ts rollups
Last release 4 days ago
22 Sep 2026
Ships fairly regularly
a new release about every 3 weeks
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
1 version withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
10 years old
554 releases · first in 2017
Reintroduce support for @inheritDoc tags
Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:54:18 GMT
@inheritDoc tagsWed, 13 Mar 2019 19:13:14 GMT
If the TSDoc summary is missing for a class constructor, then automatically generate it
Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:48:31 GMT
@preapproved TSDoc tagOne column per quarter.
Reintroduce "ae-internal-missing-underscore" warning for API items marked as @internal but whose name does not start with an underscore
Thu, 21 Mar 2019 04:59:11 GMT
@internal but whose name does not start with an underscoreMon, 11 Mar 2019 16:13:36 GMT
Improve the API review file generation to include imports and support multiple exports
Thu, 21 Mar 2019 01:15:32 GMT
API Extractor can now analyze packages whose package.json file is missing the "version" field
Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:14:49 GMT
Rename the "ae-inconsistent-release-tags" warning to "ae-different-release-tags"
Mon, 18 Mar 2019 04:28:43 GMT
(Breaking change) The file extension for API review files has changed from ".api.ts" to "api.md". For details see https://github.com/microsoft/web-bui…
Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:13:25 GMT
Refactor code to move the IndentedWriter API from api-extractor-model to api-documenter
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:13:14 GMT
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:14:05 GMT ### Patches - Upgrade TSDoc
Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:14:05 GMT
Fix an issue where spurious TSDoc warnings were issued because the TSDoc parser was configured improperly
Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:13:36 GMT
Issue a warning when an exported type refers to another local type that is not exported (ae-forgotten-export)
Tue, 05 Mar 2019 17:13:11 GMT
Every error/warning message reported by API Extractor now has an associated message identifier
Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:13:19 GMT
"declarationMap": true in tsconfig.json.)Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:13:58 GMT _Version update only_
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:13:58 GMT
Version update only
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:03:49 GMT
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:13:17 GMT _Version update only_
Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:13:17 GMT
Version update only
New way to resolve & generate TSDoc metadata file
Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:13:23 GMT
Add a workaround for the issue where .d.ts rollups sometimes define names that conflict with a global symbol (the full solution is tracked by GitHub #
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:13:12 GMT
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:17:51 GMT
Fix an issue where API Extractor neglected to analyze "typeof" expressions
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:32:37 GMT
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:04:59 GMT
Redesign the analyzer so that when an external symbol is reexported by the working package, the local object (AstImport) and external object (AstSymbo
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:55:57 GMT
The --debug parameter now automatically breaks in the debugger when InternalError is thrown
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 03:31:55 GMT
--debug parameter now automatically breaks in the debugger when InternalError is thrownUpgrade to TSDoc 0.12.5, which allows $ in @param names
Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:03:49 GMT
$ in @param namesMove the skipLibCheck into the config file.
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 03:47:47 GMT
Thu, 10 Jan 2019 01:57:52 GMT
<p></p> inside a pipes-and-dashes table (even though GHFM supports this)Fix an issue where files using "export=" were incorrectly interpreted as having ambient declarations
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:17:51 GMT
Wed, 09 Jan 2019 22:04:17 GMT
Add support for circular references between files that use export * from "____";
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:52:21 GMT
export * from "____";Add support for exports of the form export * from "____";
Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:37:54 GMT
export * from "____";Fix an issue with rolling up default exports
Thu, 10 Jan 2019 01:57:52 GMT
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:57:33 GMT
Fix an issue where it was possible to import forgotten declarations from a .d.ts rollup, even though they did not have an explicit "export" modifier
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:04:08 GMT
Extend ApiModel to support new item kinds: ApiCallSignature, ApiConstructor, ApiConstructSignature, ApiFunction, ApiIndexSignature, ApiTypeAlias, and
Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:57:33 GMT
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:43:46 GMT ### Patches - Update web site URLs
Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:43:46 GMT
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:04:19 GMT
Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:58:10 GMT ### Patches - Remove unused jju dependency
Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:58:10 GMT
Reintroduce support for "extends" and "implements" heritage clauses
Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:04:19 GMT
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:04:56 GMT
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:04:56 GMT ### Patches - Added more API documentation
Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:04:56 GMT
fix reexported types from an external package for dts rollup
Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:57:03 GMT
Fix an issue where .d.ts trimming did not properly handle variable declarations (GitHub #976)
Wed, 05 Dec 2018 17:04:18 GMT
THIS IS A BETA RELEASE - We are bumping the version to "7.0.0" to simplify dogfooding. This release is not yet ready for general usage.
Thu, 29 Nov 2018 07:02:09 GMT
Support "extends" field in api-extractor.json config files for easier management of monorepos with many projects
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:29:53 GMT
Introduce a new build output "dist/tsdoc-metdata.json", which completely replaces the old "tsdocFlavor" field in package.json
Wed, 28 Nov 2018 02:17:11 GMT
Add support for emitting /// directives in .d.ts rollups (GitHub issue #946)
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:37:10 GMT
/// <reference lib="___" /> directives in .d.ts rollups (GitHub issue #946)Fix an issue where .d.ts trimming did not work for exported variable declarations (GitHub #936)
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:59:00 GMT
Upgrade to TSDoc 0.21.2, which improves trimming of link text in @link tags
Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:07:39 GMT
@link tagsWed, 07 Nov 2018 21:04:35 GMT _Version update only_
Wed, 07 Nov 2018 21:04:35 GMT
Version update only
Upgrade to @microsoft/tsdoc 0.12.0
Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:04:24 GMT
Fix an issue where EcmaScript symbols ("computed property names") were missing from .d.ts rollups
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 19:32:52 GMT
Added an api to invoke api extractor processor by supplying api extractor json config file.
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:00:54 GMT
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:20:40 GMT _Version update only_
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:20:40 GMT
Version update only
Fix issue where DocErrorText.text returned [object Object] instead of the text
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 08:56:02 GMT
DocErrorText.text returned [object Object] instead of the textWed, 24 Oct 2018 16:03:10 GMT _Version update only_
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:03:10 GMT
Version update only
Fix isAbsolute check for mainDtsRollupPath
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:32:20 GMT
Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:04:49 GMT _Version update only_
Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:04:49 GMT
Version update only
Fix a regression where namespaces were sometimes incorrectly handled in "conservative" mode
Wed, 17 Oct 2018 14:43:24 GMT
Fix an issue where import x from "." was sometimes not processed correctly
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:26:07 GMT
import x from "." was sometimes not processed correctlyFix a regression where API Extractor was sometimes reporting incorrect line numbers
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 06:58:01 GMT
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:04:27 GMT _Version update only_
Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:04:27 GMT
Version update only
(Breaking change) API Extractor 6 introduces support for TSDoc doc comment syntax! Please see https://api-extractor.com/ for documentation. To learn m…
Sun, 07 Oct 2018 06:15:56 GMT
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:05:35 GMT _Version update only_
Fri, 28 Sep 2018 16:05:35 GMT
Version update only
Add new command line option --skip-lib-check
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 21:39:40 GMT
Allow doc comments to use TSDoc's "@defaultvalue" tag (but the value is not yet passed to the documentation pipeline)
Mon, 24 Sep 2018 23:06:40 GMT
Fix an issue where TypeScript errors are often logged as "[Object object]" instead of the actual error message.
Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:04:42 GMT
Add new feature: Support using a different version of the TypeScript compiler.
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:57:21 GMT
Fix an issue where parameters mentioned in comments were attempting to be analyzed by api-extractor.
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:04:55 GMT
Update "repository" field in package.json
Thu, 06 Sep 2018 01:25:25 GMT
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