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The full Pygments API
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This page describes the Pygments API.

High-level API
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.. module:: pygments

Functions from the :mod:`pygments` module:

.. autofunction:: lex
.. autofunction:: format
.. autofunction:: highlight


.. module:: pygments.lexers

Functions from :mod:`pygments.lexers`:

.. autofunction:: get_lexer_by_name
.. autofunction:: get_lexer_for_filename
.. autofunction:: get_lexer_for_mimetype
.. autofunction:: load_lexer_from_file
.. autofunction:: guess_lexer
.. autofunction:: guess_lexer_for_filename
.. autofunction:: get_all_lexers
.. autofunction:: find_lexer_class_by_name
.. autofunction:: find_lexer_class


.. module:: pygments.formatters

Functions from :mod:`pygments.formatters`:

.. autofunction:: get_formatter_by_name
.. autofunction:: get_formatter_for_filename
.. autofunction:: load_formatter_from_file


.. module:: pygments.styles

Functions from :mod:`pygments.styles`:

.. autofunction:: get_style_by_name
.. autofunction:: get_all_styles
.. autodata:: STYLE_MAP

.. module:: pygments.lexer

Lexers
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The base lexer class from which all lexers are derived is:

.. autoclass:: Lexer
   :members: __init__, add_filter, get_tokens, get_tokens_unprocessed, analyse_text

There are several base classes derived from ``Lexer`` you can use to build your
lexer from:

.. autoclass:: pygments.lexer.RegexLexer
.. autoclass:: pygments.lexer.ExtendedRegexLexer
.. autoclass:: pygments.lexer.DelegatingLexer


.. module:: pygments.formatter

Formatters
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A formatter is derived from this class:


.. autoclass:: Formatter
   :members: __init__, get_style_defs, format


.. module:: pygments.util

Utilities
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The :mod:`pygments.util` module has some utility functions usable for processing
command line options. All of the following functions get values from a
dictionary of options. If the value is already in the type expected by the
option, it is returned as-is. Otherwise, if the value is a string, it is first
converted to the expected type if possible.

.. autoexception:: OptionError
.. autofunction:: get_bool_opt
.. autofunction:: get_int_opt
.. autofunction:: get_list_opt
.. autofunction:: get_choice_opt

It also defines an exception:

.. autoexception:: ClassNotFound
