# Node.js API 1.0.0-alpha.44+

# Usage

const { createApp, dev, build, eject } = require('vuepress')

# Methods

# createApp([options]): Promise<App>

Create a VuePress application.

# App.prototype.process: () => Promise<void> | never

An asynchronous method used to prepare the context of the current app, and which contains loading pages and plugins, apply plugins, etc.

# App.prototype.dev: () => Promise<App> | never

Launch a dev process with current app context.

# App.prototype.build: () => Promise<App> | never

Launch a build process with current app context.

# dev([options]): Promise<App>

Start a development server, actually it’s implemented by createApp:

async function dev (options) {
  const app = createApp(options)
  await app.process()
  return app.dev()
}

# build([options]): Promise<App>

Build your source files as a static site, actually it’s implemented by createApp:

async function build (options) {
  const app = createApp(options)
  await app.process()
  return app.build()
}

# eject(targetDir): Promise<void>

Copy the default theme into {targetDir}/.vuepress/theme for customization.

# Options

# sourceDir

• Type: string
• Required: true

Specify the source directory of your VuePress site.

# theme

• Type: string
• Required: false

See theme.

# plugins

• Type: array
• Required: false

See plugins.

# temp

• Type: string
• Required: false

See temp.

# dest

• Type: string
• Required: false

See dest.

# siteConfig

• Type: object
• Required: {}

It’s useful when you’re writing tests and don’t want to depend on actual config file, for all options please head siteConfig.