sphinx.setup_command.BuildDoc

Distutils command to build Sphinx documentation.

The Sphinx build can then be triggered from distutils, and some Sphinx options can be set in setup.py or setup.cfg instead of Sphinx's own configuration file.

For instance, from setup.py:

# this is only necessary when not using setuptools/distribute
from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc
cmdclass = {'build_sphinx': BuildDoc}

name = 'My project'
version = '1.2'
release = '1.2.0'
setup(
    name=name,
    author='Bernard Montgomery',
    version=release,
    cmdclass=cmdclass,
    # these are optional and override conf.py settings
    command_options={
        'build_sphinx': {
            'project': ('setup.py', name),
            'version': ('setup.py', version),
            'release': ('setup.py', release)}},
)

Or add this section in setup.cfg:

[build_sphinx]
project = 'My project'
version = 1.2
release = 1.2.0