from os import path from docutils import nodes from docutils.core import publish_doctree from sphinx.application import Sphinx from sphinx.io import SphinxStandaloneReader from sphinx.parsers import RSTParser from sphinx.util.docutils import sphinx_domains def parse(app: Sphinx, text: str, docname: str = 'index') -> nodes.document: """Parse a string as reStructuredText with Sphinx application.""" try: app.env.temp_data['docname'] = docname reader = SphinxStandaloneReader() reader.setup(app) parser = RSTParser() parser.set_application(app) with sphinx_domains(app.env): return publish_doctree( text, path.join(app.srcdir, docname + '.rst'), reader=reader, parser=parser, settings_overrides={ 'env': app.env, 'gettext_compact': True, 'input_encoding': 'utf-8', 'output_encoding': 'unicode', 'traceback': True, }, ) finally: app.env.temp_data.pop('docname', None)