test: add some validation for JSON doc output

nodejs · aduh95 · Jan 23, 2026 · Jan 17, 2026 · Jan 18, 2026 · Jan 18, 2026
commit 38d824ec2080707c2fd39ed3c71a258cca89cbb1
diff --git a/doc/api/environment_variables.md b/doc/api/environment_variables.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Environment Variables
 
+<!--introduced_in=v20.12.0-->
+
 Environment variables are variables associated to the environment the Node.js process runs in.
 
 ## CLI Environment Variables
@@ -20,8 +22,6 @@ Set of utilities for dealing with additional environment variables defined in `.
 
 > Stability: 2 - Stable
 
-<!--introduced_in=v20.12.0-->
-
 ### .env files
 
 `.env` files (also known as dotenv files) are files that define environment variables,

diff --git a/test/parallel/test-doc-api-json.mjs b/test/parallel/test-doc-api-json.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+// This tests that `make doc` generates the JSON documentation properly.
+// Note that for this test to pass, `make doc` must be run first.
+
+function validateModule(module) {
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof module, 'object');
+  assert.strictEqual(module.type, 'module');
+  assert.ok(module.name);
+  assert.ok(module.textRaw);
+}
+
+function validateMisc(misc) {
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof misc, 'object');
+  assert.strictEqual(misc.type, 'misc');
+  assert.ok(misc.name);
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof misc.name, 'string');
+  assert.ok(misc.textRaw);
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof misc.textRaw, 'string');
+}
+
+let numberOfDeprecatedSections = 0;
+let numberOfRemovedAPIs = 0;
+
+const metaExpectedKeys = new Set([
+  'added',
+  'changes',
+  'deprecated',
+  'napiVersion',
+  'removed',
+]);
+
+function validateMeta(meta) {
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(metaExpectedKeys, new Set(Object.keys(meta)));
+  assert.ok(!Object.hasOwn(meta, 'added') || Array.isArray(meta.added) || typeof meta.added === 'string');
+  if (meta.deprecated) {
+    numberOfDeprecatedSections++;
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(meta.deprecated) || typeof meta.deprecated === 'string');
+  }
+  if (meta.removed) {
+    numberOfRemovedAPIs++;
+    assert.ok(Array.isArray(meta.removed) || typeof meta.removed === 'string');
+  }
+
+  assert.ok(!Object.hasOwn(meta, 'napiVersion') || Number(meta.napiVersion));
+  assert.ok(Array.isArray(meta.changes));
+}
+
+function findAllKeys(obj, allKeys = new Set()) {
+  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(obj)) {
+    if (Number.isNaN(Number(key))) allKeys.add(key);
+    if (typeof value === 'object') findAllKeys(value, allKeys);
+
+    if (key === 'miscs') {
+      assert.ok(Array.isArray(value));
+      assert.ok(value.length);
+      value.forEach(validateMisc);
+    } else if (key === 'modules') {
+      assert.ok(Array.isArray(value));
+      assert.ok(value.length);
+      value.forEach(validateModule);
+    } else if (key === 'meta') {
+      validateMeta(value);
+    }
+  }
+  return allKeys;
+}
+
+const allExpectedKeys = new Set([
+  'added',
+  'changes',
+  'classes',
+  'classMethods',
+  'commit',
+  'ctors',
+  'default',
+  'deprecated',
+  'desc',
+  'description',
+  'displayName',
+  'events',
+  'examples',
+  'globals',
+  'introduced_in',
+  'meta',
+  'methods',
+  'miscs',
+  'modules',
+  'name',
+  'napiVersion',
+  'options',
+  'params',
+  'pr-url',
+  'properties',
+  'removed',
+  'return',
+  'shortDesc',
+  'signatures',
+  'source',
+  'stability',
+  'stabilityText',
+  'textRaw',
+  'type',
+  'version',
+]);
+
+for await (const dirent of await fs.opendir(new URL('../../out/doc/api/', import.meta.url))) {
+  if (!dirent.name.endsWith('.md')) continue;
+
+  const jsonPath = path.join(dirent.parentPath, dirent.name.slice(0, -2) + 'json');
+  const expectedSource = `doc/api/${dirent.name}`;
+  if (dirent.name === 'quic.md') {
+    assert.ok(!existsSync(jsonPath)); // QUIC documentation is not public yet
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  console.log('testing', jsonPath, 'based on', expectedSource);
+  const json = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(jsonPath, 'utf8'));
+
+  assert.strictEqual(json.type, 'module');
+  assert.strictEqual(json.source, expectedSource);
+  if (dirent.name !== 'index.md') {
+    assert.ok(json.introduced_in || Object.values(json).at(-1)?.[0].introduced_in);
+  }
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(Object.keys(json), ['type', 'source', ...({
+    'addons.md': ['introduced_in', 'miscs'],
+    'cli.md': ['introduced_in', 'miscs'],
+    'debugger.md': ['introduced_in', 'stability', 'stabilityText', 'miscs'],
+    'deprecations.md': ['introduced_in', 'miscs'],
+    'documentation.md': ['introduced_in', 'miscs'],
+    'errors.md': ['introduced_in', 'classes', 'miscs'],
+    'esm.md': ['introduced_in', 'meta', 'stability', 'stabilityText', 'properties', 'miscs'],
+    'globals.md': ['introduced_in', 'stability', 'stabilityText', 'classes', 'methods', 'miscs'],
+    'index.md': [],
+    'intl.md': ['introduced_in', 'miscs'],
+    'n-api.md': ['introduced_in', 'stability', 'stabilityText', 'miscs'],
+    'packages.md': ['introduced_in', 'meta', 'miscs'],
+    'process.md': ['globals'],
+    'report.md': ['introduced_in', 'stability', 'stabilityText', 'meta', 'miscs'],
+  }[dirent.name] ?? ['modules'])]);
+
+  assert.partialDeepStrictEqual(allExpectedKeys, findAllKeys(json));
+}
+
+assert.strictEqual(numberOfDeprecatedSections, 39); // Increase this number every time a new API is deprecated.
+assert.strictEqual(numberOfRemovedAPIs, 46); // Increase this number every time a section is marked as removed.