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What is Revit API Stubs?

Revit API stubs are simplified representation of the Revit API. Stubs can be used to reference in the IDE(code-editor), so we can get autocomplete suggestions when we code and reference doc strings. This is an essential step for any Revit API developer both beginners and advanced.

How to create Revit API Stubs for other Revit API versions?

It's very common to keep older Revit versions on older projects to avoid any issues. And because of that sometimes people ask me for older Revit API stubs. But instead of that I want to show you how to create these stubs yourself.

As they say, teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry.

For that I would recommend you to watch the video on the top, but I will also write it out in case you prefer written format.

pyRevit Dev Tools

First of all we need to activate pyRevit Dev tools to access a tool that can generate stubs.

Go to pyRevit -> Extensions -> Enable pyRevit DevTools

Once you've enabled this extension you will see pyRevitDevTools tab in Revit.

Generate Revit API Stubs

Go to pyRevitDevTools tab, and look for Generate API Stubs button. This will be able to generate stubs for your current Revit version. Here is how the button looks like:

Once you click on it you will have to select an empty folder where there Revit API stubs will be generated.
And after that you've created Revit API stubs, however we are not done yet. It will not work until you make a little fix.

Fix Revit API Stubs

When pyRevit has generated the stubs it has missed a few __init__.pyi files.

These files are used to mark a folder structure as python package or stubs so it can read all the nested folders. We don't need to write anything in the __init__.pyi file

💡Make sure you have __init__.pyi file in every nested folder so it works.

Setup Revit API Autocomplete in pyCharm / VS Code

Once you have the right Revit API stubs, you can use them in pyCharm or VS Code or any other IDE of your choice.

In case you need help, I've already created tutorials for pyCharm and VS Code and you can watch them here:

• How to set up Revit API Autocomplete in VS Code
  
  

  

• How to set up Revit API Autocomplete in pyCharm