Jsdoc cheatsheet

Functions

/**
 * This is a function.
 *
 * @param {string} n - A string param
 * @param {string} [o] - A optional string param
 * @param {string} [d=DefaultValue] - A optional string param
 * @return {string} A good string
 *
 * @example
 *
 *     foo('hello')
 */

function foo(n, o, d) {
  return n
}

See: https://jsdoc.app/index.html

Types

Type	Description
`@param {string=} n`	Optional
`@param {string} [n]`	Optional
`@param {(string\|number)} n`	Multiple types
`@param {*} n`	Any type
`@param {...string} n`	Repeatable arguments
`@param {string} [n="hi"]`	Optional with default
`@param {string[]} n`	Array of strings
`@return {Promise<string[]>} n`	Promise fulfilled by array of strings

See: https://jsdoc.app/tags-type.html

Variables

/**
 * @type {number}
 */
var FOO = 1

/**
 * @const {number}
 */
const FOO = 1

Typedef

/**
 * A song
 * @typedef {Object} Song
 * @property {string} title - The title
 * @property {string} artist - The artist
 * @property {number} year - The year
 */

/**
 * Plays a song
 * @param {Song} song - The {@link Song} to be played
 */

function play(song) {}

See: https://jsdoc.app/tags-typedef.html

Typedef Shorthand

/**
 * A song
 * @typedef {{title: string, artist: string, year: number}} Song
 */

/**
 * Plays a song
 * @param {Song} song - The {@link Song} to be played
 */

function play(song) {}

See: https://jsdoc.app/tags-typedef.html

Importing types

/**
 * @typedef {import('./Foo').default} Bar
 */

/**
 * @param {Bar} x
 */

function test(x) {}

This syntax is TypeScript-specific.

Other keywords

/**
 * @throws {FooException}
 * @async
 * @private
 * @deprecated
 * @see
 *
 * @function
 * @class
 */

See the full list: https://jsdoc.app/index.html#block-tags

Renaming

/*
 * @alias Foo.bar
 * @name Foo.bar
 */

Prefer alias over name. See: https://jsdoc.app/tags-alias.html