I had a small Pyramid project which has grown into a much larger one.

Many Views service multiple Routes (multiple calls to `@view_config()`), 
typically offering a default HTML version on a "bare" url, and a JSON 
version with a ".json" suffix to the url.

Documenting these routes has become increasingly burdensome, and I really 
need to simplify it.  For clarity, the docs are served by the application 
itself and in a structured format.

Right now I have two types of documentation, and I'd like to consolidate it 
into a single one.

* The original documentation was built off a Python file, `/lib/docs.py`, 
which just notes the routes which have JSON endpoints, gives an "about" 
docstring, and offers a dict about how the route functions (GET vs POST, is 
it self-documenting, etc).

* As the project progressed, the routes started self-documenting.  Forms 
were moved to POST only, with GET offering structured details 
(instructions, required vs optional form elements, etc). Most of this is 
defined by just returning a dict on GET operations.

I've been trying to figure out the best ways to consolidate this. Perhaps 
using a custom decorator to declare and track this information into a 
namespace?

Has anyone else worked on a scenario like this?  How did you handle it?

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