makedoc.py

import sphinx.cmd.make_mode as sphinx_build
import os
import shutil

OUT_DIR = "docs"  # here you have your conf.py etc
build_output = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, "_build")

shutil.rmtree(build_output)

# build HTML (same as `make html`)
build_html_args = ["html", OUT_DIR, build_output]
sphinx_build.run_make_mode(args=build_html_args)

'''
# build PDF latex (same as `make latexpdf`)
build_pdf_args = ["latexpdf", OUT_DIR, build_output]
sphinx_build.run_make_mode(args=build_pdf_args)
'''