Use the externally_connectable schema from manifest_types.json to generate its

chrome/common/extensions/docs/server2/api_data_source.py

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import copy
 import logging
 import os
 from collections import defaultdict, Mapping
 
 from branch_utility import BranchUtility
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   def _GetLink(self, link):
     if self._disable_refs:
       type_name = link.split('.', 1)[-1]
       return { 'href': '#type-%s' % type_name, 'text': link, 'name': link }
     return self._ref_resolver.SafeGetLink(link, namespace=self._namespace.name)
 
   def ToDict(self):
     if self._namespace is None:
       return {}
-    return {
+    as_dict = {
       'name': self._namespace.name,
       'types': self._GenerateTypes(self._namespace.types.values()),
       'functions': self._GenerateFunctions(self._namespace.functions),
       'events': self._GenerateEvents(self._namespace.events),
       'properties': self._GenerateProperties(self._namespace.properties),
-      'intro_list': self._GetIntroTableList(),
-      'channel_warning': self._GetChannelWarning()
+      'introList': self._GetIntroTableList(),
+      'channelWarning': self._GetChannelWarning(),
+      'byName': {},
     }
+    # Make every type/function/event/property also accessible by name for
+    # rendering specific API entities rather than the whole thing at once, for
+    # example {{apis.manifestTypes.byName.ExternallyConnectable}}.
+    for item_type in ('types', 'functions', 'events', 'properties'):
+      as_dict['byName'].update(
+          (item['name'], item) for item in as_dict[item_type])
+    return as_dict
 
   def _GetIntroTableList(self):
     """Create a generic data structure that can be traversed by the templates
     to create an API intro table.
     """
     intro_rows = [
       self._GetIntroDescriptionRow(),
       self._GetIntroAvailabilityRow()
     ] + self._GetIntroDependencyRows()
 
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     if self._disable_refs:
       cache, ext = (
           (self._idl_cache_no_refs, '.idl') if (unix_name in idl_names) else
           (self._json_cache_no_refs, '.json'))
     else:
       cache, ext = ((self._idl_cache, '.idl') if (unix_name in idl_names) else
                     (self._json_cache, '.json'))
     return self._GenerateHandlebarContext(
         cache.GetFromFile('%s/%s%s' % (self._base_path, unix_name, ext)),
         path)