diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7df9d44b..91f34fcb 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ build/
 
 # generated code
 generate_source/build
+generate_source/vuetify
 ipyvuetify/generated
 js/src/generated
 
diff --git a/generate_source/generate_api.sh b/generate_source/generate_api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dcec3460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate_source/generate_api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#Note!: this will only work on node <=14
+
+# use script directory as working directory
+cd "${0%/*}"
+
+rm -rf vuetify
+git clone --branch v2.2.26 --depth 1 https://github.com/vuetifyjs/vuetify.git
+npm install -g yarn
+python patch_vuetify_build.py
+(cd vuetify && yarn --ignore-optional && yarn build)
+
+node -e 'console.log(JSON.stringify(require("./vuetify/packages/api-generator/dist/api.js"), null, 2))' > vuetify_api.json
+pre-commit run --files vuetify_api.json
diff --git a/generate_source/patch_vuetify_build.py b/generate_source/patch_vuetify_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5d17382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate_source/patch_vuetify_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# upgrading these packages fails when using yarn cli
+for path in ["vuetify/packages/vuetify/package.json", "vuetify/packages/docs/package.json"]:
+    with open(path, "r") as f:
+        file_contents = f.read()
+
+    with open(path, "w") as f:
+        f.write(file_contents.replace('"fibers": "^4.0.1"', '"fibers": "^5"'))