superprompt v2.0.0

Superprompt

Superprompt is a commandline prompting tool. It supports string, boolean, number and array fields.

Installation

npm install superprompt

Usage

const questions = [{
  name: 'name',
  type: 'string',
  question: 'Enter an username'
}, {
  name: 'isHuman',
  type: 'boolean',
  question: 'Are you a human? [yes/no]'
}, {
  name: 'list',
  type: 'array',
  question: 'Add a few items'
}]

const superprompt = require('superprompt')

superprompt.prompt(questions).then((answers) => {
  console.log(answers)
}).catch((err) => {
  console.error(err)
})

//Result may looks like:
{
  name: 'Andi',
  isHuman: true,
  list: [
    'banana',
    'pear',
    'mango'
  ]
}

Options

Field types

string

Creates a simple prompt. If you hint enter, the prompt gets closed and next question will be asked.

number

Same as above, the entered value gets converted into a number.

boolean

Creates a boolean prompt. The anwser can be yes or no. It gets re-asked if you enter something else then y, yes, n, no.

array

Prompt for entering a set of values. Each line is one set. It gets re-asked until a blank line was entered.

input

This field opens a multiline prompt. Hit <ctrl>-d to submit the prompt or <ctrl>-c to cancel it.

Examples

To see how it works, simply run npx firescript exec examples/superprompt.fire from the project dir.