Simple CLI prompt for Node

A simple commandline prompt for Node.js

While working on a Node.js automation software I needed to generate some files and code after collecting some information from the user. Most of the modules that I found were a bit of an over-kill, all I wanted was a good old prompt (the browser type) so I decided to write this module.

Installation

npm install simple-prompt

How to use

Simple prompt accepts an array of question objects

var prompt = require('simple-prompt');
var questions = [
    {
        question: 'Name',
        required: true // required
    },
    {
        question: 'Surname' //optional
    },
    {
        question: 'Age',
        required: true, // required
        validate: function (answer) {
            return parseInt(answer, 10) >= 18; // only 18 or higher
        },
        filter: function (answer) {
            return parseInt(answer, 10); // bring back my answer as a number
        }
    }
];
prompt(questions, function (answers) {
    console.log(answers);
});

Question object

The question object has 4 properties that you can specify:

• question (String)- label for your question and key for your answer.
• required (Boolean) - flag to indicated if input is required.
• validate (Function) - a function that accepts a string and returns a boolean value after testing it.
• filter (Function) - a function that accepts a string and returns it after doing operations on it.

Testing

npm test

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