AskIt

Wrapper around inquirer to make asking questions in Node CLIs easier.

Setup

Install It

Add to your package.json

  "askIt": "git+https://github.com/lancetipton/askIt.git"

Use It

See an example here

;(() => {

  const { ask, separator, models } = require('askIt')

  // See src/models/models for more information
  const questionModelObject = {
    // Add the default input model
    ...models.input,
    // Override with custom values
    type: 'Question type',
    name: 'Name of the question',
    message: 'Question to ask',
    default: 'Default value if user enters nothing',
  }

  // Pass the model directly to the ask method
  // Returns a value entered by the user or the default
  const askResponse = await ask({ ...questionModelObject })

  // Ask a true / false question
  // Returns a boolean
  const confirmResponse = await ask.confirm('Ask a confirm question?')

  // Ask for text input
  // Returns a string of the entered text
  const inputResponse = await ask.input('Ask for text input')
  
  // Ask for a password / secret - input will be hidden
  // Returns a string of the entered text
  const passwordResponse = await ask.password('Ask for hidden text input')

  // Ask for user to select an option from a list of options
  // Returns the index of the select option within the passed in array
  const listResponse = await ask.promptList([
    'Option 1',
    'Option 2',
    'Option 3',
  ])

})()

API

ask

• @type function
• @param Object - a question model object
  • See src/models/models.js
• ask.confirm
  • @type function
  • @param string - The true / false question to ask
  • Helper method to ask a true/false question
  • Accepts a string used as the question asked to the user
• ask.input
  • @type function
  • @param string - The text input question to ask
  • Helper method to ask a text input question
• ask.password
  • @type function
  • @param string - The text input question to ask
  • Same as ask.input, except user input is hidden
• ask.promptList
  • @type function
  • @param array - List of options to present to the user
  • Asks the user to select from a list of options
  • @returns - index of the selected item from the passed in options

separator

• @type function
• Helper that returns new inquirer.Separator()

models

• @type Object
• Prebuilt question models with defaults already set
• Expected to be overwritten with custom values as needed
• Question model object
  • Matches the inquirer questions model