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     /         /     PROMPTOSAURUS
  __/ (  | (  |      you bet jurassic works.
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Promptosaurus

NodeJS command line tool for handling prompted user input

Usage

Promptosaurus is a constructor. Require it normally and create an instance:

#!/usr/bin/env node
var Promptosaurus = require('promptosaurus');
var rawr = new Promptosaurus();

rawr.add('Would you like to play a game of chess (y | n)?', function(answer){

    this.hasValidResponse = (answer === 'y' || answer === 'n');
    this.log('You have responded with: ' + answer);
    this.setError('You did not answer with a "y" or "n" - try again');
})
.done(function(){
    this.log('You were asked: ' + this.queries[0].prompt);
    this.log('You responded with: ' + this.queries[0].response);
})
.ask();

The instance API is as follows:

.add(str, func)

Adds question & callback for each prompt to display the user. Multiple questions will require multiple calls to add() The callback function is optional, and if passed, will get the user's response passed in as an argument. If the callback is not set, then the user input will be stored in Promptosaurus and accessible from within the .done() function.

.ask()

Used as a semantic means to kick off the queued prompts. Will also include the "Dino Greeting" to the user to help indicate they're about to be on a rollercoaster ride to Funtown.

.done(func)

Allows user to pre-define a callback once all set prompts have run.

.setError(string)

Set an error message to display if the .hasValidResponse test fails. If no test for .hasValidResponse exists for current prompt, no error message will be shown.

.log(string)

Basically just a wrapper for process.stdout.write(), but includes coloring of output to match other colors and whitespace of default Promptosaurus output. Accessible within callbacks via this.log(string). See examples for more information.

.hasValidResponse [boolean]

Defaults to true. This is a flag that is used to determine if the current prompt needs to be asked again - say if the user's response is not what you were expecting. Setting this to false will notify the user their response wasn't acceptable, and will then ask them again for a proper response. If set to true (which is also the default), the user will be presented the next prompt in queue after they give a response. See examples for more information.

Examples

The provided examples should already be executable. If not, then make them so by using chmod. Then, just call it normally to see it in action:

./example/basic.js

Tests

npm install
npm test

Changelog

1.1.0

• added .setError() function to display error messages.
• extracted 'private' functions to their own file.
• fixed watch task issue.
• fixed lint issues.

1.0.0

• added ability to repeat question if response is not considered valid.
• Callback for .done() is no longer passed an argument in favor of direct access to .queries property.
• .queries property has been changed from object to array.

0.1.0

• initial release