Promptus

A simple library to build a simple interactive CLI.

Quick start:

const promptus = require('promptus');

// an async function to handle the user input
const scream = async (input) => {
   console.log(input.toUpperCase());
   return;
}

//run the CLI
promptus.runInteractive({handler: scream});

API

runInteractive( options ) - start a new CLI configured by the passed options.

options - an object with the following properties:

• promptSymbol - string, the CLI prompt to show to the user, default is: >;
• startPrompt - string, start message to how to the user, default is aìa Promptus welcome message;
• handler - async function returning a Promise, with the following signature async (input): Promise, it receives the trimmed user input and it should write the response to stdout. Inside this function write your application domain-related code.

To exit the CLI write exit or quit or CTRL-C.

License: "MIT License", see LICENSE.