schinquirer

JSON-Schema Prompt Inquirer

What's up?

Hey there! This is a simple json-schema inquirer ([json]sch[ema]inquirer), based on famous prompt inquirer and is-my-json-valid validator.

Getting started

npm install --save schinquirer

Usage

var schinquirer = require("schinquirer");

schinquirer.prompt(
    {
        name: {
            type: "string",
            pattern: "\d-\d"
        },
        car: {
            type: "string",
            enum: ["audi", "bmw", "mercedes", "volkswagen"],
            message: "Which car?",
            default: "mercedes"
        }
    
    },
    function(answers) {
        console.log(answers.name, "drives", answers.car);
    }
);

API

prompt(schema: Object [, callback: Function(answers: Object)]): Promise

Asks questions by given schema, validates the answers and then invoke callback with them.

Returns native Promise (in node < 0.12 - user tiny Promise/A+ compatible library promiscuous).

Note, that schema object is a value of schema.properties property.

Extensions to schema

You could use these fields additionally to your schema object:

• message string - message (question) to show, if not present property name will printed;
• default * - default value;
• when Object{key: string, equal: *} - ask question, when some answer with key equal to equal;
• formatter string["number"] - determine which formatter to apply for the input (available is: number);
• formatter Function -> * - formatter, applying to the value, returning formatted value.