base-questions

base-questions

Plugin for base-methods that adds methods for prompting the user and storing the answers on a project-by-project basis.

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i base-questions --save

Usage

Try running the actual examples if it helps to see the following example in action.

var questions = require('base-questions');
var assemble = require('assemble-core');
var store = require('base-store');
var argv = require('base-argv');

var app = assemble();
app.use(store());
app.use(argv());

var argv = app.argv(process.argv.slice(2));
app.use(questions(app, argv.options));

app.task('ask', function (cb) {
  app.ask(function (err, answers) {
    if (err) return cb(err);
    console.log(answers);
    cb();
  });
});

app.task('a', function (cb) {
  console.log('task > a!');
  cb();
});

app.task('b', function (cb) {
  console.log('task > b!');
  cb();
});

app.task('c', function (cb) {
  console.log('task > c!');
  cb();
});

app.task('choices', function (cb) {
  app.choices('run', ['a', 'b', 'c'], function (err, answers) {
    if (err) return cb(err);
    if (!answers.run.length) return cb();
    app.build(answers.run, cb);
  });
});

app.build('choices', function(err) {
  if (err) return console.log(err);
  console.log('done!');
});

API

Related projects

• answer-store: Store answers to user prompts, based on locale and/or current working directory. | homepage
• common-questions: An object of questions commonly used by project generators or when initializing projects. Questions can… more | homepage
• question-store: Ask questions, persist the answers. Basic support for i18n and storing answers based on current… more | homepage
• to-choices: Generate an inquirer choices question from an array. | homepage

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

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