@msg-labs/cli-prompt-list

cli-prompt-list

Installation

npm install --save @msg-labs/cli-prompt-list

Usage

Default functionality:

const promptForRepo = require( '@msg-labs/cli-prompt-list' );

const repos = [
  'aredridel/node-bin-gen',
  'axios/axios',
  'bitinn/node-fetch',
  'browserify/resolve',
  'chaijs/chai',
  'DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped',
  'isaacs/rimraf'
];

promptForRepo( repos )
    .then( response => console.dir( response ) );

For all the available options, see the API section.

API

type InteractiveList<T> = (
    candidates: Array<T>,
    prompt?: string,
    renderLine?: (
        candidate?: T,
        index?: number,
        candidates?: Array<T>,
        search?: string
    ) => string,
    searchOptions?: {
        input?: string,
        matchField?: (candidate: T) => any,
        compareFunction?: (
            a?: T,
            b?: T
        ) => boolean,
        limit?: number,
        sortCandidates?: boolean
    }
) => Promise<T>;

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
candidates	Array	undefined	List of elements to search
prompt	string	'> '	Text to be displayed next to the input
renderLine	function	candidate => candidate	Used to transform the output of each line
searchOptions	Object	see below	Custom search options
searchOptions.input	string	''	Initial input
searchOptions.matchField	function	candidate => String( candidate )	Selects which field will be used in the compare function
searchOptions.compareFunction	function	( a, b ) => matchField( a).localeCompare( matchField( b ) )	Defines how fields will be sorted after the search
searchOptions.limit	number	undefined	limits the amount of candidates in the output
searchOptions.sortCandidates	boolean	true	alphabetically sorts the candidates