Master Inquisitor

Wrapper for various inquirer libraries to suit most of your requirements!

Install

npm i master-inquisitor --save

Node.js require

const inquisitor = require('master-inquisitor')

ES6 modules import

import inquisitor from 'master-inquisitor'

Import selected namespaces

import { folder, repoName } from 'master-inquisitor'

Demo

The file demo.js in the repo currently contains some "demo code".

Usage

The main API is based on inquirer-shortcuts which wraps inquirer with some additional useful methods.

const inquisitor = require('master-inquisitor')
 
// multiple questions
inquirer.prompt([{
  type: "input",
  name: "animal",
  message: "Favorite animal?",
  default: "wapiti"}
])
.then(results => console.log(results.animal));
 
// single question
inquisitor.question({
  type: "input",
  message: "Favorite animal?",
  default: "wapiti"
})
.then(animal => console.log(animal));
 
inquisitor.input("Favorite animal?", {default: "wapiti"})
  .then(animal => console.log(animal));
 
inquirer.confirm("Is the wapiti your favorite animal?")
  .then(answer => console.log(answer));
 
// choose single option from list
inquirer.list("Favorite animal?", ["cat", "dog", "wapiti"])
  .then(animal => console.log(animal));
 
// choose single option from "raw" list
inquirer.rawlist("Favorite animal?", ["cat", "dog", "wapiti"])
  .then(animal => console.log(animal));
 
// press key and make single selection
inquirer.expand("Favorite animal?",
                [{key: "c", name: "cat"}
                 {key: "d", name: "dog"}
                 {key: "w", name: "wapiti"}])
  .then(animal => console.log(animal));
 
// choose multiple options from checkbox list
inquirer.checkbox("Favorite animals?", ["cat", "dog", "wapiti"])
  .then(animals => console.log(animals));
 
// enter secret
inquirer.password("Enter password.")
  .then(password => console.log("Don't print passwords!"));

Extensions

• inquirer-list-input
• inquirer-directory
• inquirer-path

List and text input combined

inquirer..question({
  type: 'list-input',
  // ...
})

Directory

Select a directory

inquirer..question({
  type: 'directory',
  // ...
})

Path

Currently unavailable babel-runtime error

Select a path

inquirer..question({
  type: 'path',
  // ...
})

Folder explorer

• inquirer-folder-explorer

inquirer.folder('Please choose a folder', 'src')
.then(folder => console.log(`you selected: ${folder}`))
.catch(err => console.error(err));

Traverse

• inquirer-traverser

For usage, see this basic example or the advanced example

traverse({
  /* Put your branched questions object here */
  })
  .then((value) => {
    // Handle a successfull resolution ...
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    // Handle a rejection ...
  });

Menus

Choose from nested menus:

• inquirer-menu

let level = 0;
 
const redMenu = {
  message: 'red-menu',
  choices: {
    callApi: function() {
      console.log('red-api called');
      return;
    }
  }
};
 
const blueMenu = {
  message: 'blue-menu',
  choices: {
    callApi: function() {
      console.log('blue-api called');
      return;
    }
  }
};
 
createMenu() => {
  return {
    message: 'main-menu level ' + level,
    choices: {
      setupData: () => {
        level++;
        return;
      },
      blueMenu: blueMenu,
      redMenu: redMenu
    }
  };
};
 
inquisitor.menu(createMenu)
  .then(() => {
    // do sth
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log(err.stack);
  });

Ask for repo and npm module name

• inquirer-npm-name
• inquirer-repo-exists

inquisitor.npmName({
  name: 'name',
  message: 'Module Name'
})
.then(answer => console.log(answer.name))
 
inquisitor.repoName({
  name: 'repoUrl',
  message: 'GitHub repository link (username/repo pair)'
})
.then((repoUrl) => {
})

Secret Credentials

• inquirer-credentials

Example will store the secrets prompted for in the file .secrets Note: result is an instance of dot-file-config

let creds = inquisitor.credentials('.secrets')
creds.prompt([
  username,
  password
])
.then((result) => {
  result.data //=> { username: 'string', password: 'string' } 
  result.save() // persists config to fs
 
  Object.keys(creds.config.data) //=> ['username', 'password'] })
})

Test inquirer

Test your inquire prompts, when you write code generators CLI binaries etc.

Save as dev dependency: npm i master-inquisitor --save-dev

See inquirer-test for test examples.

const inquisitor = require('master-inquisitor');
const testRun, { UP, DOWN, ENTER } = inquisitor;
// ...

ES6 modules

import testRun, { UP, DOWN, ENTER } from 'master-inquisitor';
// ...

Test suite for this project

TODO

Development

Just do it!

License

MIT