yeoman-prompting-helpers

share prompting answers with other generators

table of contents

• installation
• use
  • initializing
  • prompting
  • using prompt answers
• example project
• license

installation

within the generator project directory

npm install yeoman-prompting-helpers

use

initializing

in the generator’s initializing method

var PromptAnswers = require( 'yeoman-prompting-helpers' ).PromptAnswers;
 
this.options.PromptAnswers = this.options.PromptAnswers || new PromptAnswers();
 
this.composeWith(
  'your-generator',
  { options: { PromptAnswers: this.options.PromptAnswers } },
  { local: require.resolve( 'generator-your-generator' ) }
);

prompting

in the generator’s prompting method use the promptingHelper

var promptingHelper = require( 'yeoman-prompting-helpers' ).promptingHelper;
 
/**
 * @returns {Array} 
 */
function getGeneratorPrompts() {
  return [
    // your generator’s prompts
  ];
}
 
return promptingHelper( this, getGeneratorPrompts() );

using prompt answers

anywhere the generator needs to retrieve a prompt answer

this.options.PromptAnswers.get( prompt.name )

example project

generator-node-module illustrates how to initially setup the helpers and generator-license shows how to use the shared prompt answers

license

MIT License