Prompt (prompt v0.2.0) View Source
Build interactive command line interfaces.
confirm/1
prompt asks the user for a yes or no answerselect/2
prompt the user to choose one of several optionstext/1
prompt for free form textpassword/1
prompt for a password or other info that needs to be hiddendisplay/1
displays text on the screen
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Functions
Display a Y/n prompt.
Writes text to the screen.
Prompt the user for input, but conceal the users typing.
Displays options to the user denoted by numbers.
Display text on the screen and wait for the users text imput.
Link to this section Functions
Specs
Display a Y/n prompt.
Sets 'Y' as the the default answer, allowing the user to just press the enter key. To make 'n' the default answer pass the option default_answer: :no
Available options:
- color: A color from the
IO.ANSI
module - default_answer: :yes or :no
Examples
iex> Prompt.confirm("Send the email?")
"Send the email? (Y/n):" Y
iex> :yes
iex> Prompt.confirm("Send the email?", default_answer: :no)
"Send the email? (y/N):" [enter]
iex> :no
Specs
Writes text to the screen.
Takes a single string argument or a list of strings where each item in the list will be diplayed on a new line.
Available options:
- color: A color from the
IO.ANSI
module - position: :left | :right --- Print the content starting from the leftmost position or the rightmost position
Examples
iex> Prompt.display("Hello from the terminal!")
"Hello from the terminal!"
iex> Prompt.display(["Hello", "from", "the", "terminal"])
"Hello"
"from"
"the"
"terminal"
Specs
Prompt the user for input, but conceal the users typing.
Available options:
- color: A color from the
IO.ANSI
module
Examples
iex> Prompt.password("Enter your passsword")
"Enter your password:"
iex> "super_secret_passphrase"
Specs
Displays options to the user denoted by numbers.
Available options:
- color: A color from the
IO.ANSI
module
Examples
iex> Prompt.select("Choose One", ["Choice A", "Choice B"])
" [0] Choice A"
" [1] Choice B"
"Choose One [0-1]:" 1
iex> "Choice B"
Specs
Display text on the screen and wait for the users text imput.
Available options:
- color: A color from the
IO.ANSI
module
Examples
iex> Prompt.text("Enter your email")
"Enter your email:" t@t.com
iex> t@t.com