prompter

Simple CUI prompt input for Python

I mostly use click for CLI stuff now so I suggest taking a look here if you need anything more advanced: http://click.pocoo.org/latest/prompts/

Installing

Install the latest stable from PyPi:

pip install prompter

Install the latest development version from master:

pip install git+git://github.com/tylerdave/prompter

Using

>>> from prompter import prompt, yesno

>>> prompt('What is your name?')
What is your name? Dave
'Dave'

>>> prompt('What is your name?', default='Jenn')
What is your name? [Jenn]
'Jenn'

>>> prompt('What is your name?', default='Jenn', suffix='\n > ')
What is your name? [Jenn]
>
'Jenn'

>>> prompt('Enter text surrounded by spaces.', strip=False)
Enter text surrounded by spaces.    text
'   text   '

>>> yesno('Really?')
Really? [Y/n]
True

>>> yesno('Really?')
Really? [Y/n] no
False

>>> yesno('Really?', default='no')
Really? [y/N]
True

>>> yesno('')
[Y/n] n
False

Note

Please open an issue on Github if you notice problems or have suggestions!