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Use this tag for questions related to the Inquirer JavaScript package, which provides a command line interface for Node.js.

The Documentation section of the package's GitHub README provides examples of usage, as well as links to various plugins.

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How to write unit tests for Inquirer.js?

I was wondering how to write unit tests for the npm package Inquirer.js, which is a tool to make CLI package more easily. I have read this post but I was't able to make it works. Here is my code that needs to be tested: const questions = [ …
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How do I dynamically add questions to Inquirer JS during execution, using rxjs?

I want to ask questions to the user without having all the questions lined up immediately. The documentation mentions rxjs but I feel there is a gap in the documentation on how to properly add questions while prompts are being executed, or at least…
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How do I register an inquirer.js plugin for a yeoman generator prompt?

When authoring a yeoman generator, I'd like to use the 'autocomplete' plugin for inquirer (https://github.com/mokkabonna/inquirer-autocomplete-prompt) in one of my prompts. I can't seem to find anything in the docs that says how to register this…
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How to clear wrong input in Inquirer.js

const inquirer = require("inquirer") var questions = [ { type: "number", name: "name", message: "Please the number of players", validate: function (name) { var valid = Number.isInteger(name) return valid || `Please…
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how to call another page function name in inquirer node js

I am making a CLI using inquirer in nodejs. So in Every choice list I have to give Exit choice so if user want to exit he/she can easily Exit. So I have to write Exit again and again to avoid that problem I made a Exit.js file and move Exit code…
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Send a string and Enter key to a Node.js script from command line

I am running a Node.js script in Linux that prompts (via lib) user for a code. I get the process id of the script: pgrep -f test.js and then pass it the code with a new line to simulate Enter key: echo -e "1234\n" > /proc/88888/fd/0 The code 1234…
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How To Debug Node CLI (Interactive Prompts with Inquirer) With VS Code?

I have a Node CLI built with Commander and Inquirer. I'm currently trying to debug the application using VS Code. My current launch.json configuration: { // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes. // Hover to view descriptions…
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Using node-inspect with inquirer

I am trying to use node-inspect to debug an application that uses inquirer. If I run: node app.js I get asked the first question for my app. I then use the keyboard to enter my answer and hit enter to continue. My issue is when Run node-inspect…
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ReferenceError: require is not defined in ES module

I'm trying to use the command node index.js within the terminal to bring up the prompts I made and keep running into several errors, I looked them up on here seemingly fixed it and got another error. Maybe someone can point it out so I can save some…
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Inquirer.js, change symbol at the beginning of question?

By default inquirer js questions are preceded by a '?'. Is it possible to change it to something else? I tried exploring but did not find it mentioned anywhere.
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Running several Axios requests in parallel to validate data

I'm using Inquirer.js to interact with a user. In one of the dialogs, the user can specify a comma-separated list of "items". The following validation function checks against an API, whether the "item" is available. If not, the user is prompted to…
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Repetitive prompting with validation in Inquirer.js when using a validation function featuring fetch

In the context of Inquirer.js, one of my question-prompts involves a validation function to check if the user-supplied Github username exists. This validation function uses an fetch function in order to check if the Github username exits. The…
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Getting UNDEFINED when trying to render my index.html

I cannot get my function generatePage to display all the data collected from my prompts. I keep getting undefined as return when the page is rendered. I already made some changes and change some values and it still doesn't go through, any help is…
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Error: Debug Failure. False expression: Non-string value passed to `ts.resolveTypeReferenceDirective`,

I don't know why am I getting the following error which say: Error: Debug Failure. False expression: Non-string value passed to `ts.resolveTypeReferenceDirective`, likely by a wrapping package working with an outdated…
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Pipe output of an interactive script in shell

I have a large Node repo with many npm scripts to manage the project. I created an interactive script with Inquirer.js to act as an entry point to help developers to navigate. The script outputs the result in JSON. To pick the selected npm script,…
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