Crate promptly[−][src]

Simply call prompt or prompt_default to prompt for any Promptable type:

Examples

use promptly::{prompt, prompt_default};

// Prompt until a non-empty string is provided
let name: String = prompt("Enter your name");

// Prompt for other `FromStr` types
let age: u32 = prompt("Enter your age");

// Prompt for optional paths with path completion. Returns `None` if empty input.
let photo: Option<PathBuf> = prompt("Enter a path to a profile picture");

// Prompt Y/n with a default value when input is empty
let fallback = prompt_default("Would you like to receive marketing emails", true);

Errors

If readline fails to read from stdin, this call will exit the process with an exit code of 1. All other errors just result in re-prompting.

Structs

Prompter

Optinionated wrapper around rustyline to prompt for strings

Traits

Promptable

A trait for convenient, opinionated prompting

Functions

prompt	Prompt until input can be parsed as `T`.
prompt_default	Prompt until input can be parsed as `T`, returning the `default` for empty input.