magne4000 / ask

A python question/answer library

ask

A command line python question/answer library. Can be easely extended to add other types of questions

What it look like

How to use it

import ask
import os
from question import Choices, YesNo, Text, Path

def handle_choices(answer):
    if answer == '1':
        return False
    return True

def main():
    a = ask.Ask()
    answer = a.ask(Choices('Kittens ?', ['Hell yeah!', 'NO!', 'Why not']))
    print('Without handle function, answer contains the user input value : ' + answer)
    answer = a.ask(Choices('Kittens ?', ['Hell yeah!', 'NO!', 'Why not'], handle_choices))
    print('With handle function, answer contains the computed value (False if 1, else True) : ' + str(answer))
    print('Now a simple YesNo question :')
    print(a.ask(YesNo('Is this real life ?')))
    res = a.ask(Path('What is your current full path ? (can autocomplete path with TAB)'))
    if res == os.getcwd():
        print('Yep you\'re there !')
    else:
        print('Nope you\'re not there !')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()