@mccann-hub/create-typescript-template/bin/ask-question.js

CLI tool to initialize a TypeScript project with dual CommonJS and ESM support, path aliases, unit testing, and linting for NPM publishing.

const readline = require('readline');

function question(inquiry) {
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    const ui = readline.createInterface({
      input: process.stdin,
      output: process.stdout,
    });

    ui.question(inquiry, (input) => {
      ui.close();
      resolve(input);
    });
  });
}

module.exports = async (query, preset = '', validate = () => true) => {
  let resp;
  while (true) {
    resp = (await question(query)) || preset;
    const valid = validate(resp);
    if (valid === true) {
      break;
    }
    console.log(valid || `Invalid response: ${resp}`);
  }
  return resp;
};