express-api-template/index.js

Project for quick express.js setup

#!/usr/bin/env node

import inquirer from "inquirer";
import fs from "fs";
import { dirname } from "path";
import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
import createDirectoryContents from "./createDirectoryContents.js";
const CURR_DIR = process.cwd();
const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));

const CHOICES = fs.readdirSync(`${__dirname}/templates`);

const QUESTIONS = [
	{
		name: "project-choice",
		type: "list",
		message: "What project template would you like to generate?",
		choices: CHOICES,
	},
	{
		name: "project-name",
		type: "input",
		message: "Project name:",
		validate: function (input) {
			if (/^([A-Za-z\-\\_\d])+$/.test(input)) return true;
			else return "Project name may only include letters, numbers, underscores and hashes.";
		},
	},
];

inquirer.prompt(QUESTIONS).then((answers) => {
	const projectChoice = answers["project-choice"];
	const projectName = answers["project-name"];
	const templatePath = `${__dirname}/templates/${projectChoice}`;

	fs.mkdirSync(`${CURR_DIR}/${projectName}`);

	createDirectoryContents(templatePath, projectName);
});