Ask Method for your Cakefile

ask.coffee

ask = (question, format, callback) ->
  stdin = process.stdin
  stdout = process.stdout

  stdin.resume()
  stdout.write "#{question}:"

  stdin.once 'data', (data) ->
    data = data.toString().trim()
    if format.test(data)
      callback data
    else
      stdout.write "It should match: #{format}\n"
      ask(question, format, callback)

Usage

If you have coffeescript installed and you would like to create a simple command line interface to capture user input.

You can simply add this method to your cakefile, and then call it in your task. Ex:

 task 'name', 'Ask User for Name', ->
  ask 'What is your name', /.+/, (name) -> console.log name

# This task will print out the name the user entered. 

Slick. Exactly what I needed. I really like the format feature.
(found via Forrst, btw)

@tbeseda

You can also install via npm

npm install ask -g

then use in your cake files

{ ask } = require('ask')

Check out https://github.com/twilson63/ask