Quick prompt example

gistfile1.js

var q = require('q');

var askPrompt = function() {
  var deferred = q.defer();

  var prompt = require('prompt');
  var promptProperties = {
    selection: {
      name: 'selection',
      description: 'Address Selection: '.yellow.bold,
      required: true
    }
  };

  // prompt.override = argv;
  prompt.message = '';
  prompt.delimiter = '';
  prompt.start();

  prompt.get({properties: promptProperties}, function (err, promptResult) {
    if(err) {
      return console.log(err);
    }

    var selection = promptResult.selection;
    console.log('selection:', selection)
    // for(var x=0; x<addresses.length; x++) {
      // if(selection == (x + 1) || selection == addresses[x].address || selection == addresses[x].dev) {
        // self.address = addresses[x].address;
        // if(!self.isAddressCmd) {
          // console.log('Selected address: '.green.bold + self.address);
        // }
        // ionicConfig.set(addressConfigKey, self.address);
        // cb();
        prompt.resume();
        console.log('\n\n\n\nResuming prompt\n\n')
        console.log('Stdin after prompt')
        // console.log(process.stdin)
        // process.stdin.resume();
        deferred.resolve();
        // return q.promise;
      // }
    // }

    // self.ionic.fail('Invalid address selection');
  });
  return deferred.promise;
}

var listenForServerCommands = function listenForServerCommands() {
  // var self = this;
  console.log('listenForServerCommands - stdin.on(readable)')
  // console.log(process.stdin)
  process.stdin.resume();
  process.stdin.on('data', function() {
    console.log('listenForServerCommands - now listening on readable')
    var input = process.stdin.read();
    if (input === null) return;
    input = (input + '').trim();

    if(input == 'restart' || input == 'r') {
      // self._goToUrl('/?restart=' + Math.floor((Math.random() * 899999) + 100000));

    } else if(input.indexOf('goto ') === 0 || input.indexOf('g ') === 0) {
      var url = input.replace('goto ', '').replace('g ', '');
      // self._goToUrl(url);

    } else if(input == 'consolelogs' || input == 'c') {
      // self.printConsoleLogs = !self.printConsoleLogs;
      // console.log('Console log output: '.green + (self.printConsoleLogs ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'));
      // self._goToUrl('/?restart=' + Math.floor((Math.random() * 899999) + 100000));

    } else if(input == 'serverlogs' || input == 's') {
      // self.printServerLogs = !self.printServerLogs;
      // console.log('Server log output: '.green + (self.printServerLogs ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'));

    } else if(input.match(/^go\([+\-]?[0-9]{1,9}\)$/)) {
      // self._goToHistory(input);

    } else if(input == 'help' || input == 'h') {
      // self.printCommandTips();

    } else if(input == 'quit' || input == 'q') {
      if(self.childProcess) {
        self.childProcess.kill('SIGTERM');
      }
      process.exit();

    } else if(input == 'clear' || input == 'clr') {
      process.stdout.write("\u001b[2J\u001b[0;0H");

    } else {
      console.log('\nInvalid ionic server command'.error.bold);
      // self.printCommandTips();
    }
  });
}

var listen2 = function listen2() {
  var readline = require('readline');
  var rl = readline.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout);
  rl.setPrompt('guess> ');
  rl.prompt();
  rl.on('line', function(line) {
      if (line === "right") rl.close();
      console.log('entry: ', line, '\n')
      rl.prompt();
  }).on('close',function(){
      process.exit(0);
  });
}

askPrompt().then(function() {
  listenForServerCommands();
  // listen2();
  console.log('Done')
})