ServiceActor::Promptable

Easily add a TTY prompt to your Service Actors!

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Install the gem and add to the application's Gemfile by executing:

$ bundle add service_actor-promptable

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

$ gem install service_actor-promptable

This example uses tty-prompt, but you can use any prompt library.

In your Gemfile:

gem 'service_actor-promptable'
gem 'tty-prompt'

Create an actor that will use a prompt:

require "tty/prompt"

class ShouldContinue < Actor
  include ServiceActor::Promptable

  prompt_with TTY::Prompt.new
  output :answer, type: String
  # or
  # output :answer, type: [TrueClass, FalseClass]

  def call
    self.answer = prompt.ask("What is the capital of Assyria?", default: "Uh, I don't know that")
    # or for a Yes/No query:
    # 
  end
end

If you have an actor that may be run unattended, and thus want to skip the prompts:

require "tty/prompt"

class ShouldContinue < Actor
  include ServiceActor::Promptable

  prompt_with TTY::Prompt.new, unattended_options: { prompt_toggle: :unattended, answer_with: true}
  output :answer, type: String

  def call
    # When not running unattended, this will prompt as normal.
    # When running unattended it will use the `answer_with` value.
    self.answer = prompt.yes?("Do it?")
  end
end

# Run unattended:
ShouldContinue.call(unattended: true) # will not prompt, and `answer` will be `true`!

# Run the same class, no code changes, but attended:
ShouldContinue.call(unattended: false) # will prompt!

# Attended (unattended: false) is the default for classes that include ServiceActor::Promptable (obviously!)
ShouldContinue.call # will prompt!

Let's say you have the ShouldContinue class above, how do you provide user input to test the Actor?

require "tty/prompt"
require "tty/prompt/test"

describe ShouldContinue do
  around do |example|
    original = ShouldContinue.prompt
    ShouldContinue.prompt = TTY::Prompt::Test.new
    # Prepare a response from the user
    ShouldContinue.prompt.input << "New Jack City\n"
    # or for a Yes/No response:
    # ShouldContinue.prompt.input << "Y\n"
    ShouldContinue.prompt.input.rewind
    example.run
    ShouldContinue.prompt = original
  end
end

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

See CONTRIBUTING.md

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This library aims to adhere to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. Violations of this scheme should be reported as bugs. Specifically, if a minor or patch version is released that breaks backward compatibility, a new version should be immediately released that restores compatibility. Breaking changes to the public API will only be introduced with new major versions.

As a result of this policy, you can (and should) specify a dependency on this gem using the Pessimistic Version Constraint with two digits of precision.

For example:

spec.add_dependency 'service_actor-promptable', '~> 1.0'

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License . See LICENSE for the official Copyright Notice.

• Copyright (c) 2022 Peter H. Boling of Rails Bling

Everyone interacting in the ServiceActor::Promptable project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.

See SECURITY.md.