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<h1 align="center">Enquirer</h1>

<p align="center">
<a href="https://npmjs.org/package/enquirer">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/enquirer.svg" alt="version">
</a>
<a href="https://travis-ci.org/enquirer/enquirer">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/travis/enquirer/enquirer.svg" alt="travis">
</a>
<a href="https://npmjs.org/package/enquirer">
<img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/enquirer.svg" alt="downloads">
</a>
</p>

<br>
<br>

<p align="center">
<b>Stylish CLI prompts that are user-friendly, intuitive and easy to create.</b><br>
<sub>>_ Prompts should be more like conversations than inquisitions▌</sub>
</p>

<br>

<p align="center">
<sub>(Example shows Enquirer's <a href="#survey-prompt">Survey Prompt</a>)</a></sub>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/survey-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Survey Prompt" width="750"><br>
<sub>The terminal in all examples is <a href="https://hyper.is/">Hyper</a>, theme is <a href="https://github.com/jonschlinkert/hyper-monokai-extended">hyper-monokai-extended</a>.</sub><br><br>
<a href="#built-in-prompts"><strong>See more prompt examples</strong></a>
</p>

<br>
<br>

Created by [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) and [doowb](https://github.com/doowb), Enquirer is fast, easy to use, and lightweight enough for small projects, while also being powerful and customizable enough for the most advanced use cases.

* **Fast** - [Loads in ~4ms](#-performance) (that's about _3-4 times faster than a [single frame of a HD movie](http://www.endmemo.com/sconvert/framespersecondframespermillisecond.php) at 60fps_)
* **Lightweight** - Only one dependency, the excellent [ansi-colors](https://github.com/doowb/ansi-colors) by [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb).
* **Easy to implement** - Uses promises and async/await and sensible defaults to make prompts easy to create and implement.
* **Easy to use** - Thrill your users with a better experience! Navigating around input and choices is a breeze. You can even create [quizzes](examples/fun/countdown.js), or [record](examples/fun/record.js) and [playback](examples/fun/play.js) key bindings to aid with tutorials and videos.
* **Intuitive** - Keypress combos are available to simplify usage.
* **Flexible** - All prompts can be used standalone or chained together.
* **Stylish** - Easily override semantic styles and symbols for any part of the prompt.
* **Extensible** - Easily create and use custom prompts by extending Enquirer's built-in [prompts](#-prompts).
* **Pluggable** - Add advanced features to Enquirer using plugins.
* **Validation** - Optionally validate user input with any prompt.
* **Well tested** - All prompts are well-tested, and tests are easy to create without having to use brittle, hacky solutions to spy on prompts or "inject" values.
* **Examples** - There are numerous [examples](examples) available to help you get started.

If you like Enquirer, please consider starring or tweeting about this project to show your support. Thanks!

<br>

<p align="center">
<b>>_ Ready to start making prompts your users will love? ▌</b><br>
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/heartbeat.gif" alt="Enquirer Select Prompt with heartbeat example" width="750">
</p>

<br>
<br>

## ❯ Getting started

Get started with Enquirer, the most powerful and easy-to-use Node.js library for creating interactive CLI prompts.

* [Install](#-install)
* [Usage](#-usage)
* [Enquirer](#-enquirer)
* [Prompts](#-prompts)
  - [Built-in Prompts](#-prompts)
  - [Custom Prompts](#-custom-prompts)
* [Key Bindings](#-key-bindings)
* [Options](#-options)
* [Release History](#-release-history)
* [Performance](#-performance)
* [About](#-about)

<br>

## ❯ Install

Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):

```sh
$ npm install enquirer --save
```
Install with [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/en/):

```sh
$ yarn add enquirer
```

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/npm-install.gif" alt="Install Enquirer with NPM" width="750">
</p>

_(Requires Node.js 8.6 or higher. Please let us know if you need support for an earlier version by creating an [issue](../../issues/new).)_

<br>

## ❯ Usage

### Single prompt

The easiest way to get started with enquirer is to pass a [question object](#prompt-options) to the `prompt` method.

```js
const { prompt } = require('enquirer');

const response = await prompt({
  type: 'input',
  name: 'username',
  message: 'What is your username?'
});

console.log(response); // { username: 'jonschlinkert' }
```

_(Examples with `await` need to be run inside an `async` function)_

### Multiple prompts

Pass an array of ["question" objects](#prompt-options) to run a series of prompts.

```js
const response = await prompt([
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'name',
    message: 'What is your name?'
  },
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'username',
    message: 'What is your username?'
  }
]);

console.log(response); // { name: 'Edward Chan', username: 'edwardmchan' }
```

### Different ways to run enquirer

#### 1. By importing the specific `built-in prompt`

```js
const { Confirm } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new Confirm({
  name: 'question',
  message: 'Did you like enquirer?'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer));
```

#### 2. By passing the options to `prompt`

```js
const { prompt } = require('enquirer');

prompt({
  type: 'confirm',
  name: 'question',
  message: 'Did you like enquirer?'
})
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer));
```

**Jump to**: [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts) · [Options](#-options) · [Key Bindings](#-key-bindings)

<br>

## ❯ Enquirer

**Enquirer is a prompt runner**

Add Enquirer to your JavaScript project with following line of code.

```js
const Enquirer = require('enquirer');
```

The main export of this library is the `Enquirer` class, which has methods and features designed to simplify running prompts.

```js
const { prompt } = require('enquirer');
const question = [
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'username',
    message: 'What is your username?'
  },
  {
    type: 'password',
    name: 'password',
    message: 'What is your password?'
  }
];

let answers = await prompt(question);
console.log(answers);
```

**Prompts control how values are rendered and returned**

Each individual prompt is a class with special features and functionality for rendering the types of values you want to show users in the terminal, and subsequently returning the types of values you need to use in your application.

**How can I customize prompts?**

Below in this guide you will find information about creating [custom prompts](#-custom-prompts). For now, we'll focus on how to customize an existing prompt.

All of the individual [prompt classes](#built-in-prompts) in this library are exposed as static properties on Enquirer. This allows them to be used directly without using `enquirer.prompt()`.

Use this approach if you need to modify a prompt instance, or listen for events on the prompt.

**Example**

```js
const { Input } = require('enquirer');
const prompt = new Input({
  name: 'username',
  message: 'What is your username?'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Username:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

### [Enquirer](index.js#L20)

Create an instance of `Enquirer`.

**Params**

* `options` **{Object}**: (optional) Options to use with all prompts.
* `answers` **{Object}**: (optional) Answers object to initialize with.

**Example**

```js
const Enquirer = require('enquirer');
const enquirer = new Enquirer();
```

### [register()](index.js#L42)

Register a custom prompt type.

**Params**

* `type` **{String}**
* `fn` **{Function|Prompt}**: `Prompt` class, or a function that returns a `Prompt` class.
* `returns` **{Object}**: Returns the Enquirer instance

**Example**

```js
const Enquirer = require('enquirer');
const enquirer = new Enquirer();
enquirer.register('customType', require('./custom-prompt'));
```

### [prompt()](index.js#L78)

Prompt function that takes a "question" object or array of question objects, and returns an object with responses from the user.

**Params**

* `questions` **{Array|Object}**: Options objects for one or more prompts to run.
* `returns` **{Promise}**: Promise that returns an "answers" object with the user's responses.

**Example**

```js
const Enquirer = require('enquirer');
const enquirer = new Enquirer();

const response = await enquirer.prompt({
  type: 'input',
  name: 'username',
  message: 'What is your username?'
});
console.log(response);
```

### [use()](index.js#L160)

Use an enquirer plugin.

**Params**

* `plugin` **{Function}**: Plugin function that takes an instance of Enquirer.
* `returns` **{Object}**: Returns the Enquirer instance.

**Example**

```js
const Enquirer = require('enquirer');
const enquirer = new Enquirer();
const plugin = enquirer => {
  // do stuff to enquire instance
};
enquirer.use(plugin);
```

### [Enquirer#prompt](index.js#L210)

Prompt function that takes a "question" object or array of question objects, and returns an object with responses from the user.

**Params**

* `questions` **{Array|Object}**: Options objects for one or more prompts to run.
* `returns` **{Promise}**: Promise that returns an "answers" object with the user's responses.

**Example**

```js
const { prompt } = require('enquirer');
const response = await prompt({
  type: 'input',
  name: 'username',
  message: 'What is your username?'
});
console.log(response);
```

<br>

## ❯ Prompts

This section is about Enquirer's prompts: what they look like, how they work, how to run them, available options, and how to customize the prompts or create your own prompt concept.

**Getting started with Enquirer's prompts**

* [Prompt](#prompt) - The base `Prompt` class used by other prompts
  - [Prompt Options](#prompt-options)
* [Built-in prompts](#built-in-prompts)
* [Prompt Types](#prompt-types) - The base `Prompt` class used by other prompts
* [Custom prompts](#%E2%9D%AF-custom-prompts) - Enquirer 2.0 introduced the concept of prompt "types", with the goal of making custom prompts easier than ever to create and use.

### Prompt

The base `Prompt` class is used to create all other prompts.

```js
const { Prompt } = require('enquirer');
class MyCustomPrompt extends Prompt {}
```

See the documentation for [creating custom prompts](#-custom-prompts) to learn more about how this works.

#### Prompt Options

Each prompt takes an options object (aka "question" object), that implements the following interface:

```js
{
  // required
  type: string | function,
  name: string | function,
  message: string | function | async function,

  // optional
  skip: boolean | function | async function,
  initial: string | function | async function,
  format: function | async function,
  result: function | async function,
  validate: function | async function,
}
```
Each property of the options object is described below:

| **Property** | **Required?** | **Type**           | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------ | ------------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `type`       | yes           | `string\|function`  | Enquirer uses this value to determine the type of prompt to run, but it's optional when prompts are run directly.                                                                       |
| `name`       | yes           | `string\|function`  | Used as the key for the answer on the returned values (answers) object.                                                                                                                 |
| `message`    | yes           | `string\|function`  | The message to display when the prompt is rendered in the terminal.                                                                                                                     |
| `skip`       | no            | `boolean\|function` | If `true` it will not ask that prompt.                                                                                                                                                  |
| `initial`    | no            | `string\|function`  | The default value to return if the user does not supply a value.                                                                                                                        |
| `format`     | no            | `function`         | Function to format user input in the terminal.                                                                                                                                          |
| `result`     | no            | `function`         | Function to format the final submitted value before it's returned.                                                                                                                      |
| `validate`   | no            | `function`         | Function to validate the submitted value before it's returned. This function may return a boolean or a string. If a string is returned it will be used as the validation error message. |

**Example usage**

```js
const { prompt } = require('enquirer');

const question = {
  type: 'input',
  name: 'username',
  message: 'What is your username?'
};

prompt(question)
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

<br>

### Built-in prompts

* [AutoComplete Prompt](#autocomplete-prompt)
* [BasicAuth Prompt](#basicauth-prompt)
* [Confirm Prompt](#confirm-prompt)
* [Form Prompt](#form-prompt)
* [Input Prompt](#input-prompt)
* [Invisible Prompt](#invisible-prompt)
* [List Prompt](#list-prompt)
* [MultiSelect Prompt](#multiselect-prompt)
* [Numeral Prompt](#numeral-prompt)
* [Password Prompt](#password-prompt)
* [Quiz Prompt](#quiz-prompt)
* [Survey Prompt](#survey-prompt)
* [Scale Prompt](#scale-prompt)
* [Select Prompt](#select-prompt)
* [Sort Prompt](#sort-prompt)
* [Snippet Prompt](#snippet-prompt)
* [Toggle Prompt](#toggle-prompt)

### AutoComplete Prompt

Prompt that auto-completes as the user types, and returns the selected value as a string.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/autocomplete-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer AutoComplete Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { AutoComplete } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new AutoComplete({
  name: 'flavor',
  message: 'Pick your favorite flavor',
  limit: 10,
  initial: 2,
  choices: [
    'Almond',
    'Apple',
    'Banana',
    'Blackberry',
    'Blueberry',
    'Cherry',
    'Chocolate',
    'Cinnamon',
    'Coconut',
    'Cranberry',
    'Grape',
    'Nougat',
    'Orange',
    'Pear',
    'Pineapple',
    'Raspberry',
    'Strawberry',
    'Vanilla',
    'Watermelon',
    'Wintergreen'
  ]
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**AutoComplete Options**

| Option      | Type       | Default                                                             | Description                                                                                                  |
| ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `highlight` | `function` | `dim` version of primary style                                      | The color to use when "highlighting" characters in the list that match user input.                           |
| `multiple`  | `boolean`  | `false`                                                             | Allow multiple choices to be selected.                                                                       |
| `suggest`   | `function` | Greedy match, returns true if choice message contains input string. | Function that filters choices. Takes user input and a choices array, and returns a list of matching choices. |
| `initial`   | `number` | 0 | Preselected item in the list of choices. |
| `footer`   | `function` | None | Function that displays [footer text](https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer/blob/6c2819518a1e2ed284242a99a685655fbaabfa28/examples/autocomplete/option-footer.js#L10) |

**Related prompts**

* [Select](#select-prompt)
* [MultiSelect](#multiselect-prompt)
* [Survey](#survey-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### BasicAuth Prompt

Prompt that asks for username and password to authenticate the user. The default implementation of `authenticate` function in `BasicAuth` prompt is to compare the username and password with the values supplied while running the prompt. The implementer is expected to override the `authenticate` function with a custom logic such as making an API request to a server to authenticate the username and password entered and expect a token back.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13731210/61570485-7ffd9c00-aaaa-11e9-857a-d47dc7008284.gif" alt="Enquirer BasicAuth Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { BasicAuth } = require('enquirer');

 const prompt = new BasicAuth({
  name: 'password',
  message: 'Please enter your password',
  username: 'rajat-sr',
  password: '123',
  showPassword: true
});

 prompt
  .run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Confirm Prompt

Prompt that returns `true` or `false`.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/confirm-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Confirm Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Confirm } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new Confirm({
  name: 'question',
  message: 'Want to answer?'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Input](#input-prompt)
* [Numeral](#numeral-prompt)
* [Password](#password-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Form Prompt

Prompt that allows the user to enter and submit multiple values on a single terminal screen.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/form-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Form Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Form } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new Form({
  name: 'user',
  message: 'Please provide the following information:',
  choices: [
    { name: 'firstname', message: 'First Name', initial: 'Jon' },
    { name: 'lastname', message: 'Last Name', initial: 'Schlinkert' },
    { name: 'username', message: 'GitHub username', initial: 'jonschlinkert' }
  ]
});

prompt.run()
  .then(value => console.log('Answer:', value))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Input](#input-prompt)
* [Survey](#survey-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Input Prompt

Prompt that takes user input and returns a string.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/input-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Input Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Input } = require('enquirer');
const prompt = new Input({
  message: 'What is your username?',
  initial: 'jonschlinkert'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.log);
```

You can use [data-store](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/data-store) to store [input history](https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer/blob/master/examples/input/option-history.js) that the user can cycle through (see [source](https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer/blob/8407dc3579123df5e6e20215078e33bb605b0c37/lib/prompts/input.js)).

**Related prompts**

* [Confirm](#confirm-prompt)
* [Numeral](#numeral-prompt)
* [Password](#password-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Invisible Prompt

Prompt that takes user input, hides it from the terminal, and returns a string.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/invisible-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Invisible Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Invisible } = require('enquirer');
const prompt = new Invisible({
  name: 'secret',
  message: 'What is your secret?'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', { secret: answer }))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Password](#password-prompt)
* [Input](#input-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### List Prompt

Prompt that returns a list of values, created by splitting the user input. The default split character is `,` with optional trailing whitespace.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/list-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer List Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { List } = require('enquirer');
const prompt = new List({
  name: 'keywords',
  message: 'Type comma-separated keywords'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Sort](#sort-prompt)
* [Select](#select-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### MultiSelect Prompt

Prompt that allows the user to select multiple items from a list of options.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/multiselect-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer MultiSelect Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { MultiSelect } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new MultiSelect({
  name: 'value',
  message: 'Pick your favorite colors',
  limit: 7,
  choices: [
    { name: 'aqua', value: '#00ffff' },
    { name: 'black', value: '#000000' },
    { name: 'blue', value: '#0000ff' },
    { name: 'fuchsia', value: '#ff00ff' },
    { name: 'gray', value: '#808080' },
    { name: 'green', value: '#008000' },
    { name: 'lime', value: '#00ff00' },
    { name: 'maroon', value: '#800000' },
    { name: 'navy', value: '#000080' },
    { name: 'olive', value: '#808000' },
    { name: 'purple', value: '#800080' },
    { name: 'red', value: '#ff0000' },
    { name: 'silver', value: '#c0c0c0' },
    { name: 'teal', value: '#008080' },
    { name: 'white', value: '#ffffff' },
    { name: 'yellow', value: '#ffff00' }
  ]
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);

// Answer: ['aqua', 'blue', 'fuchsia']
```

**Example key-value pairs**

Optionally, pass a `result` function and use the `.map` method to return an object of key-value pairs of the selected names and values: [example](./examples/multiselect/option-result.js)

```js
const { MultiSelect } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new MultiSelect({
  name: 'value',
  message: 'Pick your favorite colors',
  limit: 7,
  choices: [
    { name: 'aqua', value: '#00ffff' },
    { name: 'black', value: '#000000' },
    { name: 'blue', value: '#0000ff' },
    { name: 'fuchsia', value: '#ff00ff' },
    { name: 'gray', value: '#808080' },
    { name: 'green', value: '#008000' },
    { name: 'lime', value: '#00ff00' },
    { name: 'maroon', value: '#800000' },
    { name: 'navy', value: '#000080' },
    { name: 'olive', value: '#808000' },
    { name: 'purple', value: '#800080' },
    { name: 'red', value: '#ff0000' },
    { name: 'silver', value: '#c0c0c0' },
    { name: 'teal', value: '#008080' },
    { name: 'white', value: '#ffffff' },
    { name: 'yellow', value: '#ffff00' }
  ],
  result(names) {
   return this.map(names);
  }
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);

// Answer: { aqua: '#00ffff', blue: '#0000ff', fuchsia: '#ff00ff' }
```

**Related prompts**

* [AutoComplete](#autocomplete-prompt)
* [Select](#select-prompt)
* [Survey](#survey-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Numeral Prompt

Prompt that takes a number as input.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/numeral-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Numeral Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { NumberPrompt } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new NumberPrompt({
  name: 'number',
  message: 'Please enter a number'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Input](#input-prompt)
* [Confirm](#confirm-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Password Prompt

Prompt that takes user input and masks it in the terminal. Also see the [invisible prompt](#invisible-prompt)

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/password-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Password Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Password } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new Password({
  name: 'password',
  message: 'What is your password?'
});

prompt.run()
  .then(answer => console.log('Answer:', answer))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Input](#input-prompt)
* [Invisible](#invisible-prompt)

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Quiz Prompt

Prompt that allows the user to play multiple-choice quiz questions.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13731210/61567561-891d4780-aa6f-11e9-9b09-3d504abd24ed.gif" alt="Enquirer Quiz Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Quiz } = require('enquirer');

 const prompt = new Quiz({
  name: 'countries',
  message: 'How many countries are there in the world?',
  choices: ['165', '175', '185', '195', '205'],
  correctChoice: 3
});

 prompt
  .run()
  .then(answer => {
    if (answer.correct) {
      console.log('Correct!');
    } else {
      console.log(`Wrong! Correct answer is ${answer.correctAnswer}`);
    }
  })
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Quiz Options**

| Option         | Type        | Required    | Description                                                                                                  |
| -----------    | ----------  | ----------  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `choices`      | `array`     | Yes         | The list of possible answers to the quiz question.                                                           |
| `correctChoice`| `number`    | Yes         | Index of the correct choice from the `choices` array.                                                        |

**↑ back to:** [Getting Started](#-getting-started) · [Prompts](#-prompts)

***

### Survey Prompt

Prompt that allows the user to provide feedback for a list of questions.

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/survey-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Survey Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Survey } = require('enquirer');

const prompt = new Survey({
  name: 'experience',
  message: 'Please rate your experience',
   scale: [
    { name: '1', message: 'Strongly Disagree' },
    { name: '2', message: 'Disagree' },
    { name: '3', message: 'Neutral' },
    { name: '4', message: 'Agree' },
    { name: '5', message: 'Strongly Agree' }
  ],
  margin: [0, 0, 2, 1],
  choices: [
    {
      name: 'interface',
      message: 'The website has a friendly interface.'
    },
    {
      name: 'navigation',
      message: 'The website is easy to navigate.'
    },
    {
      name: 'images',
      message: 'The website usually has good images.'
    },
    {
      name: 'upload',
      message: 'The website makes it easy to upload images.'
    },
    {
      name: 'colors',
      message: 'The website has a pleasing color palette.'
    }
  ]
});

prompt.run()
  .then(value => console.log('ANSWERS:', value))
  .catch(console.error);
```

**Related prompts**

* [Scale](#scale-prompt)
* [Snippet](#snippet-prompt)
* [Select](#select-prompt)

***

### Scale Prompt

A more compact version of the [Survey prompt](#survey-prompt), the Scale prompt allows the user to quickly provide feedback using a [Likert Scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likert_scale).

<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enquirer/enquirer/master/media/scale-prompt.gif" alt="Enquirer Scale Prompt" width="750">
</p>

**Example Usage**

```js
const { Scale } = require('enquirer');
const prompt = new Scale({
  name: 'experience',
  message: 'Please rate your experience',
  scale: [
    { name: '1', message: 'Strongly Disagree' },
    { name: '2', message: 'Disagree' },
    { name: '3', message: 'Neutral' },
    { name: '4', message: 'Agree' },
    { name: '5', message: 'Strongly Agree' }
  ],
  margin: [0, 0, 2, 1],
  choices: [
    {
      name: 'interface',
      message: 'The website has a friendly interface.',
      initial: 2
    },
    {
      name: 'navigation',
      message: 'The website is easy to navigate.',
      initial: 2
    },
    {
      name: 'images',
      message: 'The website usually has good images.',
      initial: 2
    },
    {
      name: 'upload',
      message: 'The website makes it easy to upload images.',
      initial: 2
    },
    {
      name: 'colors',
      message: 'The website has a pleasing color palette.',
      initial: 2
    }
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