cli application how to get user input node code example

Example 1: promp node js

const readline = require("readline");

const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout
});

rl.question("What is your name ? ", function saveInput(name) {
  console.log(`His name is ${name}`);
  rl.close();
});

rl.on("close", function saveInput() {
    console.log("\nBYE BYE !!!");
    process.exit(0);
});

Example 2: get input from user in nodejs

const prompt = require('prompt-sync')(); const name = prompt('What is your name?');console.log(`Hey there ${name}`);