getchoice 1.0.1

Simple, extensible user selection interface for CLI applications

getchoice

A simple library to allow a user to select from a list of options on the command line. Like pick, but with two major differences:

• getchoice is intended for use alongside python prompt toolkit; its output can be styled using PPT-style (styling, text) format.
• getchoice does not use curses, and does not clear the screen when used.

Install it from PyPI: pip install getchoice

from getchoice import ChoicePrinter
from datetime import date

choice_printer = ChoicePrinter(normal_style="green italic")


items = [ 
    ("February 1", date(2023, 2, 1)), 
    ("Pi Day", date(2023, 3, 14)), 
    ("Stanislav Petrov Day", date(2023, 9, 26))
  ]

choice_printer.getchoice(items, title = "Select a date")

This displays an interactive prompt menu for the choices, that the user can navigate with the arrow or j/k keys, and select and item with space or enter. choice_printer.getchoice() returns a tuple of the form (selected_index: int, selected_object)

For further details, see the getchoice/getchoice.py file; it's quite simple and hopefully unsuprising.