Guide on Using basePath and match

[amsyarzero]

Hello! First off, I want to say that this custom prompt looks super cool, and I'm excited to implement it in one of my own JS projects. However, being relatively new to JS development, I'm a bit confused with some of the parameters.

• basePath: How can I customize it to start from another location, say, Documents? Is it as simple as providing a path string, or are there specific functions?
• match: I'm unsure on how to implement this. In my case, I want to filter it so only .csv files show, but I'm not sure of the syntax.

Thanks for creating a cool inquirer prompt, and I appreciate any guidance! 😁

[amsyarzero]

nvm, I immediately found the answers 😅

Solutions

basePath

Use NodeJS's os and path packages. The former provides system utility methods, while the latter is all about PATHs. For example, if I want inquirer-file-selector to start on Documents no matter what Windows setup it's running on, it's:

const documentPath = path.join(os.homedir(), "Documents");

match

After looking at examples/recursive.js, there's an example that shows how to implement the param, Line 17.

match: (file) => file.name.endsWith('.json'),

So, to filter by file extension, simply use the code above and change the extension in the brackets.

Hopefully this helps anyone else with using this awesome prompt!