gamelog/bin/cli.js

const inquirer = require('inquirer');
const { exec } = require('child_process');

const database = 'db/games.rec';

console.log('Create a new gamelog')

const questions = [
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'System',
    message: 'System (e.g. D&D, Troika!, etc.)',
  },
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'Module',
    message: `What's the name of the module?`,
  },
  {
    type: 'list',
    name: 'Role',
    message: 'Were you the DM or a player?',
    choices: ['DM', 'Player'],
  },
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'Format',
    message: 'Format? (e.g. play by post, roll20, etc)'
  },
  {
    type: 'list',
    name: 'Length',
    message: 'Length',
    choices: ['Campaign', 'Oneshot', 'Adventure']
  },
  {
    type: 'list',
    name: 'Status',
    message: 'Status',
    choices: ['Ongoing', 'Complete', 'Hiatus', 'Dead']
  },
  {
    type: 'input',
    name: 'Started',
    message: 'Started At (YYYY-MM-DD)',
    validate(value) {
      const valid = value.match(/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/);
      return valid && true || 'Enter YYYY-MM-DD';
    }
  },
  {
    type: 'editor',
    name: 'Notes',
    message: 'How did it go?'
  },
];

inquirer.prompt(questions).then((answers) => {
  let cmd = `recins --verbose -t Game `
  exec('gdate -I', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
    answers.Updated = stdout
  })
  for (key in answers) {
    cmd += `-f ${key} -v "${answers[key]?.trim() || 'unk'}" `
  }
  cmd += database

  console.log(cmd)

  exec(cmd, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
    if (error) {
      console.log(`error: ${error.message}`);
      return;
    }
    if (stderr) {
      console.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
      return;
    }
  });
});