Add date/time prompt

README.md

@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
 
 ✨ Questionary is a Python library for effortlessly building pretty command line interfaces ✨
 
-* [Features](#features)
-* [Installation](#installation)
-* [Usage](#usage)
-* [Documentation](#documentation)
-* [Support](#support)
+[Features](#features)
+[Installation](#installation)
+[Usage](#usage)
+[Documentation](#documentation)
+[Support](#support)
+[Contributing](#contributing)
+[Authors and Acknowledgment](#authors-and-acknowledgment)
+[License](#license)
 
 
 ![Example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmbo/questionary/master/docs/images/example.gif)
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ import questionary
 questionary.text("What's your first name").ask()
 questionary.password("What's your secret?").ask()
 questionary.confirm("Are you amazed?").ask()
+questionary.date("Please enter your date of birth: ).ask()
 
 questionary.select(
     "What do you want to do?",
@@ -49,10 +53,11 @@ Used and supported by
 ## Features
 
 Questionary supports the following input prompts:
- 
+
  * [Text](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#text)
  * [Password](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#password)
  * [File Path](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#file-path)
+ * [Dates and Times](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#type-date)
  * [Confirmation](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#confirmation)
  * [Select](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#select)
  * [Raw select](https://questionary.readthedocs.io/en/stable/pages/types.html#raw-select)
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ Contributions are very much welcomed and appreciated. Head over to the documenta
 
 Questionary is written and maintained by Tom Bocklisch and Kian Cross.
 
-It is based on the great work by [Oyetoke Toby](https://github.com/CITGuru/PyInquirer) 
+It is based on the great work by [Oyetoke Toby](https://github.com/CITGuru/PyInquirer)
 and [Mark Fink](https://github.com/finklabs/whaaaaat).
 
 ## License

docs/pages/types.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ with the available question types**:
 
 * use :ref:`type_path` to ask for a **file or directory** path with autocompletion
 
+* use :ref:`type_date` to ask for a **date** or **time** with validation and autocompletion
+
 * use :ref:`type_confirm` to ask a **yes or no** question
 
 * use :ref:`type_select` to ask the user to select **one item** from a beautiful list
@@ -46,6 +48,13 @@ File Path
 
 .. automethod:: questionary::path
 
+.. _type_date:
+
+Dates and Times
+###############
+
+.. automethod:: questionary::date
+
 .. _type_confirm:
 
 Confirmation

questionary/__init__.py

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 # import the shortcuts to create single question prompts
 from questionary.prompts.autocomplete import autocomplete
 from questionary.prompts.checkbox import checkbox
+from questionary.prompts.text import text
+from questionary.prompts.path import path
+from questionary.prompts.date import date
 from questionary.prompts.common import Choice
 from questionary.prompts.common import Separator
 from questionary.prompts.common import print_formatted_text as print
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@
     "checkbox",
     "confirm",
     "password",
+    "date",
     "path",
     "rawselect",
     "select",

questionary/constants.py

@@ -45,5 +45,10 @@
         ("instruction", ""),  # user instructions for select, rawselect, checkbox
         ("text", ""),  # any other text
         ("instruction", ""),  # user instructions for select, rawselect, checkbox
+        ("options", "fg: ansigreen bold"),  # options given by autocomplete
+        (
+            "information",
+            "bg: ansigreen bold",
+        ),  # information displayed at the lower right
     ]
 )

questionary/prompts/__init__.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from questionary.prompts import confirm
 from questionary.prompts import password
 from questionary.prompts import path
+from questionary.prompts import date
 from questionary.prompts import rawselect
 from questionary.prompts import select
 from questionary.prompts import text
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
     "password": password.password,
     "checkbox": checkbox.checkbox,
     "path": path.path,
+    "date": date.date,
     # backwards compatible names
     "list": select.select,
     "rawlist": rawselect.rawselect,