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getting user input in node js

//Make sure you have Node and NPM installed
//Run "npm install prompt-sync" in the terminal
const prompt = require('prompt-sync')();

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

get input in terminal nodejs

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

readline.question('Who are you?', name => {
  console.log(`Hey there ${name}!`);
  readline.close();
});

how to take input from user nodejs

const prompt = require("prompt-sync")();

const input = prompt("What is your name? ");

console.log(`Oh, so your name is ${input}`);

node js get input from console

--------------- easiest method I found---------------------------
  
Run npm install prompt-sync in the terminal
const prompt = require('prompt-sync')();

var name = prompt('what is your name?');

console.log(name);

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node command line input

process.stdin.on('data', (data) => {
	console.log(`You typed ${data}`);
})

get user input Node js console

// first install prompt-sync:
// npm install prompt-sync

const prompt = require("prompt-sync")({ sigint: true });

const age = prompt("How old are you? ");
console.log(`You are ${age} years old.`);

input from terminal node js

// npm i readline-sync
import readlineSync from 'readline-sync';

const text = readlineSync.question('enter text:');

const password = readlineSync.question('password:', {
  hideEchoBack: true // The typed text on screen is hidden by `*` (default).
});