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Huh?

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A simple, powerful library for building interactive forms and prompts in the terminal.

Running a burger form

huh? is easy to use in a standalone fashion, can be integrated into a Bubble Tea application, and contains a first-class accessible mode for screen readers.

The above example is running from a single Go program (source).

Tutorial

Letā€™s build a form for ordering burgers. To start, weā€™ll import the library and define a few variables whereā€™ll we store answers.

package main

import "github.com/charmbracelet/huh"

var (
    burger string
    toppings []string
    sauceLevel int
    name string
    instructions string
    discount bool
)

huh? separates forms into groups (you can think of groups as pages). Groups are made of fields (e.g. Select, Input, Text). We will set up three groups for the customer to fill out.

form := huh.NewForm(
    huh.NewGroup(
        // Ask the user for a base burger and toppings.
        huh.NewSelect[string]().
            Title("Choose your burger").
            Options(
                huh.NewOption("Charmburger Classic", "classic"),
                huh.NewOption("Chickwich", "chickwich"),
                huh.NewOption("Fishburger", "fishburger"),
                huh.NewOption("Charmpossibleā„¢ Burger", "charmpossible"),
            ).
            Value(&burger), // store the chosen option in the "burger" variable

        // Let the user select multiple toppings.
        huh.NewMultiSelect[string]().
            Title("Toppings").
            Options(
                huh.NewOption("Lettuce", "lettuce").Selected(true),
                huh.NewOption("Tomatoes", "tomatoes").Selected(true),
                huh.NewOption("JalapeƱos", "jalapeƱos"),
                huh.NewOption("Cheese", "cheese"),
                huh.NewOption("Vegan Cheese", "vegan cheese"),
                huh.NewOption("Nutella", "nutella"),
            ).
            Limit(4). // thereā€™s a 4 topping limit!
            Value(&toppings),

        // Option values in selects and multi selects can be any type you
        // want. Weā€™ve been recording strings above, but here weā€™ll store
        // answers as integers. Note the generic "[int]" directive below.
        huh.NewSelect[int]().
            Title("How much Charm Sauce do you want?").
            Options(
                huh.NewOption("None", 0),
                huh.NewOption("A little", 1),
                huh.NewOption("A lot", 2),
            ).
            Value(&sauceLevel),
    ),

    // Gather some final details about the order.
    huh.NewGroup(
        huh.NewInput().
            Title("What's your name?").
            Value(&name).
            // Validating fields is easy. The form will mark erroneous fields
            // and display error messages accordingly.
            Validate(func(str string) error {
                if str == "Frank" {
                    return errors.New("Sorry, we donā€™t serve customers named Frank.")
                }
                return nil
            }),

        huh.NewText().
            Title("Special Instructions").
            CharLimit(400).
            Value(&instructions),

        huh.NewConfirm().
            Title("Would you like 15% off?").
            Value(&discount),
    ),
)

Finally, run the form:

err := form.Run()
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

if !discount {
    fmt.Println("What? You didnā€™t take the discount?!")
}

And thatā€™s it! For more info see the full source for this example as well as the docs.

Field Reference

  • Input: single line text input
  • Text: multi-line text input
  • Select: select an option from a list
  • MultiSelect: select multiple options from a list
  • Confirm: confirm an action (yes or no)

Tip

Just want to prompt the user with a single field? Each field has a Run method that can be used as a shorthand for gathering quick and easy input.

var name string

huh.NewInput().
    Title("What's your name?").
    Value(&name).
    Run() // this is blocking...

fmt.Printf("Hey, %s!\n", name)

Input

Prompt the user for a single line of text.

Input field

huh.NewInput().
    Title("What's for lunch?").
    Prompt("?").
    Validate(isFood).
    Value(&lunch)

Text

Prompt the user for multiple lines of text.

Text field

huh.NewText().
    Title("Tell me a story.").
    Validate(checkForPlagiarism).
    Value(&story)

Select

Prompt the user to select a single option from a list.

Select field

huh.NewSelect[string]().
    Title("Pick a country.").
    Options(
        huh.NewOption("United States", "US"),
        huh.NewOption("Germany", "DE"),
        huh.NewOption("Brazil", "BR"),
        huh.NewOption("Canada", "CA"),
    ).
    Value(&country)

Multiple Select

Prompt the user to select multiple (zero or more) options from a list.

Multiselect field

huh.NewMultiSelect[string]().
    Options(
        huh.NewOption("Lettuce", "Lettuce").Selected(true),
        huh.NewOption("Tomatoes", "Tomatoes").Selected(true),
        huh.NewOption("Charm Sauce", "Charm Sauce"),
        huh.NewOption("JalapeƱos", "JalapeƱos"),
        huh.NewOption("Cheese", "Cheese"),
        huh.NewOption("Vegan Cheese", "Vegan Cheese"),
        huh.NewOption("Nutella", "Nutella"),
    ).
    Title("Toppings").
    Limit(4).
    Value(&toppings)

Confirm

Prompt the user to confirm (Yes or No).

Confirm field

huh.NewConfirm().
    Title("Are you sure?").
    Affirmative("Yes!").
    Negative("No.").
    Value(&confirm)

Accessibility

huh? has a special rendering option designed specifically for screen readers. You can enable it with form.WithAccessible(true).

Tip

We recommend setting this through an environment variable or configuration option to allow the user to control accessibility.

accessibleMode := os.Getenv("ACCESSIBLE") != ""
form.WithAccessible(accessibleMode)

Accessible forms will drop TUIs in favor of standard prompts, providing better dictation and feedback of the information on screen for the visually impaired.

Accessible cuisine form

Themes

huh? contains a powerful theme abstraction. Supply your own custom theme or choose from one of the five predefined themes:

  • Charm
  • Dracula
  • Catppuccin
  • Base 16
  • Default

Charm-themed form Dracula-themed form Catppuccin-themed form Base 16-themed form Default-themed form

Themes can take advantage of the full range of Lip Gloss style options. For a high level theme reference see the docs.

Bonus: Spinner

huh? ships with a standalone spinner package. Itā€™s useful for indicating background activity after a form is submitted.

Spinner while making a burger

Create a new spinner, set a title, set the action (or provide a Context), and run the spinner:

Action Style Context Style
err := spinner.New().
    Title("Making your burger...").
    Action(makeBurger).
    Run()

fmt.Println("Order up!")
go makeBurger()

err := spinner.New().
    Type(spinner.Line).
    Title("Making your burger...").
    Context(ctx).
    Run()

fmt.Println("Order up!")

For more on Spinners see the spinner examples and the spinner docs.

What about Bubble Tea?

Bubbletea + Huh?

In addition to its standalone mode, huh? has first-class support for Bubble Tea and can be easily integrated into Bubble Tea applications. Itā€™s incredibly useful in portions of your Bubble Tea application that need form-like input.

Bubble Tea embedded form example

A huh.Form is merely a tea.Model, so you can use it just as you would any other Bubble.

type Model struct {
    form *huh.Form // huh.Form is just a tea.Model
}

func NewModel() Model {
    return Model{
        form: huh.NewForm(
            huh.NewGroup(
                huh.NewSelect[string]().
                    Key("class").
                    Options(huh.NewOptions("Warrior", "Mage", "Rogue")...).
                    Title("Choose your class"),

            huh.NewSelect[int]().
                Key("level").
                Options(huh.NewOptions(1, 20, 9999)...).
                Title("Choose your level"),
            ),
        )
    }
}

func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
    return m.form.Init()
}

func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
    // ...

    form, cmd := m.form.Update(msg)
    if f, ok := form.(*huh.Form); ok {
        m.form = f
    }

    return m, cmd
}

func (m Model) View() string {
    if m.form.State == huh.StateCompleted {
        class := m.form.GetString("class")
        level := m.form.GetString("level")
        return fmt.Sprintf("You selected: %s, Lvl. %d", class, level)
    }
    return m.form.View()
}

For more info in using huh? in Bubble Tea applications see the full Bubble Tea example.

Feedback

We'd love to hear your thoughts on this project. Feel free to drop us a note!

Acknowledgments

huh? is inspired by the wonderful Survey library by Alec Aivazis.

License

MIT


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