Re: [webmin-l] Custom commands .. responding to interactive dialogue

"Jamie Cameron" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.webmin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 04/Jul/2016 01:58 dl <[email protected]> wrote ..
> I'm creating a library of custom commands some of which have interactive
> dialogues.
> 
> For example here is the return I have after running the custom command
> "apic loopback"
> 
> ? Please review the license for API Connect available in /usr/lib/node_modules/apiconnect/LICENSE.txt
> and select yes to accept. (Use arrow keys)
> ❯ yes 
>   no [?25l[?25h
> 
> 
> Is it possible to automate such question and answer dialogues by
> simulating key strokes?
> 
> e.g. by using xdotool?

There's no built-in support for handling interactive dialogs like this in Webmin.
Maybe if some other tool can fake it (ie. expect) you could call that from your
custom command though.

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