Suppressing Command-Line Prompts

.. _suppressing-command-line-prompts:

To suppress the prompts asking for input, use no_input.

Note: this option will force a refresh of cached resources.

Basic Example: Using the Defaults


Cookiecutter will pick a default value if used with ``no_input``:

.. code-block:: python

    from cookiecutter.main import cookiecutter
    cookiecutter(
        'cookiecutter-django',
        no_input=True,
    )

In this case it will be using the default defined in ``cookiecutter.json`` or ``.cookiecutterrc``.

.. note::
   values from ``cookiecutter.json`` will be overridden by values from  ``.cookiecutterrc``

Advanced Example: Defaults + Extra Context

If you combine an extra_context dict with the no_input argument, you can programmatically create the project with a set list of context parameters and without any command line prompts:

.. code-block:: python

cookiecutter('cookiecutter-pypackage/',
             no_input=True,
             extra_context={'project_name': 'TheGreatest'})

See also :ref:injecting-extra-content and the :ref:API Reference <apiref> for more details.