Use an answers file

Use an answers file#

Cookieplone saves the answers you give during each generation run to a file called .cookieplone.json inside the generated project directory. You can pass this file back to Cookieplone on subsequent runs to pre-fill the prompts with the same values.

Load answers from a file#

Pass the saved answers file with --answers-file:

cookieplone --answers-file path/to/.cookieplone.json

Cookieplone reads the answers from the file and uses them as defaults. You can still change any value at the prompt.

Skip all prompts using an answers file#

Combine --answers-file with --no-input to run without any prompts:

cookieplone --no-input --answers-file path/to/.cookieplone.json

All prompts use the values from the file. Any field not present in the file uses the template default.

The __template__ key#

The .cookieplone.json file includes a __template__ key that records which template was used. When you pass the file with --answers-file, Cookieplone uses this key to select the same template automatically, so you are not prompted to choose again.

Example .cookieplone.json:

{
  "__template__": "myproject",
  "project_title": "My Plone Site",
  "project_slug": "my-plone-site",
  "author_name": "Jane Developer",
  "author_email": "jane@example.com"
}

Create an answers file manually#

You can write an answers file by hand instead of extracting it from a previous run. The file is plain JSON. Include only the keys you want to pre-fill; omit the rest to keep template defaults.

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