# Ask with Prompt

When you need to ask the user for info interactively you should normally use CLI Options with Prompt{.internal-link target=_blank}, because they allow using the CLI program in a non-interactive way (for example, a Bash script could use it).

But if you absolutely need to ask for interactive information without using a CLI option, you can use `typer.prompt()`:

{ docs_src/prompt/tutorial001.py hl[5] }

Check it:

    $ python main.py

    # What's your name?:$ Camila

    Hello Camila

## Confirm

There's also an alternative to ask for confirmation. Again, if possible, you should use a CLI Option with a confirmation prompt{.internal-link target=_blank}:

{ docs_src/prompt/tutorial002.py hl[5] }

Check it:

    $ python main.py

    # Are you sure you want to delete it? [y/N]:$ y

    Deleting it!

    // This time cancel it
    $ python main.py

    # Are you sure you want to delete it? [y/N]:$ n

    Not deleting
    Aborted!

## Confirm or abort

As it's very common to abort if the user doesn't confirm, there's an integrated parameter `abort` that does it automatically:

{ docs_src/prompt/tutorial003.py hl[5] }

    $ python main.py

    # Are you sure you want to delete it? [y/N]:$ y

    Deleting it!

    // This time cancel it
    $ python main.py

    # Are you sure you want to delete it? [y/N]:$ n

    Aborted!

## Prompt with Rich

If you installed Rich as described in Printing and Colors{.internal-link target=_blank}, you can use Rich to prompt the user for input:

{ docs_src/prompt/tutorial004.py hl[2,6] }

And when you run it, it will look like:

    $ python main.py

    # Enter your name 😎:$ Morty

    Hello Morty

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