.. _suppressing-command-line-prompts:

Suppressing Command-Line Prompts
--------------------------------

To suppress the prompts asking for input, use `no_input`.

Basic Example: Using the Defaults
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

    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::

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

See the :ref:`API Reference <apiref>` for more details.