# Prompt in Custom Ansible Module

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/prompt-in-custom-ansible-module/22551>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 15, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/prompt-in-custom-ansible-module/22551 "2016-09-15T08:21:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moses\_Lim\_Him\_Kuong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Moses\_Lim\_Him\_Kuong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Moses_Lim_Him_Kuong)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/prompt-in-custom-ansible-module/22551/1 "2016-09-15T08:21:10Z")

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what is the right way to prompt user for input in a custom module?

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/prompt-in-custom-ansible-module/22551/2 "2016-09-15T15:24:54Z")

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There isn’t, modules are designed to be run remotely in ‘batch’ mode.

Use vars\_prompt to get user input to pass to module.