Boolean Variables ----------------- .. versionadded:: 2.2.0 Boolean variables are used for answering True/False questions. Basic Usage ~~~~~~~~~~~ Boolean variables are regular key / value pairs, but with the value being ``True``/``False``. For example, if you provide the following boolean variable in your ``cookiecutter.json``:: { "run_as_docker": true } you will get the following user input when running Cookiecutter:: run_as_docker [True]: User input will be parsed by :func:`~cookiecutter.prompt.read_user_yes_no`. The following values are considered as valid user input: - ``True`` values: "1", "true", "t", "yes", "y", "on" - ``False`` values: "0", "false", "f", "no", "n", "off" The above ``run_as_docker`` boolean variable creates ``cookiecutter.run_as_docker``, which can be used like this:: {%- if cookiecutter.run_as_docker -%} # In case of True add your content here {%- else -%} # In case of False add your content here {% endif %} Cookiecutter is using `Jinja2's if conditional expression `_ to determine the correct ``run_as_docker``. Input Validation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If a non valid value is inserted to a boolean field, the following error will be printed: .. code-block:: bash run_as_docker [True]: docker Error: docker is not a valid boolean