Format controlled input using PyInquirer - python-3.x

Question

I want to create a script that uses a time input from the user. At the moment I am using PyInquirer because it looks cool but I am not sure if it is capable of doing what I need.
The first prompt asks the user to choose Duration or Time like so:
If the user then chooses Time the next prompt looks as follows:
Here the input must only have the default format of HH:MM [AM/PM] where values can only be selected by using the up and down arrows or typed. The cursor must ignore and skip the ':'.
Therefore, the HH and MM may be typed or spinned using the up and down arrow keys and the AM/PM are spinned as well. If typing the HH and MM the cursor must automatically skip the colon.
Here is my code so far:
from PyInquirer import prompt, print_json
typeQ = [
{
'type' : 'list',
'name' : 'type',
'message' : 'Duration or Time based?',
'choices' : [
'Duration',
'Time'
]
}
]
time = [
{
'type' : 'input',
'name' : 'time',
'message' : 'Specify time:'
}
]
typeA = prompt(typeQ)
if (typeA == 'Duration'):
pass
else:
time = prompt(time)

Answer 1

This is an example how to use pythons curses library with arrows as key input in a while loop. The mytime() method is only accessed via the arrow key strokes. Some additional keys are also added such you can play with it. See "#" for inline comments.
Please post next time your example code and what you've tried fist which is behind the screens you show in the question. Its sailing a little blind without code. If included it would make life easier to anticipate on what structure you use. It also helps up-voting your question instead of people down-voting it due to so-called lack of effort.
Now you have what I've posted and possibly you have to retrofit it to work for your own code. It was a fun morning exercise. Enjoy.
import curses, sys, time, re
screen = curses.initscr()
curses.curs_set(0)
screen.keypad(True)
curses.noecho()
regex_time = re.compile('[0-9][0-9][:][0-9][0-9]') # time expression selection key.
def mytime():
screen.addstr("\nTime entry please + [enter]. Input format is [HH:mm].\n")
event = screen.getstr(5) # use (0, 0, 15) for location of input string top left in cmd window.
if regex_time.match(event.decode()):
screen.addstr("\n You entry = %s h.\n\n >> Add code to do something else here << \n\n" % event.decode())
screen.refresh()
time.sleep(2)
# do something else goes here.
else:
screen.addstr('\nDid not receive time\nTry again next round.\n')
screen.refresh()
time.sleep(2)
# do something else goes here.
while True:
try:
screen.addstr("Press a key\n")
curses.echo()
event = screen.getch() # get single character
screen.refresh()
if event == curses.KEY_LEFT:
screen.addstr("Left Arrow Key pressed\n")
screen.refresh()
time.sleep(0.5)
mytime()
elif event == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
screen.addstr("Right Arrow Key pressed\n")
screen.refresh()
time.sleep(2)
elif event == 81: # 'Q' for quite program.
curses.echo() # shows which char you pressed.
screen.addstr('\nThe Quite key "%s" was pressed\n' % (event))
screen.refresh()
time.sleep(3)
break
else:
# keystroke identification except for above and regular expression that are comform time annotation.
curses.echo() # shows which char you pressed.
screen.addstr('\nThe key "%s" was pressed\n' % (event))
time.sleep(2)
screen.refresh()
except Exception as err:
# continue
print (err)
# below code could replace the break in the quite elif statement.
screen.addstr("\nExit program.\n")
screen.refresh()
time.sleep(3)
curses.endwin()