NodeJS: Make it possible for user input when running child_process - node.js

Question

I'm trying to create a Node script that will ask the user a few questions, save the input and using the answers run a mvn archetype:generate command to install their environment.
I got as far to where I get the Maven command running. But when Maven asks for user input for values such as groupId and `` I can enter the values, give an [enter] and that's where it stops.
It doesn't take input and process them. All it does is display it, as the CLI does, but doesn't accept them.
Here's a snippet of code with the values for user input pre-filled:
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
var answerCollection = {
"name": "nameOfMyArchetype", //answer of inquiry
"version": "1.2.3.4" //answer of inquiry
};
var cmd = "mvn";
var args = [
"archetype:generate",
"-DarchetypeArtifactId=" + answerCollection.name,
"-DarchetypeGroupId=com.backbase.expert.tools",
"-DarchetypeVersion=" + answerCollection.version
];
var runCmd = function(cmd, args, callback) {
var child = spawn(cmd, args);
child.stdin.pipe(process.stdin);
child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
child.stdout.on('end', function(res) {
console.log("stdout:end");
callback(res);
});
child.stderr.on('data', function(text) {
console.log("stderr:data");
console.log(data);
});
child.stderr.on('exit', function(data) {
console.log("stderr:exit");
console.log(data);
});
};
So far I've tried the above code with child_process and spawn = require('child_process').spawn('bash').
Question: Is there any other way to make sure I can trigger a script and if that returns with a prompt and asks for input I can type and enter and the script will continue?

Answer 1

From Facebook I got this tip to use cross-spawn, instead of child_process:
From Robert Haritonov:
Use cross-spawn: spawn('bower', bowerCommand, {stdio:'inherit'}).on('close', function () {});
This works perfectly well and provides exactly the behaviour I need.