How to run rake tasks from the console?

Question

I want to call my rake command from the console. Is this doable? if so, how to do it?

I tried this on the console:

require 'rake' Rake::Task['my_task'].invoke 

but he gives me this error:

 RuntimeError: Don't know how to build task 

he, like a rake, cannot find a task.

Any help would be appreciated.

thank

Edit: I am using rails 2.3.5

Answer 1

Performing your Rake tasks requires two steps:

1. Loading rake
2. Downloading Your Rake Tasks

You skip the second step.

This is usually done in Rakefile, but you must do it manually here:

 require 'rake' Rails.application.load_tasks # <-- MISSING LINE Rake::Task['my_task'].invoke 

Answer 2

The easiest way to do this is to run% x [command] from irb. I'm not sure what you want to achieve.

 %x[rake db:migrate] 

EDIT: I highly recommend using .invoke , as Daniel says in the accepted answer.

Answer 3

The easiest way is:

 Rails.application.load_tasks Rake::Task['my_task'].invoke 

Answer 4

Just note that if you are in the rails console via rails c you can just call / run the rake task method on irb(main):001:0> TaskClassName.new.my_task

Answer 5

I am using rails 5.xx and I needed to make the rails console the same form.
I have a rake task here-

 app/lib/task_to_execute.rake 

This team worked for me-

Download Rails.application.load_tasks

 Rake::Task['task_to_execute:task_name'].invoke 

Worked for me!