execute a task in running environment

[Thom]

I often use rake tasks in rails for things like bootstrapping an environment (e.g. adding data for the first time or something) that usually requires an active database connection and access to the application code from the task's scope. 

For example, I might have a logic that queries an external service, processes the response and adds data to my database.  Normally say this is triggered off a queue or user interaction etc but I want to quickly execute it with specific parameters.  This is really easy to do with a rake task in rails.  Is this easily accomplished in sails?

Thanks!
-Thom

[Mike Hostetler]

Have you considered just using Grunt tasks for this?

You can just include Sails right into a Grunt task.

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[Thom]

Right so I guess that's my question - can I just `require('sails')` and I'll magically have a bootstrapped environment and database connection inside my grunt task or are there other things I have to do?

Thanks.

[Mike Hostetler]

Whether Sails has been bootstrapped or not will depend on where in the lifecycle you're trying to run the task.  If you want to just run it from the command line cold, you can easily do that.

I believe you can do the following:

require('sails').lift(options,function(err) {

  // Run my stuff here after Sails has been lifted

});

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[Thom Nichols]

Awesome, that's what I was hoping for.

Thanks Mike!

-Thom